The heroine Sarah went to Aokigahara to find her sister, but her sister escaped and stayed there by herself. Trapped by a heart demon? Or is it that the sister who has been naughty since she was a child has a stronger heart? In the film, Sarah encounters phantoms in the forest many times. I can only rely on some connections to try to guess Sarah’s heart behind the phantoms. First, Sarah firmly believed that her sister was not dead, but she encountered a person who hanged herself as soon as she entered the forest, which caused her to feel that there were a lot of ghosts chasing her in the middle and even at the end of the film. Will these ghosts represent her? She was afraid that her sister was dead, and she was afraid that her feeling was an illusion. Secondly, Aiden as cannon fodder. . Oh my god, really dead. . so innocent. He died of Sarah's "nervous". In fact, it is not difficult to see in the film that Sarah is a very fragile person. She believes that there are ghosts in this world. She saw the old lady who looked like a ghost in the middle of the night at the hotel, and finally dreamed of the old lady the night she went into the forest the next day. So when she discovered that Aiden was making up a lie in order to get close to her, her inner sensitivity and suspiciousness broke out. She walked forward alone, fell into the pit, and then ran into the little Japanese girl again. I think that little Japanese girl is also her. Refraction of the heart, wearing a student uniform, gave her a kind of former Jessie's student, increasing her conviction. When she first met, the little girl told her that Jesse was not dead, and then told her in Japanese that he was not credible. Does this reflect that Sarah doesn't trust Aiden in her heart, and the Japanese language is that she chooses to pretend to be deaf and ignore her inner doubts. The second time, the little girl turned into a ghost directly, reflecting her fear after falling into the pit. After being rescued by Aiden, the two came to a house, which became their grave. She felt that Aiden had locked Jesse in the basement. As for why Aiden admitted, it should be just a slow-down. During the quarrel, Sarah killed Aiden by mistake. (Oh? Poor muscular man, he pulled Sarah out of the pit with his bare hands) Then she saw Jesse in her childhood. This is what she has always regretted. Why did Jesse see the tragedy of her parents back then? But choose to escape. However, as she wished, she saw it this time, but I have a doubt here. If Sarah hadn’t seen it back then, why would she see such illusions now, and we have also seen them in the fantasy. His parents did not die in a car accident, but were shot. His father killed his mother and then committed suicide. So Sarah said "daddy, why"
I remember that Sarah told Aiden about the death of her parents before. She said that Jesse saw something dark, but she turned her head, so you might as well guess that Sarah actually saw it, but she chose After forgetting, her inner memory evoked in the forest, so there was a reasonable explanation. As for why she committed suicide, I think it was because the cause of her parents' death was always in her heart. She witnessed everything in the room again. Her father crawled to her and grabbed her, actually inviting her, so she chose to commit suicide. As for the fact that she suddenly found out that she was dead in the end, it might be because she was sober, because she had already returned to the small road at the time, but the thing had happened, she could only be dragged into the ruins and merged into the land of Aokihara.
It’s also worth mentioning that there have been several zooms of the Aokigahara sceneries in the film, such as snails, bugs, tree roots, etc. The filming is very delicate, in fact, it reflects Sara’s inner sensitivity, because people are only extremely nervous. Sensitive, when the brain is on the verge of collapse, it will magnify the surrounding scenery. Just as we sometimes notice the sound of the wind suddenly, hold our breath in the darkness and hear the second hand move, leaves shaking outside the window and so on.
In general, the film’s horror effect is good, but not enough. The prelude is too long and useless. The overall look is a bit nonsensical, without beginning and end, but the Japanese-American style blend is a good surprise.
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