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Haunted Forest

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The Haunted Forest was a low-budgeted film which used Japanese Horror techniques to scare the viewer. I have to say it was better than I was expecting, but I consider it only as a rental film.

The film begins with a photograper being mysteriously taken by an unseen force in the forest. Later, three male friends go into the forest to find a particular tree which was recovered from the photographers camera. It shows a human like shape reaching out of a tree. They and two female characters become hunted by the forest spirit Santika and a crazy hunter who is being controlled by the spirit. Santika begins her attacks by marking the victims with a twig enbedded into their skin. THis causes the victim to become ill. Then the hunter tracks and traps them so Santika can drag them off to her underground layer where they become live soil for the forest. As some of the characters disappear, we discover that one of them was a native american who was Santika's lover in a past life. We also discover that the tree spirit has been collecting victims to use as soil for a new set of trees for the forest which was burned down by three humans in the past. Santika origianlly went into the spirit tree to get cover from the fire. But the tree decided to use her to capture victims for it's new forest. I'll leave the rest of the film for you to see for yourself.

The Haunted Forest was a little confusing at times, but the J-Horror stlye really helped to make it creepy. By J-Horror I mean their were definately horror filming elements that can be seen in The Grudge movies and other more popular Japanese horror films. The film did jump me a few times, and the acting was above average for a low budgeted film.

There are really no special features with this film, and it will most likely be all fizzled out as far as scare factor after a couple of viewings. My suggestion is to rent it if you like J-Horror style films. Buying it will probally just lead to you re-selling it at some point to a used DVD store. I gave the film 3 stars due to the fact that it actually had an original idea, and it actually jumps the viewer like it was meant to. An ok rental at best.

what is it called when people go into a beautiful forest and never come out? no one is found, no one escapes, and no one can see what is lurking deep in the woods. why it's haunted forest...a pretty nice low budget horror flick. there's some bad ones out there, and some really bad ones, but this one was okay. i liked the plot, the whole native american legend, the vengeful spirit, and all the JUMPY moments. there were quite a few, and that made it a bit chilly, you know. a nice forest, good on the eyes, is home to the evil spirit of a girl named satinka. her story began long ago when the forest, her life, and her love were threatened. she found refuge, but at a high price. along come a few people who wander into the woods for one reason or another, and little by little start uncovering what hides in the woods, and that some legends are very real. will anyone survive or understand the secrets of the haunted forest? oh yea, and some do first hand. satinka, is spooky lookin, reminds me of another vengeful ghost hmm...anyway, the acting was okay, and the shots were good, but no doubt satinka stole the show. the ending was nicely done as well. good film.

I was surprised at how well done, and how interesting, this movie was. It kept my attention throughout. The final scene in the tree was classic and also top notch--suspense wise.
The acting was superb for an indie flick. There were plenty of BOO! moments as well!
Five Stars
I bought this one!

Troy
Mocha Movies

This movie has a really interesting idea, a spooky start, and great atmosphere. Then it gets bogged down by morals. It feels to me like this movie was going one direction, then someone else came along and said, 'Hey, let's give this an environmental message.'

Like most J-Horror it has a slow build and much anticipation. It does that well. The monster, Satinka, has the usual slow reveal and dramatic build up. The camera work is good and the background lovely. But the movie just... falls flat.

Someone stated this is a good rental movie. I used it as a breather movie between two honestly scary movies at a horror movie party. Then it was passed around friends until someone truely loved it, and he kept it. So I did get a lot of use and enjoyment from this movie, so one star.

One star for atmosphere, and one more for creep factor, making this 1.5 star movie a 3.

I love horror and thrillers. I had a little trouble through this one. It had the B humor. Some twists and of course the gruesome effects. It's about an old family curse to keep ones love forever. But of course the curse is not what you would call love. If you get an splinter from the tree you will become part of the tree, never breaking free. It is one to enjoy on a rainy day or boring friday night. not for kids though. So with that said, Enjoy! Haunted Forest

This movie is just another rendition of an old native american mother earth tale, however, it does have a great twist in the plot to keep you entertained and enthralled. The casting and acting are subpar, but if you can put up with it, you will find this movie to be better than average and a great "B" moive.

Movie was not good, it needed more work. I felt it could not be truly considered a horror film. It took me 3 times to watch it before I finished the film.

2nd review for this purchase - see first one for comments ( would buy from this source again )

Ok the movie has a lot of great actors and actresses and beautiful women. Special effects were well done also. But the biblical ending was more than I could stomach. The moral of the story is typical western christiananity. Commit suicide and go to hell otherwise god will save you and show you the way. Strange concidering it was supposed to be made in a country primarily made up of eastern religions. Great propaganda for all you Christians out there trying to convert the world to your beliefs.