Thanks for the memories!

Simply Perfect

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

"The Woods" is a good horror movie that has a great sense of humor. Ignore the low rating.There is a mutant strain of IMDb 'critics' who just live to crap on people's work. You can see their handiwork on classic movies that clearly deserve a 9 approaching 10 but are sandbagged by these idiots into the 7s.While 'The Woods' may not be a classic, it is an entertaining movie with good direction, good acting and good visual story telling. It also doesn't take itself as seriously as most more recent independent Horror movies do.It's the story of a young rebellious girl who gets sent to a girl's school and finds out all is not as it seems. Lucky McKee directs and I think he has a future as a high level Indy Horror filmmaker.It gets 4 points from me right off the bat just by having Bruce Campbell playing a pivotal role in it.Don't listen to the haters. Give it a try.

'The woods' harbours plenty of clichés, that is undeniable, but that's not all - at all. Director Lucky McKee has a fine sense of style and the cinematography is more than decent. And there are plenty of developments in the story to keep the viewers on or at least near the edge of their seats. It takes a good while then, but the finale is pretty good, even if the mystery genre dominates the horror genre.Agnes Bruckner delivers a fine performance as well, there are some pretty neat special effects, but the two predecessors are still better than this one. I haven't mentioned the role of horror icon Bruce Campbell yet, but that's merely because it's rather small.A big 6 out of 10 for 'The woods', which equals 7 out of 10 here. It's been a while since I saw this one, so a fresh viewing is in order (which goes for all of McKee's work, actually - come to think of it, I should try 'Roman' by Angela Bettis again soon, too).

Predictable plot devices can't harm what's a compellingly performed and slickly directed slow-burn supernatural feature "The Woods" just happens to be. Even with its foreseeable nature, the chilling story manages to balance your interest with its eerily haunting atmospherics of its remote surroundings and the slightly offbeat mannerisms of its characters. The opening half of the dreary plot is smartly captured, drawing you in as it tries to screw around with the possibilities where it drums up an intriguing urban legend-like theme. The school has something of a past… terrible and dark secrets that the girls like to talk about in hush-hush means although the teachers (looking all but suspicious with their glaring eyes and minor nodding) simply pass it off. However after building upon it's tearing psychological traits and devious developments, it somewhat goes off the rails delving in shock-tactics with an overload of some mediocre computer FX work. This is when it turns outrageously silly, especially in the final 15 minutes or so. The old-fashion build-up is all but lost. Good chemistry between the actresses, as there is very adept performances by Emma Campbell and Agnes Bruckner. They might be stoic, but that's the film's tone. Cult fans will enjoy the presence of Bruce Campbell. Director Lucky McKee's sober, but classy handling crafts out some striking visuals demonstrating some moments of mystic and suspense. Also it's beautifully scored with a very fitting soundtrack.

It's one of those hard movies to rate: it has some suspenseful moments but doesn't satisfy.The lack of originality in this movie is absurd: it's a mix between "The Village", "Blair Witch Project" and "Dead End". Why choosing the character's name as Heather since it's the same name as "BWP" main actress? Also, the background sound sounded like a mermaid, not a witch. The good part of this film is that we never know who are the real witches and why they're doing this. Also we don't know if Heather and Marcy are having an affair, which is interesting for a mysterious movie. But the plot had to be more original and less repetitive to make me not roll my eyes for a dozen times.