The Village in the Woods (2019)

3/10

Patient44419 October 2019

It was a rather unpleasant experience, staying awake for the entire run time of The Village in the Woods, as it provided no scares, tension, just a lot of awkward moments between the characters. Scenes beyond cringy any time there was any interaction on screen, a finale revealing itself midway through, and genuinely no normal reactions from pretty much anyone involved in the plot.

I do believe both the script and the direction were complete misfires, coming off only as, somewhat eerie but relying too much on unnatural moments, decisions and irrational thinking.

I don't find it easy to recommend it, even for the die hard fans of in the woods horrors, I for one felt disappointed and somewhat tricked, into waiting and thinking that maybe there will be more than what was clearly coming, but no such thing happened here.

Cheers!

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4/10

Don't understand the hype.

tariqzafar-120204 November 2019

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Its an ok kind of a movie involving cults and stuff. A couple comes to a village which has a depressing cold setting and overtly friendly neighbourhood but the neighbours have ulterior motives something we have seen in movies like Rosemary's Baby. To top it all it was slow in the beginning and never caught much pace even till the end and ends without much drama or explanation which might leave the viewer unsatisfied.

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4/10

You can find better.

alarakalama16 October 2019

A couple shows up at a quant inn in the middle of a forest under the pretense that she has inherited it. There's a bunch of overly friendly (and creepy) neighbors who are just as deceitful as the couple, intent on performing an ancient rite with the couple's assistance, whether they agree to or not.

Good stuff: The script was pretty good (although the neighbors sometimes come off too campy), the acting was good, and the set and scenery was lovely, very atmospheric.

Bad stuff: The ending feels very anticlimactic, with little explained. I mean, you get the idea, but it's like they were over on time and had to skim it down to a cliff-notes version of the film.

Rating: 4/10. I don't recommend it unless you're really bored and have nothing going on,

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Hammer Horror

stevepitt-438637 December 2019

I've always liked the hammer horror of days gone. This movie comes in with some classic pointers with a newness. Kim Newman at Empire magazine said Therese Bradley is outstanding... He's not wrong, from her wanting to devour the lead to smiling oddly. Fun little indie movie which is well produced.

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1/10

IQ dropped 30 points watching this (spoilers)

deinb10 November 2019

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I'm baffled that this movie has a 6.8 rating at the time of this review. The acting is so incomprehensible bad and cringy.... not to mention that the actors are beyond bland and stupid. The movie would've made more sense if the main characters had been premised as autistic people or suffering from some type of neurodevelopmental disorder; otherwise, the irrationality displayed in this film will turn your brain into pudding-that is if you have any shred of common sense and average IQ.

Spoilers:

I had to stop halfway through the film. How can a character just be so dumb? The girl doesn't realize she has a super rash around the finger where she recently started wearing a new ring... until other people point it out:

A) she doesn't consider taking the ring off B) fails to communicate her concerns about the blatantly creepy behavior of the villagers or the incident in the bathroom C) the boyfriend unnecessarily withholds info about creepy behavior he's seen from the girl with no justification.

D) Girl claims she doesn't trust that place or villagers, yet happily drinks "secret" tea giving to her.

E) Crazy man with a cane keeps incoherently warning the girl and boyfriend, yet fails to just get it to the point and explain to her what's going on.

Whats the point of horror movies like this? Can't they make a mystery/horror movie where the characters are legitimately smart and have to surmount actual threats? Ugh... don't waste your time

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3/10

waste of time

yamahapic21 March 2020

The mood of the movie is a success but the movie is not interesting at all.

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5/10

Not terrible, but nearly reaches mediocre! Theresa Bradley saves the film from utter disaster.

info-33728-3004016 October 2019

I would have given it a lower rating, but I felt that Theresa Bradley and Richard Hope's talented skills really added to the film. Theresa Bradley's character Maddy was excellent, suspicious, creepy, perfectly unsettling and uncomfortable in a good way.

I felt like I was significantly missing information or that important details were left out.

