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825 Forest Road

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825 Forest Road

2025

1h 41m

Horror

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Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life after a family tragedy when he moves to the town of Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark secret. The ghost of Helen Foster has terrorized residents for decades, since her own suicide back in the ‘40s. Finding Helen’s old home is key to ending the hauntings, but the address they have doesn’t match any of the town’s existing streets. When Chuck realizes his family might be in danger of Helen’s wrath, he takes it upon himself to locate 825 Forest Road before it’s too late.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Cognetti’s skill with found footage does him no favors here, as this flick is laden with awful dialogue, worse performances, dumb plotting, and a truly inane ending. Set your horror GPS to a different location.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 4, 2025

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Oliver Parker

In Review Online

Despite finally appearing to understand how to manipulate found footage for maximum scares, Cognetti falls remarkably short in this latest project from reaching the surprising heights of his last work.

May 3, 2025

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Sharai Bohannon

Horror Press

'825 Forest Road' has great bones. Sadly, it settles for a lesser story than the eerier one that was within its grasp.

Apr 19, 2025

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A flawed but entertaining paranormal horror pic.

Rated: C

Apr 13, 2025

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Matt Donato

IGN Movies

825 Forest Road is a stodgy paranormal thriller that doesn’t boast enough character or intensity to reach the heights of its director’s Hell House LLC movies.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 8, 2025

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

“825 Forest Road” is at its best when the town treats the haunting like a tornado alert.

Apr 7, 2025

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Sean D

I am a Cognetti fan as a result of the Hell House franchise, so I had to give this a watch. You can clearly see his imprint on this film, as the scares are fantastic. That said, this film is a bit of a misfire, as others point out: The "three parts" means the movie sometimes goes backwards, and the plot is a bit meandering at times. The scares are definitely there. The plotting and film structure will likely frustrate though. Can't wait to see more of Cognetti

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Steve N

Really confused reading some of the other reviews, had to check it was the same movie. This was genuinely creepy and I really found the way the story was told refreshing. Performances were fine in general, but I really think this is worth your time if you are a fan of this type of thing. Real shame that a film this good is going to get ignored due to poor reviews.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Jamin K

Whilst I understand people's gripes about this movie, it has to be said that it has a great storyline, some incredibly creepy ideas, and some near perfect jump scares. I don't watch films like this because they're going to win Academy Awards, I watch them because they're great entertainment. It's a must see for horror fans!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/25/25

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Lone F

This is fantastic movie, I love everything yout it, the story, the cast, characters, ending...just great and I found it by accident which only makes it sweeter.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Nicholas H

Didn’t really do it for me. I like the idea of a haunted town, but it felt really unexplored. The chapter thing was interesting, but didn’t work super well. I liked the idea of highlighting the misunderstandings that were happening using it, but then those misunderstandings didn’t lead to anything.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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Christian K

I liked the idea of the cursed town and a group of people who were aware about it, for some reason that concept is thrown away after the first act. The implementation here is beyond well worn, even the slightest notion of fear or horror is completely absent. May be weird but I always like a bad guys win ending in horror.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Synopsis

Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life after a family tragedy when he moves to the town of Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark secret. The ghost of Helen Foster has terrorized residents for decades, since her own suicide back in the ‘40s. Finding Helen’s old home is key to ending the hauntings, but the address they have doesn’t match any of the town’s existing streets. When Chuck realizes his family might be in danger of Helen’s wrath, he takes it upon himself to locate 825 Forest Road before it’s too late.

Director: Stephen Cognetti
Producer: Joe Bandelli, Dana Guerin, Cindi Rice
Screenwriter: Stephen Cognetti
Distributor: Shudder
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2025
Runtime: 1h 41m

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