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The Forest

The Forest

5.2/ 10

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2016

Release Year

93 min

Runtime

Horror
Thriller
Mystery

Overview

Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Keywords

suicide attempt
supernatural
childhood trauma
female protagonist
tokyo, japan
identical twin
lost in the woods
sister sister relationship
mount fuji, japan
aokigahara
haunted forest

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Reviews(5)

3.5avg rating
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Question

January 16, 2016

6
6/10

Cool story, but I think it would've worked better as a psychological movie instead of a horror movie.

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Frank Ochieng

January 30, 2016

The backbone of _The Forest’s_ conception is probably more fascinating than the horror film in which the narrative is based upon. Some may be familiar with the backstory of the “real” _Forest_ and its disturbing legendary reputation. Of course the reference is reserved for Japan’s Aokigahara Forest

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

November 20, 2016

3
3/10

I gained absolutely nothing from this experience bar the knowledge that Natalie Dormer makes for an attractive goth. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible._

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skyezero

June 15, 2017

2
2/10

I would rather peel a raw onion and squeeze the juices into my eyes than watch recent horror movies coming out of Hollywood at the moment. WHY DO YOU STILL HAVE NO IMAGINATION AND JUST RELY ON CHEAP SHITTY JUMP SCENES WITH WANK PLOTS?! Okay. GRR. Random lady gets a casual phone call advising h

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Cam864

Cam864

January 2, 2019

3
3/10

The Forest was certainly an interesting concept but was very poorly executed; riddled with unnecessary jump scares as well as simply being poorly directed the film just flops. The ending left much more to be desired as well. On the bright side, Natalie Dormer is some great eye candy.

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