Agnes Bruckner, Bruce Campbell, Colleen Williams
A psychological horror story that begins when a neglected teenager, named Heather, is dropped off by her parents at a remote all-girls boarding school deep in the forest. Watched over by sinister head...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
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January 18, 2009I wanted to like this one but couldn't lower my I.Q. far enough to find any of this original or interesting.
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July 22, 2008Pretty standard stuff in this one. The Woods isn't terrible, but it offers absolutely nothing new, either. Worth watching if you're a big Bruce Campbell fan, I suppose.
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July 20, 2008The year is 1965 as we open in a car filled with tension: Prissy Mom and mute Dad have had enough with young Heather. The unhappy teenager has a small problem with pyromania, and so she's being shipped off to an isolated girls' school that's jammed in the middle of a foreboding f...( read more)
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November 20, 2007This is now the best horror movie that I've seen not just this year but for many years. I don't understand why this turned out to be a straight to DVD release as it's certainly good enough for a theatrical distribution.
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August 18, 2007A girl uncovers an evil coven at her boarding school in this atmospheric and horrifying film, which reminded me of "Suspiria" in ways.
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October 25, 2009A nice little tale of witchcraft at a girls boarding school, which is always par for the course with these type of schools, now isn't it? Why would you ever send your teenage daughter to a boarding school? It never plays out well.
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October 5, 2009I like the whole secret coven at a boarding school thing, but it was pretty standard to me. This could've been interesting, but it needed a little more oomph.
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October 4, 2009It was scary? my god not at all it was annoying seeing the school everytime and balancing the stones always... it was a useless tag line i donno whether it happened still but at the ending of the film they show up the sentences as its still mysterious as if the woods never catch ...( read more)
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October 19, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
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October 14, 2007
The best atmosphere of any horror film for years. It would make a good double feature with "Lady in White" if you like horror movies with a lot of nostalgia.
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