“Preservation” is a tense American horror‑thriller directed by Christopher Denham. A married couple, Mike (Aaron Staton) and Wit (Wrenn Schmidt), along with Mike’s brother Sean (Pablo Schreiber), venture into a closed forest preserve hoping for a healing weekend escape. But when their gear is stolen and each is marked with a black "X" on the forehead, they become prey to a deadly unseen threat. As fear fractures their trust, survival instincts and paranoia escalate in a remote wilderness nightmare