Continuity was also an issue, wine in glasses, hair and the fog scene, to the horrible beast horns CGI moment. Not sure what was going on with hair and make-up for Maddy's hair though, although, it did improve throughout - and maybe that was intentional?

That being said, there was definite potential and a strong opportunity to add a bit more umpf to the rings power. Without being a spoiler review, there was also a major plot line error, 300 years, but then referred to 100 years holding power - so what happens within the 200 years to follow? That did not make any sense, further dismantling the film into a bit of a wee mess.

There is definite room to re-write the screenplay and do a marginal improvement.

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3/10

3 Stars

the_nephilim7111 November 2019

Anything above a 3 star rating must have been from the cast and crew because this is not a good movie and as far as "atmosphere" the fog machine was on overdrive so much that I laughed out loud because I could barely see the actors. This is so bad I thought it was a parody at first.

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6/10

Not bad for a low budget.

deloudelouvain24 October 2019

I'll rate this movie with a six, meaning I'm glad I watched it but that I probably won't watch it again in the future. The Village In The Woods isn't a high budget movie but overall the cinematography wasn't bad at all. A nice gloomy and dark atmosphere, decent actors, and a story that keeps you wondering and guessing. If you want hardcore horror then this one isn't for you. There aren't bloody gory scenes but it for sure has a dark ambiance. Good enough for me.

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3/10

Six Point Six Stars? Are They Kidding Me?

redrobin62-321-2073111 November 2019

As of this writing, this waste of time flick was rated 6.6 on IMdb. Based on that relatively high rating alone I sought out this film. I should have known just 1/4 of the way into it that it was going to be a non-violent, sloooooooow, atmospheric film full of cliches and amateur acting. And I was right. There was nothing original in this movie and the ending made no sense. None. Zero. Zip. Total waste of 90 minutes. Skip it.

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8/10

Pleasently Surprised

davisjess-927291 February 2021

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Grabbed this title on DVD. Didn't expect much as so many of the low budget Brit movies often fail big time. This one surprised me. The DVD cover was glistening in Walmart so I took the leap. The movie is a story about two young adults- think college types. Who from what I could figure out are hoping to make some quick bucks by selling a bar that isn't theirs. The townsfolk have other things in mind though. And you guessed it. It all goes downhill. It's super creepy and builds dread well. I'd give it a six for story/acting and an extra two generous stars for the feeling of dread it creates with no axes to the head!

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7/10

Worth a watch

shanksfilmmaker18 October 2019

The movie is better then the actual trailer. I didn't know what to expect but we found ourselves on the edge of our seats. It was suspsenseful, creepy and the production was top notch. I'm giving it a 7!

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2/10

Erm

Snowraven6926 October 2019

There's a Facebook group which posts strange,stupid and funny videos online called "What Did I Just Watch?" This is a dead cert for that page, under the sub heading "Stupid" Avoid this "Film" like you would spooky mist covered villages filled with freaks living in the middle of nowhere.

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3/10

Like an episode of Emmerdale Farm

boydwalters17 October 2019

The acting is alright but it looks like bad television ... The storyline is so slow and has nothing particularly interesting to catch your attention ... So you are going to completely loose interest after 10 to 15 minutes ... Although the director tries to make some interesting characters in the villagers it fails dismally ... Its just so mediocre it has no reason to exist ... Mind you I never made it past the 20 minute mark, I walked out of the room and got on with something more interesting ( the washing up )

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1/10

Waste of time

mparsnips2429 May 2021

I kept waiting for something good to happen... Never did ! Makes no since and so boring. It was just plain werid.

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1/10

Dreadful, Cheap, Terrible! This should warn you about this Shocker

kanook-13 April 2020

Saw this title had a 6.2 rating so i thought "What the hell, what have I got to lose?". Well I lost 90mins of my life that I could have spent stabbing myself in the eye with a rusty fork, that would have been more enjoyable than this steaming turd. My alarm bells started to ring slightly from the start when there was a shot of a building which was obviously a model with a smoke machine, a cheap looking shot but I thought maybe its a quirky shot.

