Quicksand will be on Shudder from 14 July 2023. Nevertheless it’s an interesting idea and very watchable. Not that this is very bloody film in some respect it’s fairly conventional in set up, and a little predictable. They don’t quite manage that as while the pair are trapped, pretty solidly, they have to contend with the various attacks and illness that then translate to body mutilation, blood and gore. In this case director Andreas Beltran and writer Matt Pitts have to rely on creating a sense of claustrophobia more towards Buried. Only that isn’t quite the case here, with another strand in the film that deadens comparisons with The Shallows, Walkabout and Open Water and the like.Īlso being trapped in the jungle doesn’t quite have the vast visual, and psychological horror of seemingly endless sand or water. Quicksand is a variation on the stranded at sea, desert, island, boat etc. Isaac Miller 2021 But to realize the benefits they promise. In this situation the only option is teamwork so their bickering turns 180° to mutual support and introspection. After back-to-back tours in Iraq as a Combat Engineer with the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and struggling with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the freelance writer from Missoula, Mont., turned to magic mushrooms to help him return to normal life. Then they have to contend with the jungle nasties that include a very large snake and smaller but just as nasty ants. They soon find out, after a botched robbery that the quicksand is the real problem when they fall in a pit and get stuck. They are warned against an area called Las Arenas (The Sands) it’s a bit vague as to why, large snakes and creatures inhabit the place they are told. With an unscheduled day off, and Josh raring to get out and see the beauty of the country, and Sofia deciding that she wants to trek too the set off into the depths if the jungle. Matters are tight between them as soon as we meet them and come to the fore when they find that they have to share a hotel room and there’s only one bed. Troubled couple Sofia (Carolina Gaitan) and Josh (Allan Hawco) are in Colombia (Sofia’s home country) for a presentation.

Quicksand visuals all about location