Production Year: 2006 - Horror - Director: Lucky McKee - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson, Bruce Campbell more
Equal parts Dario Argento and Henry James, Lucky McKee's brooding psychological horror film stars Agnes Bruckner as Heather, a young woman with a tendency to set things on fire.... more
The Woods DVD
Every High School Has Its Secrets... Deep within the forest lies Falburn Academy an ... more
all-girls boarding school where nothing is quite what it seems. Haunted by voices from the woods new student Heather knows there's something out there - and it's com...
The Woods
Paul Copeland's sister went missing twenty years ago. Now raising a daughter alone after ... more
the death of his wife Paul - known as Cope - balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer so long ago: his first love Lucy his mother who abandoned the family and the secrets that his parents might have been hiding even from their own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light. And can he find absolution?
The Woods - Harlan Coben
5/07 Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two ... more
were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.
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The Woods
Paul Copeland's sister was one of the missing teenagers. Now raising a daughter alone ... more
after the death of his wife he balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer 20 years ago: his first love Lucy his mother who abandoned the family and the secrets that his parents might have been hiding even from their own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light. And can he find absolution?O
The Woods
Twenty years ago four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were ... more
found murdered and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now two decades later they are about to change again. For Paul Copeland the county prosecutor of Essex New Jersey grief at the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Cope as he is known is now dealing with raising his 6-year old daughter alone after his wife has died of cancer. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending career as a prosecutor distract him from his past traumas but only for so long. When a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope the well-buried secrets of the prosecutor's family are threatened. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind that summer 20 years ago: his first love Lucy his mother who abandoned the family and the secrets that his parents might have been hiding even from their own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truths can be brought to the light. And can he find absolution?OOnce again Harlan Coben delivers his unique mix of powerful characters lightning pace and twists in a stunning new novel about family lost secrets and mistakes that can haunt a life forever.
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A review by PRO-REVIEWER on The Woods (DVD) April 26th, 2007
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Disliked it
Story
Satisfactory
Characters / Performances
Weak
Special Effects
Weak
How does it compare to similar films?
Unmemorable
Advantages:
not as long as some rubbish films
Disadvantages:
still too long
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
Full review
This movie can best be described as a very bad attempt at psychological horror. The story begins when neglected teenager Heather Fasulo (played by Agnes Bruckner) is left at a remote boarding school for girls only, guess where? Right in the middle of the woods! The school is governed by the wicked headmistress Ms Traverse (played by Patricia Clarkson) she and the staff are nothing more than wicked people hiding a wicked secret.
Heather is tormented by her class mates and staff alike and is desperate to return home but has no way of getting in touch with her parents other than to ask the staff to, who of course do not. When students start to disappear, Heather realises that there is something very wrong with this place and as her visions start at nights she becomes even more terrified, seeing things in her sleep that she cannot explain.
One thing`s for sure, she is very much alone here and someone knows what’s going on but no one is saying. She eventually makes friends with one of her class mates and gets some mumbo jumbo information from her about other girls who have been taken by the woods. This information tally’s with what she has seen in her visions and she’s now sure of one thing, there’s something out there amongst those trees and it wont be letting her leave anytime soon.
I was so disappointed by this movie, not least because of the fact that the idea behind it was such a good one but the acting and the portrayal of the idea let it down so badly. There are some very shallow performances throughout the cast and some very weak scripts also.
The parts of the movie that could have been so scary were eventually such a let down as they were so badly acted out. In the end this movie became farcical as it tried in vain to find a way to scare the viewers.
Although a lot of recent horror movies have been let downs this is definitely one of the worst I have had the misfortune to sit through and certainly would not recommend it to anyone.
