A.C.’s Review: You can always count on there being at least one horror movie released
per month as the genre has an audience to satisfy. The January 2016 offering is
THE FOREST. The basic set up is that in real life there is a forest at the base
of Mt. Fuji in Japan where thousands who have lost hope for one reason or
another have gone to commit suicide over the years.
A west coast business woman named Sarah learns that her twin sister Jess
who is living in Japan and teaching English to students has gone into the
forest and has not returned. Hopping a jet she travels to the forest in search
of her sister. She is joined by an American reporter who may or may not be as
trustworthy as he seems and perhaps even may have had something to do with Jess
disappearance.
Sarah is repeatedly warned by the locals that the forest is haunted and
will play tricks with the mind making things that aren’t real appear as if they
are very real indeed. Undeterred Sarah and the reporter set about the search.
And as you would expect things quickly devolve into paranoia and terror as the
couple spends the night in Jess’s abandoned tent.
I didn’t go in expecting to be scared…and I wasn’t. I was more interested
in this movie for the sole reason that the twins are played by Natalie Dormer.
This young British actress is best known for playing Cressida in the last two
HUNGER GAMES movie. This actress just exudes appeal…there is something very
striking and unique about her face that the camera just seems to love. She’s a
natural and did not disappoint. I hope to see her in more lead roles in the
future.
Back to the movie itself. There are worse ways to spend an hour and a
half. I didn’t walk away dissatisfied…it was…I guess the word I’m looking for
is adequate for its entertainment value. The best I can say about it was is
Dormer was great and the atmosphere appropriately creepy for the subject
matter.
Best Scene: Sarah paranoid about the reporter flees from him and falls
down into an ice cave.
A.C.’s Rating: Matinee
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