yesimapsychobetch Review of The Forest

The Forest (I) (2016)

Ugh...mediocrity at its best! So disappointed! (Warning Spoiler Alert)

[1/10 · 13 January 2016]

I thought of being nice about my rating, but why the movie was terrible. Initially, I was so excited about this film I thought it was going to be a chance for some real creativity but...I was wrong. They kick started the year with this mediocre junk, such a waste of money and time. The beginning the main character, Sara, is setting a very dull tone by talking in almost a monotone voice not keeping me remotely interested. So, I continue watching thinking, " OK, maybe this will get better." It didn't, it got worse! Basically, they rush developing the characters and setting up the reason for her going to, "the forest" within the first fifteen minutes. It's so rushed it's dull, the characters aren't developed enough so the audience doesn't have the opportunity to relate, like, or dislike them. Sara ends up going to Japan to search for her twin who is pretty much the opposite of her character except they are both messed up in the head. So, the reasons for their emotional issues are explained in a flashback that is done so lazy. She explains to this random reporter Aiden, whom she met at a bar and goes into the forest with, that her parents died in a crash in front of her house and that she didn't look but get sister did...hence that's why her sister is messed up and decided to take a lonely your in the suicide forest, and in the flashback you clearly hear a gunshot and they go down to a basement not a front yard. It's so obvious that her dad did a murder suicide. Anyways, they go in the forest she starts freaking out and acts like a total B most of the time. I knew she was going to kill herself early on and she did. They attempted to make twist and terms but the dialogue was dull and the scenes were lazy that literally I kept telling myself through the movie that maybe they can save this film with a plot twist...but no. I'm not going to say the whole movie but pretty much her sister escapes and she dies instead, and her sister knew she died and didn't even get emotional, Jesus seriously horrible characters...horrible writing! This movie is so mediocre and tried to hide it in jump scares that were also mediocre. This is so insulting to the horror genre and insulting to the people who have truly struggled with suicide in that forest. Save your time and money and watch something great like "It Follows," now that's how you do a psychological horror something "The Forest" tried to do but failed miserably. Cheers.