The Forest
2016 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.2 · 22% critics
In Japan’s Aokigahara Forest, a place known for tragedy and unsettling legends, a young American woman searches for her missing twin sister. As she pushes deeper into the woods despite warnings, the forest’s eerie atmosphere and strange experiences begin to test her resolve and sense of reality.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-01-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 22/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (1,862 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you want a haunted-woods mystery with uneasy, reality-bending moments and a strong central hook; Not for you if you dislike jump scares, slow builds, or confusing story turns like in Regression.
Pros: eerie forest setting; intriguing real-life premise; occasional effective scares | Cons: too many jump scares; slow, predictable pacing; thin character depth
Themes
- suicide attempt
- supernatural
- childhood trauma
- female protagonist
- tokyo, japan
- identical twin
- lost in the woods
- sister sister relationship
- mount fuji, japan
- aokigahara
- haunted forest
Cast & crew
Natalie Dormer
as Sara / Jess Price
Eoin Macken
as Rob
Stephanie Vogt
as Valerie
- OT
Osamu Tanpopo
as Homeless Man
- YT
Yasuo Tobishima
as Sushi Chef
- IK
Ibuki Kaneda
as Mei (Schoolgirl)
Akiko Iwase
as Head Teacher
- KI
Kikuo Ichikawa
as Businessman
Noriko Sakura
as Mayumi
Jozef Aoki
as Visitor Center Morgue Man
Directed by Jason Zada