was a lot better than 'the forest' why is it getting such bad reviews? it wasnt a classic A grade movie but a great b movie. what some people might not get why the dead were haunting them is understandable. it is not very clear. my take,
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all the bad things the dead were doing were all due to the lead character's dead mom. she murdered the big sister and probably the dad when she was four, then she was adopted. years later she went looking for where her mom took her own life it the japanese forest near mount fuji. but mom was evil. even though she took her own life cuz she couldnt bare to live with murdering her family, she was still evil, she either controlled the other dead or they were all evil too. images of other dead to scare them. another to mislead them, or guide them, those who are still left alive, to their final doom when they find mom's body [that should have long ago rotted away but was fairly intact] not many mistakes really. was smartly done.
girl wants to find where mom died. she has help from friends. some are not so respectful of the dead, they are warned not to touch or take things, by a local that turns out to be a ghost. one of them takes an abandoned watch, they see ghosts, get spooked a lot. cops, while carrying yet another victim out of the forest, find them and tell them to leave the forest. while trying to get out, they get separated and lost and hurt and killed one by one. even one of the cops gets killed. the girl and the last friend left find mom, mom kills friend, little sister's ghost helps girl, shows her the truth of mom's murders. helps her escape mom then shows her way ot of the forest. cops show up to carry out the bodies and take girl home. cop goes wrong way, girl sees little sister again, she screams. mom is not finished yet.
some might say mom should have had more screen time but i think mom had the most presence once you realise mom is the cause of all that goes wrong. i really enjoyed it as a low budget spooky ghost story.