THE CAST! <<<<<>>>>> Agnes Bruckner ... Heather Fasulo Patricia Clarkson ... Ms. Traverse Rachel Nichols ... Samantha Wise Lauren Birkell ... Marcy Turner Emma Campbell ... Alice Fasulo Marcia Bennett ... Ms. Mackinaw Gordon Currie ... The Sheriff Jude Beny ... School Nurse Bruce Campbell ... Joe Fasulo Jane Gilchrist ... Ms. Cross Catherine Colvey ... Ms. Leland Kathleen Mackey ... Ann Whales Cary Lawrence ... Ms. Charevoix Colleen Williams ... Ms. Arbor Melissa Altro ... Barb (as Missy Altro)
MY RATINGS! <<<<<<>>>>>> Story line: 6/10 Acting: 5/10 Special effects: 5/10 Script: 4/10 Soundtrack: 3/10 Overall: 5/10
THE DVD! <<<<<>>>>> Runtime: 92 minutes Video: 16.9 widescreen Audio: Dolby 5.1 Subtitles: English, French and Spanish Classification: 15 Extras: none
Directed by Lucky Mckee Written By David Ross
I sincerely hope I have managed to talk you out of wasting an hour and a half of your precious life, there truly is nothing good about this movie except when it ends and even then you are left scratching your head!
I hope you have enjoyed this little review although even if you have not, you will still get much more enjoyment from reading it again than you will ever get from watching the movie it is written on!
Advantages: None Disadvantages: So boring i fell asleep
The Woods was released on DVD in October 2006
Directed by Lucky Mckee ("Masters of Horror")
Written By David Ross Genre: Horror
Cast
Heather -- Agnes Bruckner
Ms. Traverse -- Patricia Clarkson
Samantha -- Rachel Nichols
Marcy -- Lauren Birkell
Alice -- Emma Campbell
Joe -- Bruce campbell
Ms. Mackinaw -- Marcia Bennet
The Sheriff -- Gordon Currie
This film is a definite no for anyone that enjoys a good horror. It is ridiculous, unrealistic ... ...home about. As far as the acting goes it wasn't too bad but there was a lot of room for improvement.
The film is about Heather (Agnes Bruckner) who is a teenage girl with a few problems and doesn't get on well with her mother. She is really neglected by her parents (Emma Campbell and Bruce Campbell) and because they cannot deal with her she is sent to an isolated all girls boarding school in the middle of some really creepy woods. The staff are ...
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Advantages: It lives and breathes the old style of picture making. Disadvantages: None for me
... ED WOODDVD (2006)
The film 'Ed Wood', released in 1994 is a biopic directed by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as cult filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr.
The film covers Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Béla Lugosi, played by Martin Landau.
This film plays homage to the low-budget sci-fi and horror films of Tim Burton's childhood.
The story was based on a novel by Rudolf Grey, "Nightmare of Ecstasy", and the screenplay was written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszowski.
When it was released in 1994, it was a box office flop, but it has since become known as one of Burton's better - if not best, films.
From the terrific use of black and white to the startling performances, I think that this is one of the best of Burton's film.
He never darkens...
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Advantages: witty, clever, great songs, great messages, great cast Disadvantages: not enough people have found this yet!
...Once upon a time... Jack sold his beloved cow for a handful of magic beans that would change his life forever. Rapunzel let down her hair for a handsome stranger. Magic helped the neglected Cinderella attend the ball and meet her Prince Charming. A childless baker and his wife sold a basket of goodies to girl in a red cloak who was headed into the woods to visit her sick Granny, and the witch who lived next door revealed the curse upon the baker's family. Sooner or later, everyone must journey Into the Woods to find their happily ever after... but will it be what they expected?
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This 1991 Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical is a must have for every family! Fortunately for us all, this production was filmed three years after the original stage...
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Plot: Heather is a young woman with a tendency to set things on fire. Her exasperated parents send her off to a remote boarding school in a mysterious wooded area, where it turns out the administration has been collecting young people with special powers in order to execute their nefarious schemes.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Equal parts Dario Argento and Henry James, Lucky McKee's brooding psychological horror film stars Agnes Bruckner as Heather, a young woman with a tendency to set things on fire. Her exasperated parents send her off to a remote boarding school in a mysterious wooded area, where it turns out the administration has been collecting young people with special powers in order to execute their nefarious schemes. Patricia Clarkson (DOGVILLE, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK) stars as the school's creepy headmistress, and cult legend Bruce Campbell (ARMY OF DARKNESS) plays Heather's father.
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