The Forest (2016)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Forest |
| Original title | The Forest |
| Country of production | United States , United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jason Zada |
| script |
Ben Ketal , Sarah Cornwell , Nick Antosca |
| production |
Tory Metzger , David S. Goyer , David Linde |
| music | Bear McCreary |
| camera | Mattias Troelstrup |
| cut | Jim Flynn |
| occupation | |
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The Forest is a US-American - British horror film from Jason Zada from the year 2016 . Natalie Dormer can be seen in the leading role .
action
The American Sara Price receives a call from Japan, according to which her twin sister Jess entered the Aokigahara forest on the edge of Mount Fuji and is said to never have come out again. The police now believe that she is dead. Sara flies to Japan against her fiancé's wishes because she doesn't believe in Jess's death.
Sara meets journalist Aiden in her hotel near the Aokigahara forest. He offers her to enter the forest together with a Japanese guide to look for Jess, which Sara accepts. The three of them finally enter the Aokigahara forest and soon find Jess' tent, which Sara recognizes immediately. When night falls, the guide leaves her, but Aiden stays with Sara. At night Sara perceives noises and sets off on her own to explore their origins. She meets a Japanese girl who introduces herself as Hoshiko. She claims to know Jess and warns Sara not to trust Aiden. When Aiden suddenly appears, the girl disappears again.
The next morning, Aiden and Sara continue looking for Jess. After meeting Hoshiko, Sara no longer trusts Aiden completely and asks him to give her his cell phone. After finding pictures of Jess there, she runs away from Aiden, deep into the forest. During her escape, however, she falls into a cave and passes out. When she wakes up again, Hoshiko is by her side. Now it turns out that Hoshiko is actually a Yūrei , a kind of demon. Sara flees and, now to her relief, meets Aiden again.
Aiden takes Sara to an old cabin that he claims to have found while looking for her. When Sara enters the hut, she thinks she hears Jess' screams from the cellar. Since she is now certain that Aiden has kidnapped her sister and is also a danger to herself, she uses a kitchen knife to kill him. While Aiden dies, Sara realizes that the screams from the basement and the picture on Aiden's cell phone were just hallucinations.
Sara enters the basement of the hut where she has a disturbing vision. In the process, she injured herself and lost a lot of blood. When she is dying, Sara is dragged deep into the forest by a group of Yūrei. At the same time it is shown how Jess, who is alive, is found by a search party.
background
The Aokigahara Forest is known for the fact that people often commit suicide there. The producer David S. Goyer was fascinated by the area for this reason and after a trip to Aokigahara decided to make a horror film about it. The shooting started in Tokyo in May 2015 . Since there is a shooting ban in Aokigahara, the scenes that played there were shot in the Tara Forest in Serbia instead .
criticism
The film received negative reviews from critics. He holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , based on an average rating of 4.1 / 10 and 124 rated reviews. The Süddeutsche said in her review: “Instead of trusting [...] real shudders, director Zada relies on unnecessary moments of horror with horror grannies, maggots, or [...] harmless schoolgirls made up into zombies. Sometimes one wishes they would all disappear into one of the caves that open up under the forest floor. "
Web links
- The Forest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website for the film
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Approval for The Forest . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for The Forest . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Interview: Jason Zada Talks The Forest (Exclusive). In: shockya.com , accessed on May 15, 2017.
- ^ 'Chicago Fire's Taylor Kinney gets lost with Natalie Dormer in' The Forest '. In: torontosun.com , accessed on May 15, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Grandma, I dread you. In: sueddeutsche.de , accessed on May 15, 2017.