Product Details

• Actors: Lauren Birkell, Agnes Bruckner, Jane Gilchrist, Emma Campbell, Bruce Campbell
• Directors: Lucky McKee
• Writers: David Ross
• Producers: Bryan Furst, Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt, Marco Mehlitz, Michael Ohoven, Randy Ostrow
• Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000H5TH0W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,400 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Woods" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A neglected teenage girl with gift for starting fires is dropped off at a boarding school in the woods where students and strange nightmares begin to torment her.
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nifty little flick for fans of 70's style supernatural thrillers!, September 27, 2006

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J. Allen "supreme time waster" (Lost in Austin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Woods (DVD)

I was lucky enough to see this on the big screen at Fantastic Fest in Austin last night. After following the film's history online for the past two years, as it was made under the United Artists banner, which was later absorbed into Sony Pictures, and theatrical release dates came and went, my expectations weren't that high. Lo and behold, however, this is a very fun and lovingly crafted film that will no doubt gain a sizable cult following over the years thanks to this DVD release. I enjoyed Lucky McKee's film "May" but was truly disappointed in his Masters of Horror offering, "Sick Girl" -- but this film feels like it comes from a much stronger, more self-assured director with excellent pacing and art direction, strong performances from everyone involved (especially Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson and fan favorite Bruce Campbell!), and an emphasis on mood and atmosphere over graphic shocks. The film is set in 1965, which only helps to give the film a timeless quality; if you didn't know better you'd think this was a early to mid-70s release that was recently "discovered" and makes a terrific addition to the "schoolgirls and supernatural skullduggery" subgenre ala "Suspiria." Great fun, and worthy of more respect than the studio(s) gave it for sure...if Sony's Screen Gems can release pure drivel like "The Covenant" yet bury this flick with zero fanfare, then all is not right with the world.

By the way, PLEASE give John Tuturro's "Romance and Cigarettes" (another UA-Sony merger casualty) a US release next, guys!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's All About Atmosphere, March 19, 2007

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R. Schultz (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Woods (DVD)

There isn't much plot to this movie. The menace the girls face in their gloomy private school is a murky muddle. But I still found this movie absorbing and worthwhile. All the good is in the acting and in the atmospherics.

Agnes Bruckner is daunting as the rebellious teen. She projects the kind of sullen resentment that you feel could tip over at any moment into vengeful hatred. She has an equally well-cast nemesis playing the smug blonde bully at the school. Among the cold, stern teachers and administrators employed there, the teacher with the neck tic leaves the most indelible impression. That tic is a malicious hangman's twist that seems to be delivered by some invisible haunting hand that reaches down to her at unpredictable moments.

But the ultimately ominous performance is turned in by Patricia Clarkson as headmistress. She shows how frightening a persistently quiet monotone can be. It's proof of how a human's intense calm control can be so much scarier than any rampaging monster.

This isn't a slasher movie where girls at a boarding school get whacked one-by-one. This is more of an old-fashioned supernatural thriller where the elements of nature (albeit here in confused conspiracy) surround and descend on you.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy and Cool, November 12, 2006

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Miles (Richmond, Va, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Woods (DVD)

I'm a fan of Lucky McGee's movie May and was hoping that this would at least come close to that caliber. I wasn't disappointed! This has an interesting story with great characters and great direction. The look and feel of the film is a lot crisper than most direct to dvd movies are these days. It has an overall creepy feel to it from the very beginning to the point when the end credits roll.