Why do we go into the wilderness? Seriously. We’ve all seen
enough horror movies by this point to know that nothing good ever happens when
we leave the comfort and relative ease of our city homes. There are monsters,
witches, cannibals, angry bears, and ghosts and ghouls of all stripes. Even in
non-horror movies, there’s a lot to contend with. You may get sexually assaulted
by hill folk, suffer a horrific accident on a hike, or have to cut off your own
arm. I don’t even know why I go outside anymore. And after watching the trailer
for Adam Wingard’s latest, The Woods, I’m even less likely
to do so than before.
With his last two outings, You’re Next
and The Guest, Adam Wingard (along with writing partner in
crime Simon Barrett) has set himself up as one of the best current voices in
horror. As such, The Woods is something we’ve been keeping
an eye on for quite some time, and it’s nice to finally get a look at it for
ourselves.
Wingard and Barrett are fond of taking familiar genre set
ups and putting their own spin on them, and though we don’t know much about
The Woods at this point, it looks like they’re taking on
found footage. (Wingard did contribute to the found footage
V/H/S horror anthologies.) What we see here is vague and mysterious,
but promising. Let’s be honest, we were going to see this regardless of whether
or not there even was a trailer, so this should get your horror nerves
tingling, especially set to an eerie, breathy version of the Police’ “Every
Breath You Take.” That’s a creepy song to begin with, but it’s never been quite
this creepy.
The Woods treks into theaters on
September 16.
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