The Forest
In a Japan Aokigahara forest a young America named Sara decides to find out what happened to one twin that went missing after venturing into the forest only to confront her supernatural terrors.
15 July 1981, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
5 October 1963, Hiroshima, Japan
6 June 1974, New Hampshire, USA
August 20, 2008 in Japan
1955, Kanagawa, Japan
12 August 1975, Kearney, Nebraska, USA
11 February 1982, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
August 02, 2016
Disturbingly manipulative and yet totally conventional, The Forest is more memorable for being opportunistic than for being truly frightening.
July 26, 2016
The eminently watchable Natalie Dormer is front and centre in the new psychological horror from first-time director Jason Zada, but you can't help but think that the actress deserved better.
December 05, 2016
The Forest plunders the J-horror vocabulary to muster what jumps it can, and is pretty nice to look at. But only the really good horror films know how to end on a high note, and this isn't one of them.
January 14, 2016
"The Forest" delivers as a healthy dose of psychological cinematic terror and an impressive first feature directing effort.
December 31, 2016
Alas, there's no real sense of tension as the story (credited to three writers) lurches toward a by-the-numbers ending.
January 10, 2016
Any compelling sense of unease is ultimately undone as the film gradually settles for tedious schlock.
January 21, 2016
With no compelling characters, scares, or plot points to redeem The Forest, the best option for those curious about Aokigahara is probably to watch a 20-minute 2005 VICE documentary about it.
November 11, 2016
There's absolutely nothing to it.
January 14, 2016
Pretty bad, even for a January release.
January 08, 2016
The Forest boasts a promising premise but squanders most of its goodwill as a result of narrative shortcuts and contrivances, horror film clichés, and haphazard editing.
February 22, 2016
The silly, hand-me-down scares just don't chill.
