Dark Forest started out with Jeong-ah travelling with her sister Seong-ah, who happens to be able to see things in the future and even deaths of love ones, and how her sister sacrificed herself so Jeong-ah will live. Then the movie shifted to Jeong-ah travelling with her boyfriend and bunch of friends to go on a mountain climbing, but along the way they found a road block and has to find another road to get to the mountain camp in which case they came upon an alternative road which will lead them to a sinister forest, where there is no contact with the outside world. As soon as they reach the place Jeong-ah started having visions and after that strange things start happening from their car breaking down to strange injuries and dead people coming back to life. It was too late when they found out that when you are inside the forest you must do your best not to bleed as this will cause the forest to come and claim your life and turn you into a hideous zombie.
The movie is directed and written by Jim Jeoing-min and starring So I-hyeon, Lee Jong-hyuk, Kim Young-joon, Choi Seong-min and Park Choong-seon and was released in South Korea on August 17, 2006.
I find this movie not scary and there are some parts in the movie that I find stupid. I know horror movies are oftentimes stupid, but this one just went overboard. If you are one of those whose got so much free time to spare and just wanted to kill the time watching a movie then you should watch this one, but if you want to watch a movie that will scare the hell out of you then this one is not for you as it will just spoil your day.
The effects aregreat if only the story of the movie is not that stupid and although this movie is not as bad as some of the stupid horror movie made in Hollywood still, considering this is a K-horror, the director should have think twice before they made this movie for the big screen. I find the support casts characters way too annoying and even the lead guy’s character is way too annoying too. So once again, if you are looking for a movie just to kill the time not expecting anything, then this movie is for you.
