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The Woods - a perfect film for Halloween
Plot from Flixster: "A psychological horror story that begins when a neglected teenager,
named Heather, is dropped off by her parents at a remote all-girls
boarding school deep in the forest. Watched over by sinister head...( read more )mistress
Ms. Traverse and her staff, Heather is tormented by her classmates and
is desperate to go home. But when students start disappearing and she
begins to have horrifying visions, Heather realizes that things at
school are not quite what they seem. She only knows there's something
out there in the woods - and it won't be letting her leave anytime soon."
This is now the best horror movie that I've seen not just this year but
for many years. I don't understand why this turned out to be a straight
to DVD release as it's certainly good enough for a theatrical
distribution.
I can't find enough good things to say about this at
all. Not only does it do for witches what "Ginger Snaps" did for
werewolves but everything is perfectly executed from the 1960s period
setting to the outstanding acting by everyone involved.
The
director, Lucky McKee, was also responsible for the more lacklustre
"May" but don't hold that against him. This time he really got
everything right. Again, he has used a very strong lead, Agnes
Bruckner, and she will definitely enchant you (pun intended)
throughout.
It has a sufficiently spooky atmosphere, great characterisation, a good storyline and excellent gore scenes at the end.
Don't
believe anyone who writes bulls**t comments about this being
"derivative" and "unoriginal". Yes, it does have similarilties to
"Carrie", "The Initiation of Sarah" and a great many others but it
does it all so much better and mixes the elements in a far more
entertaining way. You'll be drawn in so much by it that you won't even
notice the "clichés" that the nitpickers like to point out.
The
plot is indeed also similar to "Suspiria" but only in the way that
"Suspiria" is the same as "Rosemary's Baby", i.e. they both have a
coven of witches involved. But whereas "Suspiria" is an unwatchable
boring crapfest, this is a much smoother affair and much more enjoyable
in every way.
