The Girl in the Woods

The episodes are a bit uneven, and involve mainly around teens. There is a colony behind the door, and Carrie escapes from it. The colony is really based on beatings and pain, and very brutal punishment, leaving scars. It is necessary, to create a guardian from one of them, where pain = sacrifice and sacrifice = love. They are the guardians of the door from Gehenna to the outer world. Gehenna is populated by terrible beasts, which, if let loose on the world, could destroy much. And Carrie becomes one of the stronger persons meant to protect that doorway. A tear develops in the boundary between Gehenna and the outer world, and if it is not repaired, the results would be terrible. Already, some of the beasts have escaped, and they are often invisible, but deadly. The outer world is set in a small town, where the closing of a nickel mine threatens the economic survival of the town, yet some want the mine closed due to the toxic byproducts of the mining. This sets up some of the tension between the town characters. The target audience is most likely teens who would not be real critical.

Not sure what's up with some of the way overly harsh reviews. This is a fun show. If you're looking for some lighthearted entertainment but like some genre and a dash of scares with it, I recommend this show. I particularly loved the main trio. It's not super scary, but that wasn't a negative to me. It was a breeze to watch, which I appreciated. Takes a couple of episodes to find it's groove but once it finds it you'll realize you're really sucked in and care deeply for the characters. There's a couple moments I was surprised really struck me right in the feels. The finale was also a standout. Don't listen to some of these reviews. At 25-30 mins an ep, stick with it. You won't be disappointed.

The premise of the show has potential, but the characters are cliché to the point of absurdity. They hardly need dialogue because it's blatantly obvious what each character is going to say in every scene.

Most of the reviewers don't know that this series comes from Crypt TV channel on YouTube, which has an array of horror anthologies. I'm glad they made it to the big screen as Crypt TV has some of the most original horror short films out there. Instead of being over critical they should check out the YT channel before saying that this series is over "woke" because it's anything but.

I do wish they had chosen from different short films but this one isn't horrible. I say give it five episodes before you there it under the bus.

I was expecting it to be very basic and boring, but it was actually engaging. It wasn't really a horror show as much as a teen drama with horror elements. As a teen drama it was above average, the characters were realistic and there problems too. If you are looking for something scary this show is not for you, but if you want an teen drama that doesn't make you brain dead while watching it, it's pretty good.