The forest of lost souls poster and trailer leading independent distributor wild eye releasing has acquired portuguese horror. Two strangers meet in a forest notorious for suicides and decide to learn more about each other. The forest of lost souls is a worthwhile horror experience thanks to its grounded story, lopes assured direction, lobos beautifully surreal cinematography, gracios retro creepy musical score. The forest of the lost souls theatrical trailer video. Ricardo jorge mota is a sad old man, who gave up on life when his older daughter, irene lilia lopes, took her life in a romantic pact gone wrong in the glacier lake that rests. The psychological coming of age horror film, written and directed by directed by. With daniela love, jorge mota, mafalda banquart, ligia roque. Vostfr the forest of the lost souls 2017 film complet en. Wild eye releasing, whose recent releases include wellreceived scifi thriller soft matter and james klasss house on elm lake, represents horror, exploitation, dark arthouse. It becomes something of a slasher film, in which the stalkers sneakiness once or twice comes close to self parody.
Coupled with its stunning cinematography, the film is a bold and audacious feature from writerdirector jose pedro lopes. Jul 30, 2018 akin to japans aokigahara suicide forest, this lush portuguese landscape is the forest of the lost souls, a beautiful locale with a tragic purpose. The forest of the lost souls theatrical trailer ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the forest of the lo. The forest of lost souls brooklyn horror film festival. Ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the forest of the lost souls, a place where many people go to commit suicide. Said forest, a creation of fiction, is a popular place for suicide this happens to be why these two are here. The forest of the lost souls is an imperfect, but compelling feature that strives on its ominous and eerie atmosphere. The forest of lost souls is thankfully a very distinct, brisk, unconventional horror film that delivers a huge impact despite the limited resources and short running time would lead you to believe. Portuguese the forest of the lost souls portuguese. Two strangers meet in a forest notorious for suicides and decide to learn more about. This psychological dramacomehorror film follows the evens of two people who meet up in a forest. Wild eye releasing, whose recent releases include wellreceived scifi thriller soft matter and james klasss house on elm lake, represents horror, exploitation, dark arthouse, cult and documentary films from around the world. East coast premiere contemplating suicide, a grieving older man jorge mota and a young girl daniela love meet in a forest where people go to end their lives.
Wild eye releasing has announced that jose pedro lopes indie horror, the forest of lost souls, will be released in us cinemas on august 5th, starting with l. Lost souls online game, a mud, or textbased online roleplaying game. The forest of the lost souls is a 2017 portuguese slasher drama film directed by jose pedro. The forest of lost souls is a unique horror film with assured direction and great performances. The two strangers end up exploring the forest of lost souls together, looking for the best spot to commit the act all the while debating whats the best way to kill yourself. The forest of the lost souls streaming online justwatch. The forest of lost souls is a figurative place where people go to take their lives so youre not really expecting a cheery or lighthearted film. Akin to japans aokigahara suicide forest, this lush portuguese landscape is the forest of the lost souls, a beautiful locale with a tragic purpose. The forest of the lost soul official trailer 2018 youtube. Jul 10, 2018 in the forest of the lost souls, directed by jose pedro lopes ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the forest of the lost souls, a place where many. Jose pedro lopes the forest of lost souls centers on a woman whose own professed ambivalence about life leads her to hang out. The forest of the lost souls plot ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the forest of the lost souls, a place where many people go to commit suicide. As if that wasnt enough for any thirteenyearold to be dealing with, her mother is still desperately ill and now her best friend, gus, has become trapped in the forest of lost souls.
The forest of lost souls poster and trailer leading independent distributor wild eye releasing has acquired portuguese horror film the forest of the lost souls. Filmed in sterile monochrome, with an almost clinical restraint, the forest of the lost souls strives to mask its chosen forest with an ethereal cloak that would hope to convince the viewer something abstruse was lurking behind its utterly mundane locale. Shown in blacknwhite the forest of the lost souls places the macabre nature of his subject material upfront, while maintaining a sensitive heartfelt approach. The forest of the lost souls letterboxd social film.
May 16, 2017 the forest of lost souls is a figurative place where people go to take their lives so youre not really expecting a cheery or lighthearted film. The psychological thriller, which had its world premiere at the fantasporto film festival in february, follows complete strangers ricardo and. Lost souls, the third installment in the dark fall adventure game series. These two, a young woman and an old man, are no different than the others as. Postproduction will take place at the 2003 studio in dubai uae. Portuguese horror the forest of the lost souls gets a. Reviewed online, sydney, june 10, 2017 in sydney film festival, freak me out running time. Jun 12, 2017 the forest of lost souls is thankfully a very distinct, brisk, unconventional horror film that delivers a huge impact despite the limited resources and short running time would lead you to believe. On a summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods. Ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the forest of lost souls, a place where many people go to. The forest of lost souls is an interesting story and concepts. These two, a young woman and an old man, are no different than the others as they also came to the forest for this very reason. Ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the forest of the lost souls, a place where many people go to. The forest of the lost souls is a dense and remote forest, portugals most popular place for suicide.
