bolanszipgun It appears the other viewers of this movie must have watched a different movie then I did. I actually bought the DVD on the strength of the other reviews, what a mistake that was. The acting was extremely bad, the sound was variable through out, over all quality was terrible and the film was extremely boring with nothing to hold the attention. The characters were banal and one dimensional you did not care about anyone as they were instantly forgettable.I managed to sit through half the DVD before I switched it off and put DVD in the garbage. I was really disappointed as I expected this to be a real scary one. Nothing to scare you here, you wont be scared to go down to the forest after this travesty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

benicio-vargas-85 There's a whole new crop of Indy horror makers who clearly have taken notes from the grandmasters (Carpenter, Craven, Kubrik) and now they're gonna be our next generation of greats. First we had Adam Green with his Frozen and Hatchet. Now we got Serafin, who's delivering a creepy pulse-driving cold-sweat nightmare of pure-sweet female violence. Love it. The J-Horror genre is sure to get a re-boost with this. The spirit is along the lines of The Ring or The Grudge, but I swear to God, there is that same adrenal rush of Aliens....in the end. Fantastic pay off makes everything tie together in a hellish journey of the last remaining character. Very innovative this bloke Serafin. Some stuff I hadn't quite seen before. And all of it is the real-deal Japanese Suicide Forest. The acting is decent all the way around, no stand out performances other than the hacker and of course mister on-scree-I'll-knife-you-in-the-jewels Michael Madsen. who, actually is pretty damn hilarious. Best horror movie I've seen this year and can't wait to see more from this group.

Bill_Doroden322 Tomoyuki's Jyukai and Naiishi's Shadow Woods are not on par with The Forest. This movie is the best look there is on the topic of the Fuji forest, especially cinematically which is well shot and a gripping plot. Serafim kept the creepy images at play without being heavyhanded about their social ramfications. All in all the characters aren't memorable as in hey you're about to watch the Godfather and see Michael Corleone confront his inner demons, but they're very realistic especially as an ensemble. The blonde, main brunette, cop, photographer are good. I heard the crew had a number of problems with reshoots but they did a seamless job of suturing together a mindbending story which never feel out of its own flow. The pace is excellent. I could have apprecaited more blood and gore otherwise I don't think this movie qualifies as a slasher film. It's more of a Japanese horror piece slash supernatural thriller with a consummate first person shooter style procession ending that is pretty chilling and active at the same time.

onistb I've always been a fan of older horror movies, the kind that require some thought and the viewer to be paying attention. I'm talking black and white, early 70's, gritty stories that let the imagination fun wild instead of seeing dismembered limbs and gory nasty crap all thrown in your face. That's why I never take the time to watch them.Enter "The Visible Dark." (I'm gonna do my best to not spoil the movie) Right from the first scenes, you're taken places that make you believe connections between events without being able to explain them. There are no obvious fixes and no easy answers. But the whole time you're wondering what the hell is going on. No one is safe, and everyone becomes suspect after a while. Also, trust and belief in people starts to diminish. You want to see the people prevail, but start to wonder if they can. Before you realize it, time is running out, and you're wondering if and when the evil will strike.The coolest thing is that the story is addicting without the horror aspect. The scary stuff comes along and disrupts everything, which to me is even creepier. Most horror movies I just sit back and stay guarded, covering part of my eyes the whole time. I stay disconnected the whole movie, and then after I forget about it. I near cared about the subjects anyways. This movie pulls you in and then drops the ax, kidney punching you with terror whenever you've lifted your guard just a little too long.This film leaves you effectively creeped out without being nauseous. I hope to see more like this again.