The Forest – New Trailer, Poster, and Interactive Experience

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The Aokigahara Forest (青木ヶ原, also known as the Suicide Forest or the Sea of Trees) is the setting for next year’s horror film The Forest, and on tap today are a handful of goodies. In addition to a brand new international trailer and poster, we invite you to explore the titular locale yourself.

Check out the trailer and poster below, courtesy of Empire, and read on for details about the interactive experience…

Enter the Suicide Forest is an immersive 360-degree sight and sound experience that takes fans right into the heart of Aokigahara, the terrifying real life suicide forest located at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. The experience uses real images taken at Aokigahara. The experience is best viewed in either mobile or virtual reality using Google Cardboard and your phone. 360-Degree video and audio transports fans right into the Suicide Forest. 

Starring Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones,” The Hunger Games), Taylor Kinney (“Chicago Fire”), Eoin Macken (The Night Shift), and Yukiyoshi Ozawa, director Jason Zada’s The Forest hits theaters nationwide from Gramercy Pictures on January 8th and in the UK on February 26th.

Synopsis:
Rising with terrifying grandeur at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of the supernatural thriller. A young American woman, Sara (Natalie Dormer), journeys there in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared. In the company of expatriate Aiden (Taylor Kinney), Sara enters the forest having been well warned to “stay on the path.” Determined to discover the truth about her sister’s fate, Sara will have to face the angry and tormented souls of the dead that prey on anyone who dares come near them. These malevolent spirits lying in wait for Sara at every turn will plunge her into a frightening darkness from which she must fight to save herself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonO_9T2pe8

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