The Forest (2016) - Jumpscare Guide
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Plot
A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds that one of his pupils is a mute girl who is being bullied by the other children in the class. Both the teacher and the girl must face the challenges and cruelties of the real world. The girl retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace in the forest with a strange wild boy. The teacher struggles to bring her back, whilst at the same time himself questioning the world of reality. The worlds of fantasy and reality clash with tragic consequences.
Total Jumpscares: 13
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A frantic face slams against Sara's car window.
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In a dream, Sara unzips a tent to reveal a girl whose serene face instantly contorts into a horrific, demonic snarl.
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Sara rips back the sheet, instantly exposing a grotesque, decayed corpse.
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An elderly woman suddenly shrieks and lunges at Sara.
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The tent shudders as something unseen brushes past.
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As Sara peers from the tent, an old lady suddenly bursts into view, lunging directly at her.
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Sara spins around, revealing a girl suddenly, silently, impossibly close.
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A skeletal figure snaps into existence behind Sara.
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A ghostly girl snaps into view behind Sara, her voice a raspy whisper of Sara's name.
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As Sara scrolls through a photo reel, a man's grotesque face abruptly fills the screen.
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A seemingly dead man violently bolts upright, unleashing a piercing scream.
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Skeletal hands burst from the earth, seizing Sara.
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Michi peers into the forest. Sara's screaming spirit abruptly materializes, lunging directly at him.
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