Forests are a fairly popular setting with horror films, mostly because they’re terrifying. With The Forest coming out last weekend (to some admittedly terrible reviews), we thought it might be fun to look at some of the most memorably and scary ones! Full disclosure: some of the forests listed below didn’t have an actual name, so I used my expert naming skills and named them myself. Enjoy!
Flesh-Eating Virus Forest – Cabin Fever
I don’t really think there’s anything scarier than a flesh-eating virus. I just freak out any time I see something abnormal on my skin so I would probably die from the anxiety of having a flesh-eating virus before the actual virus killed me. That being said, as goofy as Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever is, it’s still a terrifying idea. I wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere near that forest.
Camp Crystal Lake – Any Friday the 13th Film
Does this one even need a description? The forest at Camp Crystal Lake is where Jason Voorhees himself lives. That automatically makes it one of the most terrifying forests on Earth. Stay far, far away!
Amazon Rainforest – Cannibal Holocaust
People may still have The Green Inferno on the brain, but Cannibal Holocaust is where it’s at. No movie will ever make you want to avoid the Amazon like this movie will.
Forest of the Ancient Ones – The Cabin in the Woods
What makes these forests so scary is that anything can come out of them (depending on what item the group of friends play with first, of course). Just watch out for that merman!
Inbred Hick/West Virginia Forest – Wrong Turn
Call me crazy, but the inbred family in Wrong Turn creeps me out. They may be simple, but they know how to use a wide variety of weapons and they know their woods like the back of their hand. I would never want to get lost in this forest because it would mean certain death.
Deadite Forest – The Evil Dead
Do you want to get raped by trees? I didn’t think so (and yes, I know the below still is from Evil Dead II, but it was too creepy/funny not to post).
Burkittsville, Maryland – The Blair Witch Project
Don’t enter these woods or you may find yourself with your heart ripped out! Or even worse, standing in the corner of a basement in a really old cabin. In all seriousness though, the unknown is scary, and the Blair Witch is one of the scariest unknowns in the history of horror. We never see her, but she is still terrifying and has left a lasting imprint on the genre. Her woods are just that: hers. Stay out!
Aokigahara Forest – The Forest
The latest horror film to utilize a forest as it’s main setting is…not that great. Nevertheless, it does have a few creepy moments (including a scene in an underground tunnel with some fantastic makeup effects) and some scary ghostly figures. The fact that this is actually a real place where, sadly, people actually do go to commit suicide, makes it all the more haunting
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