As many other people have said, the suicide forest is a scary concept that could lend itself to an intriguing horror movie. Unfortunately it's used as a background to a subpar jumpscare fest filled with average effects designed to scare you. The main character is supposed to be a skeptic who is determined to save her sister but instead appears to be rude and clingy. She starts the movie by being rude to her boyfriend for wanting her to wait a little while and let the police handle her sister's disappearance. She then goes to Japan where the locals tell her that they believe that evil spirits roam the forest. Instead of being polite and respecting the local culture while remaining skeptical she goes to a bar and complains about how everyone in town is crazy. She meets a man who can hook her up with an off duty officer to help her through the forest. She jumps on the idea. Upon meeting the officer he says that he will reluctantly take her. When she asks why he is reluctant he tells her it's because she seems troubled and might end up hurting herself. She then implies that anyone with a family member they love would happily run into the forest despite its reputation. When they go off path to look for people contemplating suicide they spot her sister's tent. The officer says that it's getting late and that he wants them to head home so they don't get lost. The woman then throws a tantrum about not wanting to leave and check on her sister tomorrow. The officer lets her stay the night as long as she promises to stay where she is. She quickly gets lured out of her tent and starts running around before the man at the bar stops her and tries to bring her back to camp. After that it's just jump scares. She ends up killing the bar dude and herself by just being an easily manipulated idiot (she takes a knife to her arm thinking that it's a good way to gets someone's hand of of her arm instead of just stabbing the guy's arm). Her sister just turned out to be lost in the forest and gets out ok. It ends with her jumpscaring the officer who told her that she was being stupid. The jump scares rarely manage to scare anyone since they come up at predictable times and are usually just your everyday computer generated corpse. The characters are dull as well as the plot. Instead of making a cool movie about the ghosts making you want to die of your own free will due to the terrifying spirits convincing the protagonist that the world is cruel (what the movie tried to make you think it was) the movie is an average lost in the woods with jumpscares film.

The Forest: US made but set mostly in Japan. US woman, Jess, goes missing in the Aokigahara Forest, where people go to commit suicide. Her Twin Sara rushes to Japan to find her. Many of the usual Japanese Horror Film Tropes with Angry Ghosts and Trickster Spirits, Yúrei. These Yúrei foll you into harming yourself rather than directly causing harm.With the aid of a forest ranger and an Ozzie travel writer Sara searches the forest but she is soon submerged in a world of dangerous illusion. Confusing at times, perhaps due to editing but ending suggests a sequel. 6/10.

This is a Thriller, not a Horror film. There are Horror elements, and a few jump scares, but overall its the story of a psychotic killer and his pick-up lines. It's best not to waste your time on this one unless you like Thrillers, and not even taut ones at that. You've seen this story a hundred times, believe me.

Saw this recently on a DVD. Found the trailer exciting. This is the second film i saw which is based on Aokigahara, the suicide forest in Japan. Honestly, i found both of em boring. The Sea of trees starring Matthew McConaughey was dull n lame. This film was predictable, boring n clichéd. The story is about a girl who goes to the suicide forest in search of her missing twin sister. This is a shoddy piece of tripe, boring n not at all scary. A proper pg13 with predictable jump scares accompanied by loud music n non scary Asian ghost figures. The majority of film stretches its thin story out with unneeded non scary jump scares n i wont stretch my review with more lines for this bland n lame film.