Jason Zada's The Forest is the hollow shell of a horror movie. There's a decent plot and set-up: an American travels to the popular, supposedly haunted, suicide spot Aokigahara Forest in Japan to locate her lost twin sister. But there's not a single moment when the film feels atmospheric and tense. Every jump scare is telegraphed. The strange thing is that all the bits and pieces for a good horror movie are there, they're just mishandled. First, they needed to get their story straight: it's an unholy mess of unexplained motivations and nonexistent logic. Then they needed to get a director who could actually create a tone and atmosphere. Then they needed to get a different lead actress than Natalie Dormer. She's a good actress, but she's no scream queen. She feels out of place in this film and gives a cringe-worthy performance.
3/10
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