Into the Forest

'Into the forest' 3/10 = Abandon 🌠🌠🌠

The first priority and main objective for shooting a found footage horror flick in one word would be realism. The actors should appear genuine or as natural as possible but "Into the forest" through out the entire film achieves the exact opposite. Whether it was a character screaming into oblivion shouting with fear that's inauthentic or watching someone have a fake seizure that wouldn't convince a 10yo. Nothing will ruin a found footage film quicker than losing the belief or feeling that it's real. In a genre that's heavily saturated for and by millennials too many filmmakers think if they use amateur or unknown actors and film using handheld or shaky camera effects it will give the movie a boost of realism. Usually it does but that's not the case if every scene comes across appearing forced or scripted. I wouldn't recommend this film for viewers and suggest steering clear of it entirely.

To start off I loved the found footage style, the characters were somewhat likeable, I however couldn't get past how Amy forgets her pills and the guy says "im not going back 3-4 hours to the cabin to get pills". But then when she has a reaction around 3am, the guy says "I'll be right back I'm going to grab the pills" then gets to the cabin, it's still pitch black outside, then he runs all the way back to the tents. Remind you he just traveled roughly 8 hours and he left around 3 am. It's still pitch black outside. They make it seem like he only ran 20 minutes back to the cabin. That was a huge flaw.

INTO THE FOREST documents the efforts of yet another paranormal ghost hunting team that wants to make it big on television as they enter a forest infamous for having a large number of people disappearing in it.

Yes, this is a low budget found footage movie featuring not so great acting, a well-worn concept if not a nonsensical story, and poor makeup effects. However, at 67 minutes, the movie is short, and the film-makers used this to tighten the story. That, in turn helped create and build tension.

The main characters are not as unlikable as in many comparable found footage movies, yet the actor who plays the father of the missing girl steals the show. His performance contributes to one of the most tense scenes in the movie, and yet that scene is only about midway through.

The apparently made-up mythology features an evil woman who decades ago kidnapped 13 kids and then killed everybody, including herself. I was amused when they said that a copy of the Codex Gigas ("Large Book"), also known as the Devil's Bible because of an unusually detailed portrait of the devil, was at that site and then presented what looked like a small booklet or leaflet to the camera. The Codex is a gigantic book, 36 inches long and 165 pounds heavy.

The ending was conventional and the final reveal a letdown, but in its place, this movie avoided a common bane of found footage horror movies, namely a slow pace and humdrum progression until things pick up toward the end, and I believe that counts for something.

Sweet jesus don't waste your time on this garbage, the scariest thing about this one hour movie is the guy wearing black socks pulled half way up to his knees with shorts on. Lol 🤣

Thought i would give this a watch even though it had a low rating. The quality of the movie is good, i just wish that the story had been better, a whole lot better. The acting you get used to as i have seen worse .

You are waiting for something to happen in the plot all the way through from the random drunk guy to the dad that gets taken away. You get a snippet of what could be, then... nothing. There is no conclusion to the end of the story aside from keeping you hanging which is just frustrating and i just wished i hadn't bothered.