Films about the forest fascinate us with their beauty and mysticism. If we are talking about the category of horrors, then there really is a place for directors and screenwriters to roam. The abundance of natural scenery, the space frightening with its infinity, the paths leading to the shelters of scary monsters - what else is needed to keep the viewer in suspense? Today weāll talk about the best representatives of the genre, as well as those paintings that deserve your attention.
Ghost Forest (2016)
Many of us like movies about the forest. A list of horror paintings opens the "Ghost Forest". The end of 2015 - the beginning of 2016 was marked by several horror films at once. We decided to talk about the work of American director Jason Zad. Actress Natalie Dormer, known to many moviegoers, starred in the title role. On the one hand, it may seem that the plot of the picture is somewhat prosaic and banal, on the other hand, the idea, swirling around the Japanese "forest of suicides", is seen sucked from the finger. However, many are so tired of thrillers and horror films shot on an amateur camera in real time, that this movie is seen as a real oasis in the middle of the desert. Indeed, films about the forest are like a breath of fresh air among the confined space of real time.
Story line
Heroine Natalie Dormer Sarah Price sets off in search of her missing twin sister in a Japanese forest. Moreover, local authorities have already issued a verdict: in a notorious place, people disappear for a reason. Desperate, they come here to take their own lives. Thus, this place has a powerful suicidal energy, therefore the chances of finding a person alive are nullified. Sarah recalls that her sister has been struggling with protracted depression since the terrible death of their parents. However, she is deeply convinced that Jess is in trouble and she needs help. In the end, she feels it on a subconscious level.
Horror films about the forest can not do without mysterious strangers, accidentally caught in the way of heroes. There is such a character in this picture. Gradually, Sarah realizes that Rob, kindly offering his help in the search for her, may not be at all what he claims to be. In addition, mystical visions interfere with events, mixed with terrible memories from the past. Can Sarah find her sister safe and sound? Or maybe she herself is destined to stay forever?
āCabin in the Forestā (2012)
Scary movies about the forest sometimes have a completely unpredictable scenario. The painting "Cabin in the Forest" is distinguished by story layering. Not beginning a trouble, the beginning suddenly takes on a mystical connotation and develops into a total apocalypse. Everything is here: the main villain, hiding behind good intentions, terrible monsters and a lot of blood. And all this is hidden inside a single abandoned cabin in the forest. Gradually, the viewer reveals more and more secrets. According to many critics, in the category "Best Horror Films About the Forest" this picture stands apart. It is so multi-layered and multi-level that, according to the idea, it can only be compared with the Cube trilogy.
Cast
Skillfully selected actors from the very first scene completely capture the attention of the viewer. The main roles were played by: Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchinson, Chris Hamsward, Richard Jenkins and others. Not without a stored āace in the sleeveā. At the end of the picture, we are faced with a slightly aged, but Sigourney Weaver, who did not cease to act often. The cast clearly indicates to the viewer that this film cannot be considered second-rate.
The shooting took place in the strictest conspiracy
Today we are watching horror films about the forest. As we said, the picture āCabin in the Forestā stands apart in a series of similar films. It consists of several tiers, and original ideas are traced everywhere. The creators of the project filmed in strict conspiracy mode, because this film was supposed to be a real bomb. That is why the director and screenwriter Drew Goddard had to write fake dialogs for the characters. The only way to confuse the ubiquitous bloggers. If you havenāt watched this movie, weāll just say that it really deserves your attention, so weāll try not to reveal any secrets in advance.
If you say that three young men and two girls who decided to have fun away from prying eyes and climbed into a distant hut in the forest - this is a commonplace and a thousand times retaken storyline, to some extent you will be right. However, from the moment the company crosses the threshold of an abandoned home, all cinema stamps miraculously dissolve. Movies about the forest are worth watching, because behind each tree there may be a secret or a trap. A lonely hut only adds dangerous secrets.
Paradise Lake (2008)
Another film that deserves your attention, filmed by British filmmakers. The director and scriptwriter of Lake of Paradise was James Watkins. A decent cast is also here. Kelly Riley and Michael Fassbender played the roles of a young couple who decided to retire before a wedding in nature .
The leader of the gang of teenagers was played by Jack O'Connell, who had just begun his professional career. Films about the forest can do without terrible monsters. As it turned out, sometimes people can be much more bloodthirsty and evil. Steve and Jenny had no idea that the paradise of nature by the lake would give them a meeting with local unprincipled hooligans. Heroes will have to go through all seven circles of hell. And in the end, a rather curious and instructive denouement awaits us.
Blair Witch (1999)
What attract moviegoers to the horrors of the forest? The list of films would not be complete without the cult tape of this genre, āThe Blair Witch: Coursework from the Other Worldā. Probably, now this film will not seem quite scary to someone, but at one time he became a pioneer in the style of filming with a trembling camera.
On the threshold of the new millennium, it was a truly innovative directorial technique. The audience empathized with the heroes who went to the forests of Maryland to make a documentary about the famous local witch. Young people were not afraid to step into the ominous territory. They did not know that they would get lost and fall into the clutches of evil. However, the material they shot will not disappear. A year later, the film will be detected.
āTurning the wrong wayā (2003)
Today we are talking about the movie category āHorror about the forestā. The list of films compiled by us reflects only the best representatives. Also, we will not ignore the first part of the cult "forest" epic "Turning the wrong way." According to the plot, a group of young people lost in the forests of West Virginia. Having lost their way, they were cut off from the outside world.
In an attempt to find the nearest phone, poor fellows came across a strange home. Gradually, young people begin to realize that their misadventures are by no means accidental: someone is constantly following them and trying to manipulate their actions. Most likely, they were in this frightening house for a reason. This is what happens if you start to rush to an important meeting and try to make the path shorter by turning onto an unknown route.
The Fugitives (2014)
Films about forest and taiga are also shot in Russia. In 2014, the fugitives, the fugitives, appeared on a wide screen, telling about the taiga misadventures of a political exile at the beginning of the last century. Bounty hunters follow the trail. To save the main character can a person who knows this area, like the back of his hand. By the will of fate such was a dumb girl. How can she protect her new friend from an entire detachment of armed mercenaries?
The main roles in the film were played by
Peter Fedorov and Elizabeth Boyarskaya. This film, among others, is worth highlighting for the naturalness of filming, the perfect recreation of the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia, as well as the absence of film clips, despite the dynamically developing events. And, as it turned out, the thriller can also provide
aesthetic pleasure. One has only to look at the unique taiga landscapes literally dotted with rivers, cliffs and hills.
Mushrooms (2007)
So, we are finishing the review devoted to the category āFilms about the forestā. Russian taiga landscapes are unusually beautiful. But now we will be transported to no less fascinating forests of proud, but small Ireland. American teens are used to traveling around the country. Therefore, they enthusiastically supported the idea of āāspending several days in the company of their Irish friend. However, the characters do not travel to a foreign country for the aesthetic pleasure of seeing local beauties. They know that powerful hallucinogenic mushrooms are found in these places , and they want to experience unrealistic sensations.
However, local people do not eat these mushrooms. It is generally accepted that one who survives after taking a poisonous drug gains psychic skills and begins to see the future. In conclusion, the Irish friend āfeedsā his guests with night stories about the sinister Black Brothers. A girl who managed to eat a mushroom and did not get poisoned begins to see in her imagination terrible pictures of the deaths of her comrades. Will all her visions come true?