In the Earth

In the Earth (2021) is a pandemic-born eco-horror you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ben Wheatley and filmed in just seven days under strict Covid lockdown conditions. Scientist Martin and park scout Alma set out on foot to reach a remote research site deep in the forest.

Two days into the hike, a chance encounter with a man living off the grid turns the expedition into something else entirely. He smashes their equipment, takes their boots, and pulls them into rituals that blur folk legend and outright madness. Joel Fry and Hayley Squires carry the film with genuine unease — the forest feels hostile not because of a monster, but because the rules keep shifting. Wheatley leans hard into strobing light and elemental dread; there is no neat resolution waiting at the end. Stream In the Earth (2021) on iFILM.