
The Retreat
The only way out is to fight.
Directed by Pat Mills
Produced by Téléfilm Canada, Aqute Media
A tense survival thriller that weaponizes homophobic violence, trapping a lesbian couple in a remote cabin hunted by extremists while their relationship fractures under duress.
Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.
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Questions people ask
Is The Retreat scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.
Is The Retreat violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.
Is The Retreat easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does The Retreat end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Retreat sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The Retreat
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Retreat
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Retreat, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Retreat, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Retreat, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.



























































