- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- January 7, 2016 (9 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Production companies
- AI Film · Lava Bear Films · Phantom Four
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
The Forest

Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Natalie DormerSara / Jess Price
Eoin MackenRob
Stephanie VogtValerie
Osamu TanpopoHomeless Man
Yasuo TobishimaSushi Chef
Ibuki KanedaMei (Schoolgirl)
Akiko IwaseHead Teacher
Kikuo IchikawaBusinessman
Noriko SakuraMayumi
Jozef AokiVisitor Center Morgue Man
Yûho YamashitaSakura
Taylor KinneyAiden
Gen SetoNarusawa Bartender
Terry DiabGrandma
Nadja MazalicaSara / Jess (Age 6)
Lidija AntonićMother of Sara / Jess
Takako AkashiUbasute Old Woman #1
Yuriri NakaNarusawa Young Woman
Yukiyoshi OzawaMichi
Nemanja NaumoskiPillowcase Man
Tales YamamotoBlue Tent Man
Meg KubotaUbasute Old Woman #2
Mieko WertheimUbasute Old Woman #3
Rina TakasakiHoshiko
Čarni ĐerićFather of Sara / Jess
Yoshio HasegawaAokigahara Police Sergeant
Crew
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
‘The Forest’ offers horror in some Japanese woods - The Boston Globe “The Forest” settles for such tried and trite horror staples as phony scares; spooky music; fake-looking cadavers, and more.
Review: ‘The Forest’ is not a very scary place to be “The Forest” is a fairly promising feature debut from director Jason Zada, which isn’t the same thing as saying it’s a good horror film. It does, how...
The Forest review: would be hard-pressed to frighten even the frailest infant Every cliché of contemporary or vintage horror is ready to leap out and not scare Natalie Dormer in this by-the-numbers ghost flick
Review: 'The Forest' doesn't live up to its ghost-story potential The supernatural thriller "The Forest" begins with an intriguing premise and fun, ghost story-type potential but quickly devolves into convoluted hokum that ...
The Forest Natalie Dormer gets lost in the woods in this woeful horror from first-time director Jason Zada.
Atmosphere isn’t enough to save horror flick ‘The Forest’ Japan’s loony suicide culture seems like an adequately scary backdrop for a horror movie, but the routine horror flick “The Forest” mostly settles for ...
'The Forest': The Problem With Trying to Make Suicide Spooky A new horror film set in Japan trivializes a tragic locale where hundreds have killed themselves.
The Forest: A compelling, haunted trek through Japan’s ‘suicide forest’ Natalie Dormer plays the duel role of a sister who hits the paranormal wilds of Mount Fuji’s ‘suicide forest’ to search for her troubled and possibly d...
Review: This 'Forest' is a mostly scare-free zone A Japanese locale known for its suicides is the setting for the new horror movie.
Film Review: ‘The Forest’ Arriving in theaters several months after Gus Van Sant’s “The Sea of Trees” bombed at the Cannes Film Festival, “The Forest” can’t help but benef...
The Forest Is Dumb, Tedious, and Not Scary Dumb Americans get lost in a Japanese forest and bad things happen to them.
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