Everything just went down down down from there on. A story line with characters that made zero sense, and actions that didnt as well.

The storyline is garbage, the characters are idiotic, and it cost about Five dollars to produce. Dont believe the rating on here, this movie is not a 6.2, nowhere near a 6.2. I gave it a "1 Star Rating" because I am forced to give it something, and thats being generous.

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2/10

Complete kak!

ola_norsk18 November 2019

Even so late into 2019, this might be the worst movie i've seen this year. Even the crappy ending came as a relief, because i was damn near simply turning it off and going to sleep. 'Low budget' is not an excuse for simply garbage movies..

I can think of no better description for this movie, than it being as if someone really bad at making either one, confused radio theater for motion picture.

Don't waste your time with this one. I regretted doing it since before getting even 20 minutes into it.

Fog off!

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1/10

1 star is enough for this bad movie.

meydiana-6524231 March 2021

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The acting is stiff and bad, the screen script is also bad, the storyline is very confusing, and this film has nothing to scare me. I am a horror movie lover, when I watch this film in the early minutes I feel that the future ending will not make me memorable at all, there are no jump scares, creepy ghosts, and no sound effects that make the audience feel scared.. I do not understand why some netizens still gave 10 stars to the rating for this trashy film!!!

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7/10

Almost a Hammer Horror!

ndperels6 January 2020

Very atmospheric - literally full of fog. Creepy and suspenseful, well-made. That is apart from a really weird faux pas made by the male lead, when the car he was drivig ran out of fuel, he referred to it as gas, although he almost immediately corrected it to petrol! Since this is a British production, the error is unsettling. Too much use of the fog machine, and too little back story, but otherwise a good film.

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1/10

Unwatchably bad...

stephentwillis29 October 2021

There really is nothing more to say, save yourself the eighty minutes. I am only adding these extra words to meet the Internet Movie Database's review character limit of 150 characters.

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8/10

Support this film!

karenrobless19 October 2019

I absolutely loved it, it's not fast paced rather it grows on you. Good acting, editing and the film really had me guessing right to the very end. I also have to mention the score in this film is seriously well done. They had all the right elements to make this a solid thriller film. Enjoyed it.

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6/10

A green-manish tale

killercharm26 April 2020

A green-manish tale meets a Rosemary's Baby of a couple. It was a dark and stormy night. Our couple is driving off into the wild the better to investigate the inherited property of the wife... Upon arrival they find surprise after surprise; they didn't know it would be so derelict and peopled with such derelicts. I love a green-man tale and this one is lovely. The old witchy woman is beautiful and sexy and hungry, just as she should be. The couple are a weak husband and a strong wife, neither fully invested in this marriage and therefore easy to tear apart.

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2/10

Truly amazing ...

mynros9 April 2020

... yes, truly amazing how this movie ever got made; it was profoundly awful, remarkably dull, excruciatingly tedious, and thoroughly amateurish in every way possible. As writer, director, producer, composer, and even editor, Mr McCormack - with cartoon birds circling his head - should be ashamed of himself for taking a school multimedia project and trying to sell it as something other than an overambitious and woefully humdrum piece of twaddle.

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1/10

Lazy absurd

ealanaiche4 January 2020

Outstandingly substandard, predictable and irritating flick. Seems like no parties involved in making the said flick had any idea what they were doing. Not recommended to anyone who values their time.

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4/10

You chose the wrong place

nogodnomasters5 February 2021

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Jason (Robert Vernon ) and Nicky (Beth Park ) are a couple of grifters who are lured to the remote Harbour Inn. Nicky pretends to be Rebecca, the sole heir. Something seems wrong about the place as the old folks who stay there.

The plot is one we have seen before. This one was not done very well. The suspense did not last and the characters were not memorable. Not the worse movie out, but not full retail.

Guide: F-word. Brief sex? Implied rape (unseen). No nudity.

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