Forest of the Damned is a 2005 horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 feature film directed by Johannes Roberts

Johannes Roberts

Johannes Roberts is a British film director and writer best known for his feature film F .-Biography:Roberts directed the feature film F released by Optimum Releasing in the UK....

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Background

The story, based upon the mythological tale of the siren

Siren

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were three dangerous mermaid like creatures, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on an island called Sirenum scopuli...

s, tells of a group of friends who visit a forest where angels who have been thrown out of heaven after getting infected with human emotions of lust and sexual desire roam.

Synopsis

A forest full of fallen angels who seduce their victims first, and then kill them. Five friends have a car accident and get into their catches. It flares up a deadly battle in which fear and seduction lay a trail of blood. These angels have an insatiable appetite for human flesh and drag you straight to hell!

Cast

• Nicole Petty as Molly
• Daniel MacLagan as Judd
• Tom Savini
  Tom Savini
  Thomas Vincent "Tom" Savini is an American actor, stuntman, director, award-winning special effects and makeup artist. He is known for his work on the Living Dead films directed by George A. Romero, as well as Creepshow, The Burning, Friday the 13th, The Prowler, and Maniac. He directed the 1990...
  
   as Stephen
• Shaun Hutson
  Shaun Hutson
  Shaun Hutson is a writer of novels including horror novels and dark urban thrillers. A native of Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire, England, Hutson now lives and writes in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire....
  
   as himself
• Marysia Kay
  Marysia Kay
  Marysia Kay is a Scottish actress and fight performer.-Biography:Kay grew up in Ayrshire and attended Glasgow University. She moved to London in 2002, and in 2006, studied drama at City Literary Institute in Covent Garden and stage combat with BASSC...
  
   as Angel 1
• Richard Cambridge
  Richard Cambridge (British actor)
  Richard Cambridge is an actor.-Roles include:*"Pete Webster" in Hollyoaks*"David Hilton" in Idol of Evil*"Emilio" in US teen flick Demonic called in the UK Forest of the damned*US Butterfinger commercial...
  
   as Emilio
• Sophie Holland
  Sophie Holland
  Sophie Louise Holland is a Welsh actress trained at the London Academy of Performing Arts. Holland made her acting debut as part of a dance show at the London Drury Lane Theatre aged 17. She was awarded the Cinequest Film Festival Audience Award 2007 in California for her performance in Nobody the...
  
   as Ally
• David Hood as Andrew
• Eleanor James
  Eleanor James
  Eleanor James is a British actress.-Career:In 2005 Eleanor landed her first film role when she got the part of a fallen angel in Demonic, starring Tom Savini. The film was released in 2006 through...
  
   as Angel 2

Release

The film premiered on 13 May 2005 on the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

 and was on 26 November 2005 released in the UK Cinemas.

Sequel

Forest of the Damned 2

Forest of the Damned 2

Forest of the Damned II: Death by Desire is a horror film directed by Ernest Riera.-Synopsis:Despite Lucy's reservations, she agrees to her husband’s request to attend a wild party of lust and sexual exploration on a remote island. Their passion soon turns to terror when they discover that one of...

directed by Ernest Riera will be released in 2011, Eleanor James

Eleanor James

Eleanor James is a British actress.-Career:In 2005 Eleanor landed her first film role when she got the part of a fallen angel in Demonic, starring Tom Savini. The film was released in 2006 through...

 and Marysia Kay

Marysia Kay

Marysia Kay is a Scottish actress and fight performer.-Biography:Kay grew up in Ayrshire and attended Glasgow University. She moved to London in 2002, and in 2006, studied drama at City Literary Institute in Covent Garden and stage combat with BASSC...

return as blood thirsty fallen angels.