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Distributor Icon Film Distribution ______Certifi cate 15 ______Release date 20th June, 2016 WHERE FEAR GROWS ______Offi cial Website TheForestMovie.co.uk On DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Download 20th June 2016. ______Facebook C/PrepareToBeScared Fast Sell: ______Twitter M@IconHorrorUK Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games) stars in ______a chilling and suspense-fi lled horror set in the haunting, real-life Hashtag Aokigahara Forest. Travelling to Japan to fi nd her missing-and- presumed-dead twin sister, Sara (Dormer) soon fi nd herself lost KEY TALENT INFORMATION in the forest – and discovers its ancient ghost stories may be more than just legend. Steeped in mystery, nail-biting tension and jump- Director Jason Zada ______out-your-seat shocks, The Forest is an experience of true terror. Stars • Natalie Dormer • Taylor Kinney Key Talent: • Eoin Macken • Yukiyoshi Ozawa Natalie Dormer (TV’s Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, Rush) Taylor Kinney (Zero Dark Thirty, The Other Woman, TV’s Chicago CONTACT/ORDER MEDIA Fire) Yukiyoshi Ozawa (The Hidden Blade, Mt. Tsurugidake) Elle McAtamney - [email protected] Eoin Macken (Centurion, TV’s Merlin, TV’s The Night Shift) Thomas Hewson - [email protected] Lisa DeBell - [email protected] Director Jason Zada (writer of The Houses That Built October, feature directing debut) Synopsis:

A young American woman Sara (Natalie Dormer) comes to the Aokigahara Forest at the foot of Mt. Fuji in search of her twin sister.

In spite of everyone’s warnings not to stray from the path she enters the forest, only to be confronted by the tortured souls of the dead who prey on those they encounter.

But is the real horror the ghosts that lurk in the forest, or the ones buried deep inside her…?

Why We Like It:

There’s nothing more terrifying than a horror that’s rooted in reality – and The Forest is set in what’s arguably one of the eeriest and most unsettling places in the world.

Famed for its stories of “yurei” (Japanese ghosts) and its long association with death, Aokigahara’s real-life reputation makes The Forest even more chilling than most supernatural horrors.

Debut director Jason Zada handles the story masterfully, combining a sense of nerve shredding tension and shocks – recall such horror hits as Sinister and The Conjuring – with haunting imagery from Japanese folklore that made fi lms such as The Ring and The Grudge so terrifying,

Natalie Dormer also puts in terrifi c dual performance, playing both protagonist Sara and her troubled twin sister Jess – more than just a scream queen, it’s proof that’s she’s one of this generation’s most talented and charismatic acting talents.

Be sure to take a terrifying trip into The Forest!

Special Features:

• The Visitor’s Centre Storyboards • Production Gallery (Model Cave, Set Illustrations, Behind the Scenes and Visual Effects) • Exploring the Forest Featurette • Audio Commentary with Jason Zada