![]() All these movie clichés come together in Dark Woods quite nicely, where the atmosphere – created with music, light, camera work, and characters – captures you from the first moment and makes you believe what happens. Finally, if you’re a loud-mouthed city youngster, you’re likely to be killed when you leave the urban street lights. ![]() Add to this some technology-and entertainment-dependance for social commentary. Like many movies in the genre, it also uses the notion that the forest is a spooky and dangerous place in itself and that the redneck hillbillies that live there are prone to killing people, or at least be involved in really bad business. It makes great use of the “something is out there” plot which almost all “remote cabin” movies use. Literally, it is a mix of Evil Dead, Blair Witch Project and an old Norwegian spookie, The Lake of the Dead. Compared to international movies, Dark Woods is an amalgamation of well known movies and cliché stories. With so few movies produced, each one has to be unique and creative, and Dark Woods certainly delivers, by Norwegian standards at least. With practically no tradition for horror movies, it is always interesting to see what the Norwegian movie “industry” can come up with in that department. They are ordered to stay away from the lake, but now weird and scary things start to happen in the forest. The two guys soon find an abandoned tent in a nearby lake, and a dead women in the lake. Two girls, two young males and the leader of the gang, Gunnar (Bjørn Floberg). ![]() Dark Woods (original title Villmark) is therefore an exception to the rule, and fortunately it keeps the current good reputation of Norwegian films up.Ī group of people who are planning to produce a reality TV show travels to a remote cabin in the forest to build team spirit for a weekend. Norway has produced only two regular science fiction feature films, and our horror offerings can be counted on one hand. Most films are made with government support which means that all projects are subject to approval, and up until recently genre films almost never got enough backing to get off the ground. Only a few years ago, 10 movies annually was the norm. In a good year, we make perhaps 20 movies here in Norway.
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