Black Forest (2012)

Now this is more like it. The Syfy original "Black Forest" actually shows that these productions can surprise and what we got was passable entertainment. Asinine, but enjoyable. What it makes up for in its low- budget, is in its concept creativity. Sure the execution is quite so-so and the CGI can be flat and laughable, but the atmospherics do work because of its well-etched production designs. Creating a fairytale world brought up many possibilities to explore and these disjointed stories involving wolves, fairies, dwarfs, witches and trolls do come alive. These aren't your friendly childhood stories, as some unlucky tourists find themselves getting lost in a magical forest in Germany and trying to stay alive by not becoming apart of the story. How to keep that from happening; sticking to the tradition of the fairy-tales. The script might be cheesy, but the story stays intriguing and creates some amusing, off-the-wall scenarios. I do think that the first half setting up the fantastical predicament is much stronger than the second half where things get senseless as the tourists are trying to figure a way out. The performances are agreeable despite their leaden characters with abeyant Ben Cross being the name grabber. Humour can be a little self- knowing, but it's not a distraction. One thing I noticed was the music theme that was constantly played resembled that of the 1987 "Predator". Better than expected SyFy original. "Let's hope there's no wicked witch inside".

I just saw this movie it was totally stupid and not worth watching at all . I thought the whole premise of the movie was laughable at best. A Bunch of people following some dude to stay at some place? Huh?? I should have turned it off then but NO i had to keep watching what happened..Next we find out they are some enchanted forest or something where this house and this lady who watches over the inn or something watches over it and the "forest" protects her. huh again?? What? I kept watching..There is more hooplah to the story and If you really think a bunch of random stories/fairy tells put together tickles your fancy i suppose this is the movie to watch for you but i thought all the "horror" was laughable at best. And the "silver axe" to escape haha what a joke.This whole movie was a joke and whoever wrote this must been drinking at the time....Save yourself about 2 hours of time and find something else to watch this one isn't worth it... That's all i gotta say..-Veteran Sci-fi reviewer/watcher over and OUT (Seen Everything from Star Trek/Wars, BSG, Warehouse 13, Dr. Who, Out Limits, and much more)

I LOVE me some SYFY "scary" movies, but in this case "NR" or "Not Rated" means definitely NOT for children. For whatever reason, I couldn't access the tabs to edit the section. Violence and gore galore; some images may be too disturbing for young viewers who are tweens.Use your parental discretion to decide: a baby is snatched from it's mother's arms by a once smiling fairy who swiftly tuns into a creature that sucker punches Mother to the ground. The parents are at a loss to find her as they hear her cries from another dimension. Later, as the group becomes part of fairy tales, the mother is stabbed in the heart with a spindle by a grandma looking woman. The "babysitter" and secret lover of the father gets sleepy when she enters a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs bedroom. NEVER fall asleep in a bedroom with seven tiny little beds: you'll wake up calling your boss/lover's name to be greeted and eated (yeah, I know it's spelled incorrectly but it rhymes) by seven "Little People"- men in prison style-striped shirts that are cannibals.At about that point I was bored and disappointed. I'd read other user's reviews and was really looking forward to the use of color and other items mentioned. By the time I was 20 minutes into watching, I realized the only place this movie was going for me was...off. My first clue that I was wasting my time should have been an early line uttered by Dr. Saxon: "The only thing I knew about the Black Forest before today was cake." It was the "best" piece of dialog for the 20 minutes I watched.

So we settled in with our Chinese Delivery for SyFy Saturday its become a ritual of sorts sometimes it last less than 30 minutes as we lose interest and start channel surfing however this weekend was different they debuted two movies and of the two this was by far the best. We really enjoyed the movie it really tries to make the best of every cent of its miniscule budget with decent performances, interesting twists, and special FX which could of course have been better are not as bad as some. My partner is not much of a fan but he sat thru it all and I have to say I would watch it again since I missed some bits and pieces as I devoured my dinner and we talked about the storyline. Sadly the film that came after this one was so bad we both went about other activities. One other thing of note we enjoyed their use of flowers to add a fantasy like sense of color in contrast to the forest it was a nice touch considering the budget you can't have all these wonderful sets and cgi to enhance so it was great old style filmmaking making the best out of what you got and being inventive I can still see the colorful mushrooms growing in the forest.