Yes, it’s a cheap pun, but it’s strangely appropriate this time.  Cub, available now on Shudder.com, is a well-made, smart, sick and scary horror movie from Belgium that far more than you’d expect, and well worth seeking out.

We’ve all see far too many “teens and/or children imperiled in the woods by bloody-mad killers.” So many you’d think that set of tired tropes just can’t be laid out effectively, not even one more time. And yet … here we are. This story of an entirely innocent (or are they?) Scout Troop on a weekend wilderness adventure that goes very, very badly somehow reinvigorates the subgenre, and brings new blood (you should pardon the expression) to a weary world.

Check out this effective, sentimentally wordless trailer and then click on over to Shudder.Com and experience The Cub. You can get a free trial of Shudder, but you may find that its carefully curated collection of classic and often undiscovered films is worth the modest monthly subscription.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jvAOQdWHc