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.
tridentbear
I got to watch an advanced screening of this movie, and I was anxious (just because the last movie I watched was that recent remake of "Nightmare on Elm Street" which seriously was lame.) I won't get into the actual details of the plot, but it was more than just a "hey here's a random thing going around killing people with no good reason" type of plot, which always bug the CRAP out of me. The characters had motives, and there was this extreme tension throughout the movie (I won't say why, but it was very intense!) Overall it was like my favorite types of horror movies, which focus on the psychological/tension type of horror, rather than the let's-see-how-much-blood-this-dead-body-can-spew type. It's the kind that you think about days after. And even more freaky that the forest is a real place! Freaky deaky! Anyway, I plan on seeing it again.
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.
ZombieBlah
After seeing this, I'm dying to go see the forest in person. Did some googling and its 100% real. Search at your own risk- I had a hard time sleeping the night I did. Actually, if you're looking for a good scare, do it by yourself at like 1am. You're welcome.I totally wasn't expecting what I saw with this movie. The characters are much more fleshed-out than some of the horror films I've seen in the past 5 years, and there's actually an interesting and ENGAGING plot.Some excellent scares throughout, especially the last 30 minutes. The whole audience was reacting to the screen, and one guy even said exactly what I was feeling: "Oh, shhhhi-."
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