The boys over at Twitch Film are getting us excited once again, this time for what they call “the next wave of French horror.” What they’re referring to is a new film by Franck Richard entitled The Pack (La Meute), which stars Philippe Nahon (Irreversible, Brotherhood of the Wolf) and Yolande Moreau (The Last Mistress, Amelie). What’s the juice on the film? Read on to see what it’s all about.
In the middle of a snowy no man’s land, Charlotte picks up Max, a hitchhiker; they stop in a truck-stop restaurant, and when Max doesn’t come back from the bathroom, Charlotte starts looking for him in vain. She decides to return during the night but gets kidnapped by the bartender, La Spack, who turns out to be Max’s mother and needs to feed her kids,