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'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.

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.

Found footage films generally have a lower bar to reach, and at that, Into the Forest definitely has a more than commendable attempt at being better than the standard found footage film.

But there are still some issues to point out here.

Good found footage, and good horror in general, either have annoying characters for the sake of comedic relief or for some satisfaction when they die a brutal death. I've brought up the annoying character issue in my review of The Girl in Cabin 13, which has some of the same people involved, but it really needs to be mentioned here as well. It's fine to have an annoying side character, because it adds some comedic relief, but to have an annoying protagonist is not great, especially in modern horror, where the viewer expects a bit more out of the characters. Always, always flesh your characters out. Give them some soul and spark. Out of the three main characters, only one is really interesting, and she doesn't have as much screen time as she should. A solid base for the characters is important in any storytelling medium, but Into the Forest doesn't quite have that. The writing is better than The Girl in Cabin 13, especially in terms of the dialogue, but it still needs a lot of finetuning. This isn't meant as a knock on what has been set up, but there is definitely unrealized potential here........ The story hits most of the same territory and tropes as most found footage set in a forest, but the pacing is faster than expected. For the most part, the story is decent enough and pushes along quite nicely, but I do feel like it doesn't do enough to stand out among the many, many, many found footage films with similar ideas and concepts. Too much feels familiar to concepts and ideas that have been done to death in many, many different ways........ Granted, it is difficult to make found footage content stand out when pretty much everything has already been done, but found footage is also that subgenre where you feel that satisfaction if you're that one in a thousand that makes that stand-out content. There was definitely potential here for that, but it didn't quite hit that mark....... Visually there's more polish and flair than the typical found footage. There's definitely visual strength at hand, and the look punches above its budget for some truly great content. I found nothing wrong with the approach to the look of the film, with some above-average cinematography on display and a good overall aesthetic.

While the visuals are definitely strong, especially during dark scenes, the writing and acting just weren't where they needed to be. Some interesting ideas here, but further polish was definitely needed for Into the Forest to realize its potential.

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 🤣

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.

I didn't know it was possible to hate a movie within 30 seconds of the start....but this managed it.

I think the appropriate punishment of the persons involved in soliciting false 10 star reviews should be made to watch this film and, only this film until they confess or go mad. Awful and as frightening as a fuzzy puppy. Pathetic acting. The "twist" ending was anything but. Laughable. Hope anyone involved with this doesn't quit their day job

You blatantly ripped off not only Blair Witch cover but the whole entire story, and you did a TERRIBLE job doing it as well.

This film should not even be called a film, it's not fun, it's not even campy, it's everything you would hate in a movie all wrapped up into one ball of a script mess.

So called writers seem to want to cash in on The Blair Witch Project, and why after all these years? What's the point? That train seemed to have left long ago, 20 years ago to be exact. According rdomg to release date of this piece of garbage.

The actors are terrible, the scenes are garbage, the script seems to want to grapple the YouTube experience, but they can't even do that right.

Avoid this nonsense at all costs. Go watch something else. There is no character arch, there is nothing that matters in this film. This is a giant waste of time. Bad acting, bad camera direction, in fact someone should take the camera away from this director. This is not a director, this is an idiot trying to remake The Blair Witch Project 20 years later.

Like I said, that train is long gone.

As is so typical with these garbage found footage movies NOTHING HAPPENS!! You are not law and order,you can't bring everything to a cool,shocking head two minutes before the end (as l&o does. Freaking brilliantly!) But found footage?!?! Always trying to pull out some lame-o "shock" in the last five minutes,but I didn't care what happened in the hour and a half before,and your pathetic attempt at scariness at the last possible second constantly falls flat in that it isn't scary,interesting,or even well shot. Just dumbly ending a stupid,boring movie. And this movie is just that--an hour and a half of familial bickering,some tepid witch tale,and a lackluster ending and no resolution. I must have a secret machochistic side,because the stuff is torture. It's too late for me,I can't unsee this. But you have a chance. Save yourself.

We enjoyed watching this. We were a little worried about the bad user reviews, but we were pleasantly surprised! It even had a few scares! Very watchable characters weren't too bad either. Pretty good!

This uses found footage which is not my favorite but I do enjoy this movie overall. It's not super scary or anything it is just fun to watch as I talk to those apart of DBS.

I don't understand why this has anything lower than 4 stars this movie was great the vibe of it and how well written it is the characters and the amount of scary ness they put in it definitely recommend 10/10 worth watching it it's very interesting start to end.

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.

This movie is so great. It's full of intensity, especially towards the middle/end when they're in the forest and Nelson tries calling out to his daughter. It makes you feel so sorry for him but at the same time it is also creepy because of the music and the fact that he is out of it and it's super dark outside. The ending is the best, it makes you wanna look away because of how intense it gets and because of how shocking it is. I have seen it 16 times and I'd watch it over and over again. Definitely one of my favorites. The actors and filmmakers did a great job! I highly recommend it! I definitely give it 10 stars!

This movie is great if you like found footage and indie films! There is some good scares and really creepy scenes, and the twist at the end was great!

I love how this movie flowed it was really good had me on the edge of my seat most of the movie. Would of loved for more of a story line to go deep into the forest and dig up more of the past.

Definitely not a bad movie. I was oddly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Any time someone is caught in the woods in the dark there's usually a pretty good chance it's gonna be scary. The characters were somewhat unique, they weren't annoying like some groups in movies. The one guy was but it was kind of his job as a youtuber. I wish more had happened but there was enough intensity and creepy scenes to make up for a lack of actual visual effects. It's not a movie that's gonna stick in my head but it was decent. Acting pretty good, dialogue fairly good, storyline ok, scenes ok-good. It's not a hit but it's definitely not deserving of 1 star. Some people just have incredibly high expectations. Some blood but no gore or nudity.

This movie was one of my favorite found footage films! The cursed forest with the warnings from locals gives this movie a lot of possibilities when it comes to sequels and series. As someone who is in the wilderness a lot it makes you think about what really is out there. The acting was great and the jump scares are placed well throughout the film. Highly recommend!

This film was a good horror film overall! I can honestly say it wasn't my favorite DBS horror film/indie film, but I do think it was a good horror movie for beginner horror people! I think the actor's scripts were realistic and plausible which I always love! I also loved the musical choices for this film as well!

I really enjoyed this movie. It had plenty of creepy things going on. The actors were great at making you believe that what's happening is real. So true to how so many people want to be YouTube stars.