Haunted Forest (2007 film)

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Haunted Forest
Directed by Mauro Borrelli
Written byMauro Borrelli
Produced byMauro Borrelli
Starring Sevy Di Cione
Kiralee Hayashi
Edoardo Beghi
CinematographyMauro Borrelli
Edited byJohn C. Brookins
Music by Gianluca Piersanti
Production
company
Fotocomics Productions
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date
  • June 26, 2007 (2007-06-26)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Haunted Forest is a 2007 American Horror film directed by Mauro Borrelli and starring Sevy Di Cione, Adam Green and Kiralee Hayashi. [1] The film premiered at the Oxford International Film Festival on April 6, 2007. Shot entirely in California and Nevada, it is produced by Fotocomics Productions and released in the U.S. by Lionsgate. [2]

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Plot

Driven by his grandfather's mysterious past, Sean (Sevy Di Cione) searches for the key to a man's sudden disappearance within a dark forest. He believes it may have a connection to an enigmatic tree that now haunts his dreams. Sean's friends (Adam Green and Edoardo Beghi), along with two young women, accompany him on his quest. Things soon turn deadly as Satinka, a beautiful and vengeful spirit, wreaks her revenge for an unspeakable crime committed over 200 years ago. This hurls the group into a foreboding ecological nightmare, on a road straight to Hell.

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References

  1. "Haunted Forest on Horror News". 17 July 2012.
  2. "Haunted Forest on IMDb". IMDb .