A young Lesbian couple dismally discover that their weekend woodland retreat yields very little in the way of TLC in this pacy, mean-spirited backwoods blood-spiller! Renee and Valerie are a warm, amiable, greatly sympathetic couple, the retrograde B-villains are deliciously despicable, and the grisly climax is immensely satisfying! While borrowing from 'Southern Comfort' and 'The Zero Boys', this gutsy, lean n' mean off-grid Canadian shocker proves itself to be an excitingly intense, fabulously fiesty femme-led fright flick with a pair of refreshingly likeable protagonists! The isolated, Evil Dead-esque cabin is grimly set against an oppressively vast, breathtakingly beauteous expanse of woodland, making a suitably threatening rural backdrop for our plucky heroines increasingly torturous travails. Tommie-Amber Pirie and Sarah Allen deliver compelling, energized performances, and composer, Steph Copeland's moody synth-heavy score proffers agreeably unsettling vibes throughout. Contrary to the erroneous claims upon the DVD cover 'The Retreat' shares little in common with 'The Hills Have Eyes' or I Spit on your Grave!!!! These blackened hills are NOT alive with the sound of cannibal mutants or rampant sex predators, as these sadistic survivalists have a far more sinister agenda!