Taking place in 1992 during the era of grunge and outdoor gay cruising, we follow two strangers who meet while hiking a once-popular area for gay men known as Devil's Path. Two hikers have gone missing recently and with no leads or bodies and the area is now considered high risk and mostly closed off. The two strangers, Noah (Stephen Twardokus) and Patrick (JD Scalzo), are suddenly forced off the main trail after a confrontation with some suspicious hikers and soon find themselves running for their lives with nowhere to hide but in the trees.
Writing
Tight two-hander that weaponizes slow-burn tension.
Director
Matthew Montgomery
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Devil's Path references real cruising areas like New York's Ramble, where gay men historically sought connection in dangerous isolation — the film literalizes that risk.
The 1992 setting isn't nostalgia; it's pre-cellphone vulnerability, where disappearing meant actually vanishing. The grunge aesthetic underscores a cultural moment of beautiful, dangerous rebellion.
US
