“The Forest” is one of those horror movies that starts with an intriguing idea but has no idea what to do with it.

“The Forest” settles for such tried and trite horror staples as phony scares; spooky music; fake-looking cadavers, and more.

“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...

Does Natalie Dormer's new Japan-set horror deliver the chills? Find out at Empire Online.

The Forest: EW review

Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney co-star in Jason Zada’s debut feature, a supernatural suspenser set in Japan.

(15) Jason Zada, 93 mins. Starring: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt

Every cliché of contemporary or vintage horror is ready to leap out and not scare Natalie Dormer in this by-the-numbers ghost flick

The supernatural thriller "The Forest" begins with an intriguing premise and fun, ghost story-type potential but quickly devolves into convoluted hokum that ...

Natalie Dormer gets lost in the woods in this woeful horror from first-time director Jason Zada.

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 ...

Natalie Dormer plays twins, one of whom has gone missing, in this horror film by Jason Zada, set in an area near Mount Fuji where many have taken their own l...

The Forest is a low-budget horror film that arrives in January with the usual low expectations associated with early year releases. Considering the movie’s...

The Forest ends up feeling like an extended journey to a predestined shrug of a conclusion. 

Natalie Dormer escapes the sexpot ghetto the movies (“Rush”) and TV (“The Tudors”, “Game of Thrones”) tried to sentence her to with “The Forest...

Not a total misfire, but this first feature from Jason Zada fails to capitalize on its fine setup, its competent cast, and its exquisite location. Natalie Do...

A new horror film set in Japan trivializes a tragic locale where hundreds have killed themselves.

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...

When depression attacks! Literally!

There's barely a scare to be found in this tale of a woman searching for her sister in an infamous Japanese suicide locale

A Japanese locale known for its suicides is the setting for the new horror movie.

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...

Dumb Americans get lost in a Japanese forest and bad things happen to them.