I was expecting SILVER WOODS to be a typical indie horror flick. After all, the plot is about a group of friends who head off to the stereotypical cabin in the woods for a weekend that quickly turns dark. However, this one goes down the mystery/thriller avenue instead. There's a little on-screen violence and threat, but this feels more like a detective story at times. It's largely tame and shallow and not really worth the viewer's investment.
7 Reviews
You Get What You Pay For.
tmccull521 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
In all fairness, I should begin by saying that this movie was made on a budget of $18,000. I was surprised that it cost that much.
The acting was atrocious. The casting agent literally must have stood on a street corner somewhere and asked passersby if they wanted to be in a movie. The direction was on par with the acting, and the premise of the movie was worse than either of the former. Even if the movie had been well executed, the plot would have been inane.
The movie centers on five friends who decide to spend the weekend in the woods. Upon arriving at their destination, they are warned to not go into the woods by a forest ranger. Of course, they ignore the ranger's warning, and one by one, they fall prey to the mystery hidden in Silver Woods.
The mystery is this: at some point in the past, through some cosmic or celestial upheaval, seven demons escaped from Hell. The demons were initially elated by their escape, until they discovered that they were mysteriously confined to a section of Silver Woods. An unspecified number of years later, a man and his family wander into this mysteriously confined section of the woods, and their bodies are taken over by the demons. In their new host bodies, the demons leave Silver Woods, with the souls of the man and his family trapped and left behind.
Eventually, a forest ranger strays into the cursed section of woods, and the soul of the trapped man takes over his body. From that point forward, the possessed forest ranger looked for unwitting victims to take into the woods so that the trapped members of his family can take over their bodies, and be freed. His first victim was a writer visiting the area. One of the man's sons takes over the writer's body. That's two down, five to go.
You see, the possessed forest ranger KNEW that the visiting five people would disregard his warning. As each was possessed, they would lure one of the others in so that they, in turn, would be possessed. Of course, as this is a horror film, (and a poor one, at that), the possessed forest ranger's plan works. At the end, he and his freed family leave Silver Woods in the bodies that they usurped from their victims.
Again, this movie only cost $18,000 to make, so how much could one really expect? Do yourself a favor and skip this one. There is literally nothing worthwhile to see here.
The acting was atrocious. The casting agent literally must have stood on a street corner somewhere and asked passersby if they wanted to be in a movie. The direction was on par with the acting, and the premise of the movie was worse than either of the former. Even if the movie had been well executed, the plot would have been inane.
The movie centers on five friends who decide to spend the weekend in the woods. Upon arriving at their destination, they are warned to not go into the woods by a forest ranger. Of course, they ignore the ranger's warning, and one by one, they fall prey to the mystery hidden in Silver Woods.
The mystery is this: at some point in the past, through some cosmic or celestial upheaval, seven demons escaped from Hell. The demons were initially elated by their escape, until they discovered that they were mysteriously confined to a section of Silver Woods. An unspecified number of years later, a man and his family wander into this mysteriously confined section of the woods, and their bodies are taken over by the demons. In their new host bodies, the demons leave Silver Woods, with the souls of the man and his family trapped and left behind.
Eventually, a forest ranger strays into the cursed section of woods, and the soul of the trapped man takes over his body. From that point forward, the possessed forest ranger looked for unwitting victims to take into the woods so that the trapped members of his family can take over their bodies, and be freed. His first victim was a writer visiting the area. One of the man's sons takes over the writer's body. That's two down, five to go.
You see, the possessed forest ranger KNEW that the visiting five people would disregard his warning. As each was possessed, they would lure one of the others in so that they, in turn, would be possessed. Of course, as this is a horror film, (and a poor one, at that), the possessed forest ranger's plan works. At the end, he and his freed family leave Silver Woods in the bodies that they usurped from their victims.
Again, this movie only cost $18,000 to make, so how much could one really expect? Do yourself a favor and skip this one. There is literally nothing worthwhile to see here.
listen to the negative reviews
jcroak-181748 December 2020
This movie sucked. I couldn't even finish it. The acting was awful and the plot was bad. They start fighting for no reason and I don't know how it ended, because I turned it off. I know it was only 68 minutes, but that was just too long to watch this crap. Save your brain cells and skip this movie.
Horrid
teebear81725 April 2021
You feel like you are watching some weird podcast of 5 of the worst actors on this Earth. Directing is incompetant, the writing is embarrassing, the sound is cheap and hollow sounding. You watch waiting and waiting for the boring, inane diologue to end and something,,,,anything to happen. The actors are a double whammy. Usually bad actors at least look normal. These ones look weird. The 2 lead males look like Samoa Joes kids. The women are hard to look at. Who finances this rubbage? I would love to know how much they get payed. Some bottom of the battel agent handles the horrendous actors. 2 men meet a black guy at midnight in the middle of the woods. He invites them to his cabin for a meal...and they ACCEPT!!!!!!!! Omg!!!! It gets worse and worse. Absolute garbage!!!!
Great movie
krsnyder-1859325 November 2017
Silver Woods has a very well written plot and great music that keeps your interest and goes well with the situations. It's definitely a plot i have not seen in any other mystery/thriller in the past. The location they decided to choose goes well with the plot, and choosing to film the movie during the winter with the snow makes it all the more ominous. Overall a great movie that I would recommend anyone watching.
Very original indie flick
trvdeadu1 February 2020
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