The Forest Reviews

Natalie Dormer enough said. I have been meaning to watch this one specifically because she is in this. Also because the Suicide Forest is such an interesting topic. Too bad this is only PG-13. Hopefully that doesn't hinder it. Oh interesting it's directed by the writer of The Houses October Built. It took three writers to script this which isn't usually the best of signs. Nick Antosca is writing the upcoming Friday the 13th that is supposedly taking place in winter for once. It's the only credit for Sarah Cornwell so far. As for Ben Ketai he is fairly known in the horror genre for the sequel to 30 Days of Night and the upcoming Strangers 2. She seems way to down. I don't like depressed Natalie Dormer. That was more odd than actually scary. It must suck to have to be the one who goes looking for bodies. So the plot thickens or does it. Well I knew it was someone getting shot and not some car accident. Cars don't sound like guns. Now it's starting to get odd and slightly confusing. I'm hoping for an explanation. Let's see what happens. I guess it did. It was definitely a nice twist of events. That was a pretty good ending up until the last couple seconds. Honestly most of this was pretty boring. It was such a wonderful concept to go with so I was expecting a bit more. It is creepy though and it makes you wonder if it were real could you make it out. It's not a bad watch. It just doesn't grip you very well.

THE FOREST GIVES, THE FOREST TAKES

Aokigahara forest, also known as suicide forest is one of the creepiest and supernatural places on earth. It's history and people urge to make suicides there, have somehow always interested me. Actually, all abnormal things and places in the world has always intrigued me.
The premise of the movie was good. I think it was an interesting idea to take this mystical place and turned it into a horror flick, because the place itself is already pretty freaking disturbing. Im sure there is many Japanese horror movies about Aokigahara forest, and they surely can make great horror flicks, but American filmmakers didn't pulled this idea off very well.
Beginning of the movie was promising. Introductions of the characters, history of the forest and the quest to find an missing twin sister from this hopeless place where people are going to kill themselves. But i think there just wasn't many scary scenes. Few of them were even stolen from other known horror movies, like the tent scene from Blair Witch Project (1999) and the cave scene reminded me a little bit of The Descent (2005). But couple of jumpscares got me flinch just a bit.
Natalie Dormer's performance and Bear McCreary's score are only reasons to watch this movie but don't wait anything huge. This was an average modern time horror flick so nothing new and ending was predictable as always in these kinds of movies but other than those, i enjoyed watching this.