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Dark Woods

2010 · 103 min

A slow, suffocating descent into guilt and grief, where isolation and illness breed quiet, unsettling dread.

Overview
A young married couple moves to a secluded area to cope with the wife's terminal illness. As the wife's condition gets worse, the husband's growing detachment from her forces him into a tumultuous relationship with a local teenage girl whom he rescues from a sexual assault.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • morality
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, horror, thriller
Directed by
Michael Escobedo
Written by
John Muscarnero
Starring
James Russo, Tracy Coogan, Mary Kate Wiles, John Muscarnero, Corey Mendell Parker, Martine Jean, Mark Shady
Runtime
103 min

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