Movie

The Forest

2016 · 93 min

A slow, unsettling descent into a real haunted forest, where grief and guilt blur reality and every shadow feels like a threat.

Tagline: Everyone comes here looking for a way out
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.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, trauma, deception
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
trauma
deception
death
Places: wilderness
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none