This atmospheric supernatural/body-horror mash-up follows a young couple (Dave Franco and Alison Brie) moving out the the country with some underlying uncertainties in their relationship in tow, where an accidental fall into a strange underground cavern leads them to being brought closer in ways they could never have imagined. The natural environment is shot vibrantly, and the film boasts an excellently eerie ominous music score/soundscape. Brie and especially Franco are both underappreciated actors who are very strong here, with Brie's Millie a playful but spiky counterpoint to Franco's Tim, who is more fragile but troubled, their real-life partnership imbuing the on-screen relationship with a painful credibility. This is a potent mix of camp-fire story and David Cronenberg that is fascinating to watch from both the emotional and physical standpoints, especially in the later more extreme moments, even if the storytelling veers into clunkiness occasionally (including the clumsiest use of Chekhov's Gun quite early on).
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