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Film · 2016

The Forest

Directed by Jason Zada · starring Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken and Stephanie Vogt

  • 1 h 33 min
  • 15
  • Horror
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 25 February 2016
  • 4.7 AverageMovieNCo
  • 4.6 Users16 votes
  • 4.8 Critics4 reviews
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Synopsis

'The Forest' is the first movie directed by American filmmaker Jason Zada and starring 'Game of Thrones' star Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa and Eoin Macken. This supernatural thriller is based on the history of the forest of Aokigahara below the Mount Fuji in Japan. This forest is known for being the first place where the people go to commit suicide in Japan and the second place with highest number of suicides in the whole world, after the Golden Gate Bridge in the city of San Francisco. The main plot of the movie focuses on a young american girl called Sara who goes all the way to Japan to find her missing twin sister. She'll go into the woods although the guardians warn that nobody should go in and stray from the path. Sara dares to enter the forest to find the truth about her sister's disappearance . This decision will be determining to condemn her own soul and she will be chased by all the tormented spirits between the trees.

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The essentials

Runtime
93 min1 hour and 33 minutes
Budget
$10m
Box office
$21.3m2.1 times its budget
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is The Forest?
1 hour and 33 minutes (93 minutes).
When was The Forest released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 25 February 2016.
Who directed The Forest?
Jason Zada.
Who is in The Forest?
It stars Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt and Taylor Kinney.
Where can I watch The Forest?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
How much did The Forest make?
It took $21.3 million in US. It cost $10 million.
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Cast

Full cast (11)
Director
Jason Zada
Writers
Nick Antosca
Producers
Lawrence Bender, James Ward Byrkit, David S. Goyer, David Linde

Videos and trailers

See the video
'The Forest' Trailer 1:1321 November 2015

Photos and posters

All 7 photos

Reviews

All 4 reviews
4.6 16 votes
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What the critics say average 4.8 from 4 outlets

  • 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesBill Zwecker With a nice, unexpected twist at the end, The Forest delivers as a healthy dose of psychological cinematic terror and an impressive first feature directing effort. Read
  • 5.0 New York TimesNeil Genzlinger A decently executed creeper built around a convincing performance by Natalie Dormer. Read
  • 4.0 The GuardianJordan Hoffman The movie gets completely lost, unsure if it wants to be a serious exploration of repressed memories or a work of giddy, spooky trash. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $10m
  • US $21.3m
  • UK £448,258

Soundtrack

All 9 songs
  1. JapanAlex Banks, Hannah Thomas
  2. Tokyo RocksJimmy Kaleth, Bob Mitchell, Jez Pike
  3. Eastern BellsGarry Judd
  4. TodomachiJuan Zambrano

Trivia

  • Natalie Dormer actually went to the suicide forest for research with her Japanese driver, she ventured five meters off the path to take photos and her Japanese driver wouldn't step half an inch over the path.

  • According to the spanish comic author Juan Torres, the plot, title, and look of the film are very similar to the ones on "El bosque de los suicidas", a spanish comic book by himself and Gabriel Hernández published on 2011.

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