Folk horror is very popular these last few years and in the flood of some great and some bad movies sometimes there are some indie low budget films that are jewels in the crown of underground. Well, Woodland Grey by director Adam Reider, who is also co-writer managed to create that creepy absurd atmosphere that I lack so much in newer horror movies.

There are only four actors in this one, but this one manages to do some scare. Emily(Jenny Raven) tries to cope with the death of her grandfather, Vietnam veteran (Art Hindle) and goes to a camping trip in the woods. She gets lost and William(Ryan Blakely), weird recluse who lives in the woods saves her life. But, things sometimes go wrong way and Emily discovers in the shed a little girl and then things start to go spooky and there is no certainty what is real and what is not anymore.

Well, that is the story. I will start with something that really bothers me in whole screenplay and the movie and bothers me a lot. That is, how a girl with dialysis goes to camping? Huh? Wow. But, there are much better moments in the movie which cover that bad and illogical one. This is basically a mixture of mindfuck, psychological horror and folk horror. Atmospheric and strong, absurd in its eeriness with that girl and rabbit mask, that red ribbons around trees and some more ugly scary moments which are not so scary per se, but their absurdity and madness spooked me while watching this one. There is also a story how mind copes with loss of beloved persons as an underlayer of the horror story. Ending is okay, but could have been a bit better and is a little let down, but the movie is okay.

6/10