The Forest

After seeing this, I'm dying to go see the forest in person. Did some googling and its 100% real. Search at your own risk- I had a hard time sleeping the night I did. Actually, if you're looking for a good scare, do it by yourself at like 1am. You're welcome.

I totally wasn't expecting what I saw with this movie. The characters are much more fleshed-out than some of the horror films I've seen in the past 5 years, and there's actually an interesting and ENGAGING plot.

Some excellent scares throughout, especially the last 30 minutes. The whole audience was reacting to the screen, and one guy even said exactly what I was feeling: "Oh, shhhhi-."

Tomoyuki's Jyukai and Naiishi's Shadow Woods are not on par with The Forest. This movie is the best look there is on the topic of the Fuji forest, especially cinematically which is well shot and a gripping plot. Serafim kept the creepy images at play without being heavyhanded about their social ramfications. All in all the characters aren't memorable as in hey you're about to watch the Godfather and see Michael Corleone confront his inner demons, but they're very realistic especially as an ensemble. The blonde, main brunette, cop, photographer are good. I heard the crew had a number of problems with reshoots but they did a seamless job of suturing together a mindbending story which never feel out of its own flow. The pace is excellent. I could have apprecaited more blood and gore otherwise I don't think this movie qualifies as a slasher film. It's more of a Japanese horror piece slash supernatural thriller with a consummate first person shooter style procession ending that is pretty chilling and active at the same time.

liked it!!! Author: ecepilot from United States

I was very into it. I think its a good movie. It has a very scary ending to a good story. The cast gives good acting for a good script. Great editing. Great direction. The wardrobe was okay. The scene lighting was okay. The score was good. So-so special effects. Very good sound designs. Good make up. So so visual affects editing. Screenplay is OK and funny. Producers did a good job. Set design is good. Main ghost is scary. Actual blood used is OK not great. Good filming of tokyo and all Japan. Good surprises. Car for the cop is dumb but that is japan I guess. Kill scenes are good. Acting of Japanese people is very good. Best part is ending and which is very creepy. Good movie for most everyone

It appears the other viewers of this movie must have watched a different movie then I did. I actually bought the DVD on the strength of the other reviews, what a mistake that was. The acting was extremely bad, the sound was variable through out, over all quality was terrible and the film was extremely boring with nothing to hold the attention. The characters were banal and one dimensional you did not care about anyone as they were instantly forgettable.I managed to sit through half the DVD before I switched it off and put DVD in the garbage. I was really disappointed as I expected this to be a real scary one. Nothing to scare you here, you wont be scared to go down to the forest after this travesty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've always been a fan of older horror movies, the kind that require some thought and the viewer to be paying attention. I'm talking black and white, early 70's, gritty stories that let the imagination fun wild instead of seeing dismembered limbs and gory nasty crap all thrown in your face. That's why I never take the time to watch them.

Enter "The Visible Dark." (I'm gonna do my best to not spoil the movie) Right from the first scenes, you're taken places that make you believe connections between events without being able to explain them. There are no obvious fixes and no easy answers. But the whole time you're wondering what the hell is going on. No one is safe, and everyone becomes suspect after a while. Also, trust and belief in people starts to diminish. You want to see the people prevail, but start to wonder if they can. Before you realize it, time is running out, and you're wondering if and when the evil will strike.

The coolest thing is that the story is addicting without the horror aspect. The scary stuff comes along and disrupts everything, which to me is even creepier. Most horror movies I just sit back and stay guarded, covering part of my eyes the whole time. I stay disconnected the whole movie, and then after I forget about it. I near cared about the subjects anyways. This movie pulls you in and then drops the ax, kidney punching you with terror whenever you've lifted your guard just a little too long.

This film leaves you effectively creeped out without being nauseous. I hope to see more like this again.