Forest causes a double feeling in a person. It seems that it has two different sides - dark and light. Small groves, pine sunny pine forests cause a feeling of calm, quiet joy and peace. Impassable gloomy thickets can frighten the most daring travelers. No wonder the forest quite often becomes the scene of thrillers and horror. The scariest horror movies about the forest - We offer readers a selection of the most frightening pictures.
10. Paradise lake
«Paradise lake»- British forest horror movie starring Michael Fassbender.
Jenny and Stephen decide to spend a romantic weekend away from the bustle and prying eyes on the shores of a forest lake. During the trip, the car navigator advises the couple to immediately turn back, but they take this warning for a device system failure. Having settled on the shore of the lake, Jenny and Stephen soon notice a company of teenagers behaving aggressively and defiantly. At the request of adults to behave quietly, they respond rudely. The next morning, the couple’s food discovers that their food is spoiled, and the car’s wheel is pierced by a bottle splinter. Stephen and Jenny understand that this is the work of teenagers who decided to have fun at their expense.
9. Alien forest
Continues the list of horror films about the forest horror "Alien Forest”, Which is similar in plot to such paintings as“ Paradise Lake ”and“ Turning Wrong ”. Michael and Cheryl decide to spend time in picturesque places and go to the wooded mountains. In the morning, Michael discovers that Cheryl is missing. He goes in search of a girl deep into the forest, who yesterday admired him with his beauties, and now has turned into a place full of dangers.
8. Turn the wrong way
Forest Horror Series “Wrong turn"Consists of 6 parts. The first picture was released in 2003 and was included in the list of 500 best horror films for the entire existence of cinema.
The picture takes place in West Virginia. Medical student Chris Flynn rushes to an interview. Once in a traffic jam, he decides to drive along the old highway and crashes into a car standing on the road. It belongs to a company of friends. They tell Chris that they had an accident due to barbed wire laid out by someone on the road. Young people decide to split up - part goes in search of help, and the rest are left to wait at the cars. The group that left to seek help finds a house, and in it there are a lot of car keys and human remains. Chris and the rest understand that the barbed wire was specially laid on the road, and they became the object of hunting for the inhabitants of the terrible house.
7. Mysterious forest
Thriller and horror film "Mysterious forest"(The original picture is called" The Village ") received high marks from critics and was even nominated for an Oscar. Why did the picky reviewers like him so much?
In the 19th century, the Protestant village of Covington was located in the forests of Pennsylvania. Its inhabitants led a calm measured life, but never left the borders of the settlement. Once upon a time, their ancestors entered into an agreement with mysterious creatures living in the forest - Temi, whose name is not called. In case of an attack, the village was surrounded by a wall, and the sentries wore bright yellow cloaks, since it was believed that creatures were scared away by this color. When a child dies of an illness in Covington, one of the villagers, Lucius Hunt, asks the elders for permission to leave the forest and find the necessary medicines in the nearest town. Because of fear of creatures and fearing the consequences of violating an old contract, they refuse him. When Lucia is seriously injured, the blind girl Ivy in love with him decides to go alone in search of a cure.
6. Mushrooms
«Mushrooms"- a horror film about the forest with an intriguing plot and an unexpected denouement. A group of friends comes to Ireland. Jake living there promises to bring them into the forest in search of hallucinogenic mushrooms. He tells his friends a local legend about a mushroom, by eating which a person either dies or receives a gift to see the future. One of the girls, Tara, accidentally eats a strange mushroom and survives. Visions begin to torment her, in which she sees the death of her friends.
5. The Blair Witch
Horror movie "Blair Witch", Released in 1999, was a prime example of how low-budget paintings can give odds to world blockbusters. The picture not only became widely known, but also gave rise to a new direction in cinema - pseudo-documentary.
Three students come to the city of Burkittsville, located in Maryland, to take a term paper on the witch from Blair, a character in a local legend. After questioning the townspeople, they go to the Sepulcher rock - the place where they found the wretched killed by the witch. Having lost their way, the students wandered around the forest for several days, hearing strange and frightening sounds, until they reached the old abandoned house.
An interesting fact: the actors were given less and less food every day, so that their fatigue and irritability looked on the screen as naturally as possible.
4. The reserve
In the forest horror movie “Reserve»Spouses Michael and Wheat with Michael's elder brother, Sean, go hunting for the weekend. Despite the warning sign that the national park is closed, they set up camp and begin the hunt. In the morning, all three wake up without a tent, personal items and with painted crosses on their foreheads. At first, Michael and Whit think this is a stupid joke by Sean, but soon masked unknowns begin to haunt the young people.
3. The goblin
Continues our list of horrors about the forest film "Goblin».
When the young sheriff Kyle Williams arrived in the small town of Bywater, he was sure that a calm and measured life was waiting for him here. But after the local tycoon built an oil rig on sacred Native American soil, ignoring the warning of local residents, people begin to disappear in the city. The Indians tell the sheriff that the rich man’s unceremoniousness and greed awakened an ancient evil living in the marshy swamps in the heart of the forest. To find the culprit, Williams goes to the wilderness - to where, at night, heartbreaking screams are heard.
2. Ghost Forest
«Ghost forest"- one of the new horror films about the forest, released in 2016. The picture is partially based on real events. In Japan, at the foot of Fuji, is the notorious Aokigahara Forest, or the “Suicide Forest”. Up to a hundred bodies of those who decide to take their own lives are found here annually. The Aokigahara Forest has one curious feature - because of the iron ore deposits, compasses do not work in it.
American Sarah Price receives news from the Japanese authorities that her twin sister Jess went to Aokigahara Forest and did not return. Arriving in Japan and deciding to look for a sister on her own, she learns that the forest is famous for its bad reputation. Going off the trail and spending the night in it is extremely risky. Locals believe that the souls of the dead live in it, embittered and trying to catch careless travelers. Despite the warning, Sarah went into the forest in search of a sister in the company of a local guide and a new acquaintance named Rob. The first night spent in the Aokigahara Forest makes Sarah believe that the fears of the locals before this place are well founded.
1. Troll Hunters
Horror movie "Troll hunters”Talks about three students who decided to make a documentary about the numerous cases of bear deaths in the forests of Norway. They discover that next to the death of animals, they always saw a man named Hans traveling alone in a trailer. Students find him to interview and find out that he is a real troll hunter, who have long lived in the forests and mountains of Norway.
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