Evil in the Woods
A young boy checks out a book titled Evil in the Woods from his local library. He immediately takes the book home and begins to read it and is soon sucked into a strange world set in Mildew Georgia. The book describes the plight of a group of low budget film makers who start to make their newest schlock piece in a woods that is occupied by not only an evil witch but also her cannibalistic and mentally disabled family. As the boy reads the book he starts to get sucked into the story just a little too much, the plot draws him in but will his will be enough to finish the fractured fable or will he forever get sucked into its pages.
Why it matters
A meta-slasher that blends ’80s backwoods terror with a wickedly self-aware narrative trap.
- Practical gore and DIY effects capture the scrappy spirit of regional indie horror at its most charmingly chaotic.
- Fans of meta-horror and cursed media tales will appreciate its early riff on stories that consume their readers.
- The ramshackle “Mildew, Georgia” setting channels the sweaty claustrophobia of ’80s rural slashers with a twisted family dynamic.
- Uneven pacing and murky storytelling may frustrate some, but cult horror completists will find a fascinating artifact of low-budget ambition.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
57
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
57
Supernatural
20
Creature
18
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
28
Survival
66
