Preservation

Preservation (2014) is an American horror-thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Written and directed by Christopher Denham, it stars Pablo Schreiber and Renn Schmidt in a story that opens as a family hunting trip and turns into something harder to shake.

Brothers Sean and Mike head deep into the woods with Mike's wife to blow off steam and dodge the problems waiting at home. They cross a few "no entry" signs and push into a restricted wildlife preserve. By morning their gear — and any sense of safety — is gone. The hunters become the hunted, and the people doing the hunting are not what anyone expected.

Denham keeps the film lean and mostly quiet; the dread builds in what isn't shown rather than what is. The real unsettling detail is who the predators turn out to be — less a creature feature than a pointed piece of social horror. Stream Preservation (2014) online on iFILM.