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The Forest King
7.0 / 10• 2023• 20m•NR• English
AnimationHorrorFantasyScience Fiction
Storyline
Set in a suffocating over-commercialized future, a young boy's desire for success and status leads him into a terrifying and deadly new reality through the lens of a mysterious VR game. His desperate father must now race against both time and technology to save his dying son. But the boy is the only one who can save himself, and he must do it before becoming another faceless pawn of the Forest King. Adapted from the poem "The Forest Tsar" written in 1818 by Vasiliy Zhukovsky.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lubomir Arsov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Forest King is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
