The School in the Woods

20102010
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1h 35min

A group of college students ventured into the backwoods of Louisiana to find an abandoned school. For a class project, they filmed the school for evidence of the paranormal. To hunt for ghos... Read allA group of college students ventured into the backwoods of Louisiana to find an abandoned school. For a class project, they filmed the school for evidence of the paranormal. To hunt for ghosts. They found what they were looking for.A group of college students ventured into the backwoods of Louisiana to find an abandoned school. For a class project, they filmed the school for evidence of the paranormal. To hunt for ghosts. They found what they were looking for.

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In the fall of 2009, a group of college students ventured into the backwoods of Louisiana to find an abandoned school. A place with a history of violent deaths going back seventy years or more, before the school was even built. For a class project, they filmed the school to find evidence of the paranormal. To hunt for ghosts. They found what they were looking for. And now the school in the woods is going to teach them a lesson in fear. Director Tony Fox's feature film debut is an unconventional take on the horror film genre - - an experimental horror play. Filming 10 minute, one-take scenes, he's created a tense filled roller-coaster ride with old school scares, influenced by Japanese horror films and the "backwoods" horror films of the seventies. As the characters relationships begin to break down, we're never really sure if it's simple human nature or if "the school" is driving them to self- destruction with an inevitable, creepy and shocking aftermath. —Tony Fox

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Soundtracks
White Light, Black Gospel
Written and Performed by Tyler Read
Welcome to Starshine County (ASCAP)
Courtesy 2009 Pop Opera Records

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2/10

Disappointment

Group of teens go to a haunted abandoned school in the woods to make a paranormal documentary, horror ensues.

This simple setup had me interested but sadly after 20 minutes of black and white non-found footage I was worried. Then we get about 10 minutes of dual screen found footage and the rest is more poorly shot long single-take b&w footage of people arguing.

Despite having a large and interesting abandoned school most of our time is spent in a office kitchen (not shot at the school). This movie should have stayed in detention.

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