Critic Reviews

This Bloody Country is a powerful, expertly acted and well-balanced  about personal faith, love and devotion to family. Do not miss this one.

★★★★★

Tony Toscano, Fox 13 Utah

...a damn fine piece of cinema indeed. Gripping in the extreme, this emotionally rending western will stay with you long after the gunsmoke has cleared

★★★★★

Erin Free, FilmInk

Beautifully shot and emotionally gripping. A grounded, character-driven Western with real emotional weight.

★★★★

Scott Clark, Gazettely

Audience Reviews

An unusually good Western with all the classic elements and quite a bit more.

★★★★★

Sally G. 

Rotten Tomatoes

A beautiful, intense story with great performances, wonderful and meaningful uses of the Utah landscapes, and a gritty atmosphere filled with tension, frustration, excitement, and longing. 

★★★★★

Doug C

Rotten Tomatoes

Great cinematography with beautiful landscape shots. A novel storyline with compelling characters that follows an unpredictable arc yielding a satisfying and believable finale. Excellent. 

★★★★★

Jonathan R

IMDB

This Bloody Country

Available On Demand and On Digital in North America. Find it on Prime Video • Apple TV • Fandango at Home • Google/YouTube • Comcast/Xfinity • Cox • Charter/Spectrum • DirecTV • Dish • Verizon/Fios • Altice

In 1869, a family leaves Salt Lake City on an arduous journey to establish a new outpost of their church. They cart all their belongings, leaving safety behind. The terrain is rough and unforgiving. When an encounter with dangerous men turns violent, their attempt to flee proves futile. Left with no other choice, they must prepare to defend themselves from an expected attack. Their pursuers hold the advantage because a party of mostly women and children are no match for outlaws in the wild country... 

Unless they are. 

Written and Directed by Craig Packard

Winner: Audience Choice, Best Feature, Utah International Film Festival, 2025
Official Selection: Gold Coast Film Festival, 2026, Get Tickets

QUIVER Distribution  PRESENTSIN ASSOCIATION WITH TANGLETOWN PICTURES AND INTERNATIONAL SMOKING JACKET “THIS BLOODY COUNTRY” MARTIN DINGLE WALL	LARRY CEDAR	MAGGIE GWIN	JACOB WARD	CAMERON MEYER		RAINEY QUALLEY	ZIPPORAH CARDOZOCASTING DIRECTOR MARK TILLMAN-BRIGGLE CSA, EMILY ROTH, 
MUSIC BY JEFF TOLBERT EDITOR KENNETH GUERTIN 
PRODUCTION DESIGNER CYRUM AYTANA RAMIREZ 
COSTUME DESIGNER DEBORAH HALES DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY RYAN PURCELL, 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS BRAD & AMY BROTHERTON, DENIS GUZ & POLINA MOKSHINA, LARRY GREENBERG, ANDY MCDONOUGH, TJ SMITH, ANNE WEILER 
PRODUCED BY ANNE WEILER & CRAIG PACKARDWRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CRAIG PACKARD
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