Forest of the Damned (2005)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Johannes Roberts

Writers:

Joseph London (additional screenplay material)
Johannes Roberts (writer)

Release Date:

22 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Thrown out of heaven...they'll take you to hell...

Plot:

A group of friends go on a roadtrip and come to a stop in a forest where legend has it a group of naked bisexual female monsters lurk. Will they awake them? And if so will they survive?

Plot Keywords:

Forest | Woods | Nudity | Splatter | Seduction

Cast

Tom Savini	...	Stephen
Daniel Maclagan	...	Judd
Nicole Petty	...	Molly
Sophie Holland	...	Ally
Richard Cambridge	...	Emilio
David Hood	...	Andrew
Francesca Kingdon	...	Sally (as Frances da Costas)
Steve Hart	...	John
Dan van Husen	...	Crazy Old Man
Shaun Hutson	...	Himself
Marysia Kay	...	Fallen Angel (as Marysia K.)
Eleanor James	...	Fallen angel
Cleo Mason	...	Fallen angel
Hana Urushima	...	Additional Fallen Angel
Charlotte Hunter	...	Additional Fallen Angel
Samantha Brooks	...	Additional Fallen Angel
Mike Hannides	...	Angel Voices

Directed by
Johannes Roberts

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joseph London		additional screenplay material
Johannes Roberts		writer

Produced by
Dominic Cahill	....	executive producer
Patrick Fischer	....	associate producer
Ernest Riera	....	line producer
Miguel Ruz	....	producer

Cinematography by
John Raggett

Film Editing by
Richard Mitchell

Art Direction by
Charlotte Knight

Makeup Department
Maria Hilliard	....	makeup artist
Maria Hilliard	....	special makeup effects artist
Charlotte Knight	....	special makeup effects artist
Nathan McLaughlin	....	special makeup effects and prosthetics
Sophie Winter	....	assistant makeup artist
Sophie Winter	....	assistant special effects makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brendan Bishop	....	director: aerial unit
Caroline Hancock	....	second unit director
Ernest Riera	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Gary Lam	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Ollie Knight	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Kieran Clinch	....	physical effects assistant
Sara Fernee	....	physical effects assistant
Tom Hall	....	special effects artist
Sam Louis	....	special effects artist
Natalie Martin	....	physical effects key
Nathan McLaughlin	....	special effects supervisor
Leroy Ransom	....	physical effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Rainer Antesberger	....	camera operator
Brendan Bishop	....	director of aerial photography
Jon Britt	....	camera operator
Ben Holland	....	clapper loader
Gary Lam	....	still photographer
Richard Mitchell	....	aerial photographer
Richard Mitchell	....	camera operator
Gerhard Wimmer	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Richard Mitchell	....	colorist

Other crew
Harold Gasnier	....	weapons supplier
Dean Hennessey	....	production assistant
Ming Tao	....	caterer

Production Companies

• Gatlin Pictures

Distributors

• Radio London Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• American World Pictures (AWP) (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Media Cooperation One (MC-One) (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Millennium Storm (2006) (Italy) (video)
• Universal Music & Video

Special Effects

• M-FX

Also Known As:

Demonic (USA) (video title)
Johannes Roberts' Demonic (USA) (complete title)
Johannes Roberts' Forest of the Damned (International: English title) (complete title)
The Forest (USA) (working title)
The Forsaken Forest (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, nudity, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

95 min | Japan:86 min | USA:83 min (DVD)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 | Germany:18 | USA:R | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Gatlin Pictures

Trivia:

The main characters in this movie Emilio, Ally, Molly, Judd are named after The Breakfast Club (1985) actors Estevez, Sheedy, Ringwald and Nelson.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Judd is hit in the head by the rifle, the wound repeatedly swaps between the right temple to the left temple.

The Evil Fallen Angels and Their Keeper

In England, when the naive Emilio (Richard Cambridge) buys an old van, he invites his friends Judd (Daniel Maclagan), Molly (Nicole Petty) and Andrew (David Hood) and his sister Ally (Sophie Holland) to travel to a lake in the woods. They get lost and while trying to get directions in a bar in the road to follow the trip, they are scared by a crazy old man, who tells that there are missing persons on the spot. Then, Emilio runs over a woman and she faints. The group sees a mailbox in the roadside and Judd, Molly and Andrew enter in the forest trying to get some help. Along the night, they are chased by naked fallen angels thirsty of blood and their keeper.

I bought "Forest of the Damned" on DVD with the lowest expectation based on the IMDb rating and bad reviews. However, in spite of being a flawed story, I liked this movie and it is totally underrated. The camera style imitates "The Blair Witch Project"; of course it is stupid and senseless the guys look for a telephone in the middle of nowhere or traveling to a distant place in an old van; the character of Ally is an unpleasant bitch, but Sophie Holland is very good in her role; Judd and Nicole do not have meal or drink water along two days; further there is a total lack of explanation about the evil creatures and their need of a human keeper, but anyway the story entertains. I saw that this is the first and unique movie of the gorgeous Nicole Petty, and I expect to see her again since I liked her performance. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Floresta dos Condenados" ("Forest of the Condemned")