A Night in the Woods (2011)
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42% of critics liked it
(12 reviews) -
78% want to see it
(33 ratings)
Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, sexual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should have been a peaceful camping adventure into a trip to… More Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, sexual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should have been a peaceful camping adventure into a trip to terror. As collective paranoia reaches fever pitch it becomes clear that there is a much darker force at work in the ancient eerie surroundings. Who or what is after them? And can any one of them survive a night in the woods?
- Directed By
- Richard Parry
- Genres
- Art House & International, Horror
Critic Reviews
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Nigel Floyd, Time Out
No amount of shaky-cam footage or imaginative sound design can lend coherence to these improvised scenes, which were shot on location before being patched together in the editing room.
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Philip French, Observer [UK]
The build-up (visiting Stonehenge and driving past Dartmoor prison) is quite intriguing, much more so than the things going bump in the night.
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Jeremy Aspinall, Radio Times
The improvised performances of the cast, the beautiful yet isolated location and dynamic camerawork keep things watchable.
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Charlotte O'Sullivan, This is London
It's testament to the non-scariness of A Night in the Woods that it makes you want to go out and buy a tent.
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Mike McCahill, Guardian [UK]
It's unusual in using its 80-odd minutes to burrow down into these characters and match their psychic states with the (still underfilmed) location's physical terrain ...
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