Lady of the Damned Forest

It's not a bad movie. There is a lack of budget and lack of resources. But the intention is good and the camera work is insane. I had a great time watching it. I gave it 6 stars for the effort, but also for the editing.

The camera work and editing, I think that's why it's so surprising. Because it's quite risky and that is a point in favor of the movie.

In any case, although it has been released now on Netflix, it seems like an older film. Maybe even the debut of an independent film director. Something like that it seems. I expect something more in the future from this team or this director. We'll see.

Poor acting, poor storyline, one should avoid this.

Language horror on Netflix. Often these are good movies. Initially, la dama del bosque maldito aka Lady of the damned forest also seems to be a good film.

Camping in a cursed forest and scary stories by a campfire. It's not original. But well presented, this can be lots of fun.

Unfortunately, presentation is where things go wrong with this film. After half an hour the story collapses and we get an illogical sequence of bad acting, bad costumes, bad special effects, bad action scenes and especially very bad story telling.

A film that has the quality of the year-end work of high school students. Unfortunately I can't give many points on it.

As a person who love classic horror, Dude, I've read some really childish comments on here. People seriously don't understand how movies are made. Although I don't know why that doesn't surprise me lately coming from the modern audience.

Well I love this! It's dark but sexy at the same time. It has exactly the approach of 80's fantasy movies, with emotional dialogues that even turns naive in some circumstances. Look at the case of Labyrinth (1986) and its dialogues, to give you an example. I'm used to seeing that in many movies, though. I don't know why that might surprise you. So the cast of actors for me fits perfectly. As for Mr. Karja who not only acts, he also has a lot of physical acting I can't think of any other actor who would do a better job. A tough character who must face extreme situations. I like that approach.

A very small but very ambitious production. Perhaps too ambitious to be his first film. Six and a half stars from here.... Keep creating and growing.

This Spanish horror film, which goes by its Spanish title 'La Dama del Bosque Maldito' on Netflix, has a fairly familiar premise. Three couples head into the wilderness, in order to get to their destination they must pass through a forest. Bad things will happen.

On their first night they set up camp and one of the women tells a story. A long time ago there was a peasant village in the woods; one day a group of men forced themselves on a young woman. She got away from them but died after tumbling over a cliff. So the story goes her assailants were turned into animals and her vengeful spirit punishes any man who enters her domain. Inevitably thing start going badly for the hikers.

'Danger in the Woods' can be considered a horror genre in its own right; the threat may be animal, human, something unseen or something supernatural... here it is the last of these options. The central story is decent enough but could have been improved with better dialogue. Things get off to a good start; we even get some nice scenery as a bonus. Unfortunately once things start going bad for the characters the film goes downhill fast; the special effects are distinctly bargain basement and detract from the story. The acting isn't the best although given what they are being asked to perform in one can't be too harsh. Overall this is far from a must see unless you are a connoisseur of cheesy, low-budget horror.

These comments are based on watching the film in Spanish with English subtitles.