The Woods is a 2006 film directed by Lucky McKee. A psychological horror story set in 1965, the plot is about an all-girls private school which deals with the mysterious incident in the woods that surround the school.
Plot
In 1965, after provoking a fire in a forest, a rebel teenager Heather Fasulo (Agnes Bruckner) is sent by her estranged mother Alice Fasulo (Emma Campbell) and her neglected father Joe Fasulo (Bruce Campbell) to an all girls private boarding school, Falburn Academy, located in the middle of the woods. The dean, Ms. Traverse (Patricia Clarkson) accepts Heather in spite of the bad financial condition of her father. The displaced Heather becomes close friend of the shy Marcy Turner (Lauren Birkell), while they are maltreated by the abusive classmate Samantha Wise (Rachel Nichols). During the nights, Heather has horrifying nightmares and hears voices from the woods, and along the days she believes that the school is a coven of witches. When some students, including Marcy, simply vanish, Heather believes she will be the next one and has no choice but to investigate.
Soundtrack Highlights
"Young and Foolish," "You Don't Own Me," "He Said Goodbye," by Lesley Gore
Film Errors
Continuity: When Heather sits down to eat with the girls for the first time, she is holding a plate of mashed up cake, she is told to pull her socks up by one a girl, the camera flashes to her socks then back to her and the cake is now whole.
Revealing mistakes: Towards the end, when Dr. Fasulo is in the hospital, he talks to Ms. Traverse who is on his right side. In the next scene, Ms. Traverse walks over to his left side, but in close-up shots, he continues to look to his right side while talking to her.
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Samantha and Heather are in the woods, Samantha attempts to tell Heather about the school. During the first screen shot directed at Heather, Samantha can be heard speaking but her jaw is not moving.
Errors in geography: The movie is supposed to take place in New England, however when Dr. Fasulo looks at the map when they are lost, he looks at a Phillips 66 map of Michigan.
Quotes
Samantha: [Walks up to the table] "Heard you been saying stuff behind my back, fire-crotch."
Heather: "Now, Samantha, all I said was your breath smells like you've been drinking out of Ms. Mackinaw's douche bag, that's all." [Samantha leans in threateningly]
Heather: "I don't wanna kiss you, Samantha, so please, don't ask."
Samantha: "No, you listen very closely, fire-crotch: We have a certain way of doing things around here and you better figure out what that way is or there are going to be serious consequences."
Ms. Traverse: "We have a certain way of doing things here. And you better find out what that way is or there will be serious consequences."
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