Woodland Grey

Woodland Grey is a 2021 Canadian independent horror film directed and co-written by Adam Reider, and starring Jenny Raven, Ryan Blakely, and Art Hindle.[2]

Woodland Grey
Promotional release poster
Directed byAdam Reider
Written by
  • Adam Reider
  • Jesse Toufexis
Produced byJohn Fallon[1]
Starring
Edited byGeoff Klein
Music by
  • Daniele Carretta
Production
companies
  • Spectropia Pictures
  • Franky Films
  • Vibe Check Entertainment
Distributed byFilmoption Int.
Release date
  • November 22, 2021 (2021-11-22) (BITS)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Release

Woodland Grey premiered at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (BITS) on November 22, 2021.[3] It is scheduled to screen at the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco, California, in December 2021,[1][4] as well as at Le Festival du Film du Fantasme in Paris, France, in June 2022.[1]

Reception

Liz Wittmore of Reel News Daily said “Woodland Grey is one of the most unique horror films of the year.”[5]

The Scariest Things said “Woodland Grey demands and warrants full viewer attention.”[6]

Chris Hammond of Horror Patch said “[Woodland Grey] forges new territory that suspense seekers will thoroughly enjoy.”  and “This is one of those horror films that only come around once or twice a decade”[7]

Keri O'Shea of Warped Perspective said the film was "disconcerting, smart and creepy." and that "[Woodland Grey] is a largely low-key, reality-disrupting film which draws you into its strange world."[8]

Rod Thedorff of In The Seats said "[Woodland Grey] calls upon many classic horror film tropes, yet marches to its own beat without playing out the way you would expect."[9]

Dakota Dahl of Rue Morgue praised the film's music and the "unnatural on purpose" performances of Raven and Blakely, but referred to Hindle as "brutally under utilized".[2] Dahl lamented the film as being "slow and weird for weirdness sake, in a way that is neither thoughtful nor rewarding"; comparing it unfavourably to surrealist films by David Lynch, Dahl wrote that, unlike Lynch's works, Woodland Grey "doesn't seem to have that original vision, instead opting to provide clues and red herrings that point to multiple conclusions, while really sticking the landing with none of them."[2]

References
  1. Hamman, Cody (November 19, 2021). "Woodland Grey: Premiere info and Exclusive clip from horror film!". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. Dahl, Dakota (November 28, 2021). "Movie Review: "Woodland Grey" Is a Slow Burn That Never Really Catches Alight". Rue Morgue. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  3. Mack, Andrew (October 25, 2021). "Blood in the Snow 2021: Six Nights of Features And Shorts at The Royal!". Screen Anarchy. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  4. "Something Evil Is Unleashed In 'Woodland Grey' (Clip & Trailer) Screens during AHiTH this December". Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. November 27, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  5. Whittemore, Liz (2021-11-22). "Blood In The Snow (2021) review: 'Woodland Grey' is a mesmerising tale". Reel News Daily. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  6. tastethemilkofchocula (2021-11-18). "Joseph's Review: Woodland Grey (Blood in the Snow Film Festival)". The Scariest Things. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  7. "Get Lost In The Tension-Filled Forest With Woodland Grey -". horrorpatch.com. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  8. "Blood in the Snow 2021: Woodland Grey". Warped Perspective. 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  9. "BITS 2021: Our Review Of 'Woodland Grey'". In The Seats. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-12-02.

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