THE FOREST (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Natalie Dormer (Rush), Taylor Kinney (Zero Dark Thirty), Eoin Macken (Dreaming For You), Stephanie Vogt (The Voices), Yukiyoshi Ozawa (Joker Game), Rina Takasaki (film debut), Noriko Sakura (Dragonar Academy), Yûho Yamashita (Survival), Ibuki Kaneda (film debut), Terry Diab (The Holiday)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jason Zada (film debut), director; Nick Antosca (The Cottage), Sarah Cornwell (film debut) and Ben Ketai (Chosen), writers; David S. Goyer (Blade Trinity), David Linde (360) and Tory Metzger (The Rover), producers; Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead), composer; Mattias Troelstrup (Electrick Children), cinematographer; Jim Flynn (My Sister’s Keeper), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sara Price (Dormer), a young American woman, travels to Japan to search for her twin sister Jess (also Dormer). Her search leads her to the Aokigahara Forest, a known destination for people to go into and commit suicide, but also to supernatural forces that occupy the woodland…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Forest is a creepy horror set in one of the most unusual locations in Japan, and is also a much-needed vehicle for Natalie Dormer to flex her talents to get even further ahead in her blossoming career.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2016

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