I usually roll my eyes whenever a horror movie trots out the “Based on Actual Events” title card at the beginning, but in this case, it’ll be eerily accurate.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simon Fellows (After Dark Films’ THE TASK) has signed on to direct DYATLOV PASS, an adaptation of Alan K. Barker’s nonfiction book about nine students who died under unexplained circumstances while ski-hiking in the Ural mountains in 1959.
The Dyatlov Pass incident refers to an unsolved mystery that occurred in the northern Urals which saw a group of ski hikers tear open their tent from the inside and leave barefoot in a heavy snowstorm. Though there was no sign of a struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, one was missing her tongue and clothing belonging to the victims contained high levels of radiation.
Soviet investigators concluded that “a compelling unknown force” had caused their deaths.
Chills, man, I got the chills!
Andy Briggs is scripting and the production will shoot next summer in Eastern Europe. If you want to learn more about the actual incident, check out its Wikipedia page.
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