Theatrical trailer for the forest of lost souls, starring daniela love, jorge mota and mafalda banquart. Lost souls possesses the art and craft of a good movie, but not the story. The veil between the living and the dead lifts at night and offers a glimpse into the afterlife. On one lovely afternoon in the woods, two such individuals have a. In a summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods. As those souls reach out for the living, some may find those souls attempting to take them over. The forest of the lost souls is an uncomplicated flick, divided into two rather even sectionsthe first is a poignant, and sometimes black humor filled dissertation on the human condition and why we would want to remove ourselves from existence, and the second is a protoslasher picture. Trailer the forest of the lost souls invites you into.
Dare to face the souls that roam the night at the forest of lost souls. On one lovely afternoon in the woods, two such individuals have a chance encounter. Lost souls, an expansion to the computer game, earth 2150. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Curt oglesbee, horror geek life fans of the art house horror genrewill find much to like in. Lost souls roleplaying game, a pen and paper roleplaying game published in 1991 by sage lore productions, 2nd edition 1992 by marquee press. Now you would think those two things would go together. The scenery displayed in the film might be the only real reason to watch it. The forest of the lost souls is a dense and remote forest, but also portugals most popular place for suicide. A film of two halves, i became lost as it transitioned from a dark, ethereal fairytale the brothers grimm kind to a more conventional and far less effective slasher flick. Jul 14, 2018 the forest of the lost souls is an uncomplicated flick, divided into two rather even sectionsthe first is a poignant, and sometimes black humor filled dissertation on the human condition and why we would want to remove ourselves from existence, and the second is a protoslasher picture.
Forest of lost souls has been recognized and voted as one of northern ca top haunted house home haunts in the sacramento, ca area. Jose pedro lopes the forest of lost souls centers on a woman whose own professed ambivalence about life leads her to. Their moment of procrastination leads them to learn. The obvious draw of the film is the black and white cinematography by francisco lobo and it is a fantastic complement to the surreal and dreamlike. These woods have been the backdrop for everything from experimental art pieces to ghost stories. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Jul 09, 2018 the forest of the lost souls will open theatrically august 5 in l. Ricardo jorge mota is a sad old man, who gave up on life when his older daughter, irene lilia lopes, took her life in a romantic pact gone wrong in the glacier lake that rests hidden. Created solely from the point of view of arthouse, the film is intended for a.
The forest of the lost souls horror film threat trailers. May 09, 2017 the forest of lost souls is a unique horror film with assured direction and great performances. Described as a coming of age slasher movie, the film had its world premiere at the directors week of the fantasporto film festival 2017. The forest of the lost souls is a dense and remote wood, portugals most popular place for suicide. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
One summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods. Trailer for the forest of lost souls the forest of the lost souls is a dense and remote forest, portugals most popular place for suicide. The film, which had its world premiere at the fantasporto film festival on february 26, 2017, is scheduled to open in august. For a thriller about demonic possession and the birth of the antichrist, its curiously flat.
In the forest the group, oksa and a few fellow runawaysincluding the moody, mysterious tugdual, must all face their own personal demons, not to mention an assortment of horrific creatures, in a desperate attempt to bring gus back alive. The forest of the lost souls teaser trailer on vimeo. Lopes explores these lost souls in a wellpaced, arthouse style. Theres also a lot more to question in terms of the films overall direction.
The forest of lost souls on dvd, vod and svod horror society. I certainly felt lost after watching the forest of the lost souls, but i am not sure that was a good thing. Described as a coming of age slasher movie, the film had its world premiere at the directors week of the fantasporto film festival 2017 the titular forest is a fictional place between portugal and spain, an infamous suicide spot. The forest of the lost souls is a dense and remote forest, portugals most popular. Starring daniela love, jorge mota, mafalda banquart, ligia roque, lilia lopes, and tiago jacome. Trailer the forest of the lost souls invites you into a.
The films premise focuses on the dark nature of people who contemplate and act upon thoughta of suicide. Theres plenty of gore and a lot to like about this film. Two strangers meet in a forest notorious for suicides and decide. The forest of lost souls an encounter between two people intent on committing suicide morphs into a visually chaste yet no less absorbing slasher movie. The forest itself is rather dense and stretches, thanks to some lovely deepfocus shots, into a seeming oblivion where you can imagine it being an ideal place for suicide attempters to symbolically feel at their most lost and take that. The forest of the lost souls bluray disc details high. Bluray releases details the forest of the lost souls. This dense and remote forest between portugal and spain is portugal s most popular place for suicide, where, on a summer morning, two strangers meet in the woods. Ricardo and carolina are complete strangers that meet seemingly by. Wild eye sets the forest of the lost souls as debut theatrical. All through the movie i found myself thinking about how well it.
Strange, how a trashy satanic movie like end of days is filled with a fearful intensity, while this ambitious stab at the subject seems to lack all conviction. The forest of the lost souls will open theatrically august 5 in l. Oct 20, 2017 the forest of lost souls is a 2017 portuguese slasher film directed by jose pedro lopes. The forest of lost souls comes to us from portuguese filmmaker jose pedro lopes.
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