Girl in Woods (2016)

Film Introduction
"Girl in Woods", directed by Jeremy Benson, is a suspense-filled horror movie released in 2016. The film revolves around the protagonist called Grace (Juliet Reeves London), and her desperate battle for survival when she becomes lost in the Smoky Mountains after a treking trip with her fiancé turns awful.

Main plot and Characters
The movie opens with Grace and her fiancé, Jim (Jeremy London), who take a trip from their home city to the Smoky Mountains for a revitalizing outdoor camping trip. Unfortunately, their journey turns deadly when Jim is accidentally killed. This leaves Grace stranded, alone, and in shock at a significant distance from civilization. With no skills to browse out of the wilderness, Grace must fight disturbing elements in her surrounding environment and face her own violent past.

Apart from Grace and Jim, other characters in the movie consist of Grace's daddy, Mercy (Lee Perkins), who appears in flashbacks. These flashbacks reveal the distressing past of Grace, her demanding relationship with her dad, and the emotional damage she suffered throughout her youth. This previous makes Grace's journey through the wilderness even more complicated and mind-bending.

Themes
The film is predominantly rooted in themes of survival, horror, and mental drama, combining aspects of the natural external horror that Grace faces being lost in the wilderness and the internal horror of her past. The exploration of Grace's disturbed mind and psychological breakdown is a central aspect of the film.

Genre, Style, and Reception
"Girl in Woods" mixes the categories of mental scary and survival to provide a chilling tale. The storytelling style is rather complex, oscillating in between today and the past, reality, and hallucinations. The character of Grace goes through huge advancement, starting as a powerless, inexperienced girl and ending the story with her showing fierce survival instincts and guts.

The film got combined evaluations upon its release. Some critics appreciated the uncommon narrative design, psychological depth, and performances, particularly of Juliet Reeves London. However, others felt that the flashbacks and hallucinations throughout the movie developed confusion and lacked clarity.

Conclusion
In conclusion, "Girl in Woods" is an extreme psychological scary and survival film. With a concentrate on exploring its lead character's backstory, the film crafts a narrative of expedition and self-discovery thread into the survival scary theme. Through Grace's struggle to endure in the woods, the audience is given a deep insight into her distressing past, making it a layered and complex narrative. While the film might not calm every horror or thriller enthusiast due to its disorienting narrative style, it paves an unique course within its genre including a strong, evolving female lead character.

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