The Retreat

Renee and Valerie are a couple whose relationship has reached a difficult point, so they leave the city hoping a week at a secluded cabin with friends will help them reconnect. When they get there, however, the friends are gone and the cabin is not as empty as it seems. Stranded in the woods without their car or phones, the two women realize that armed extremists are hunting them, and they must survive both the wilderness and the people pursuing them.

The Retreat is a Canadian horror thriller directed by Pat Mills and written by Alyson Richards, who also produced alongside Lauren Grant. It stars Tommie-Amber Pirie as Renee and Sarah Allen as Valerie, with Rossif Sutherland, Aaron Ashmore, Celina Sinden and Munro Chambers in supporting roles. It runs 82 minutes and was released on 21 May 2021.

Audience response has been muted: on IMDb it holds 4.9/10 from around 2,200 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5/10 from fewer than a hundred votes. The film critics' rating stands at 6.4/10 from 26 reviews, noticeably higher than the audience scores.