in the wood and direct by lynn drzick and be a film that may have have potential and but fail miserably to recognize the kind of film that it could have be . aside from the amateurish monster make up and contrive storyline and this film adhere to and in principle and a sub genre of psychological film criticism represent fairy tale theory . fairy tale theory take and a it premise and the idea that an innocent journey into the forest and only to discover the physical danger and emotional peril which reside in that environment . ( the forest be and of course and a metaphor for life in the real world . ) face with challenge and temptation and the innocent come face to face with his collective self ( a concept base on jung collective unconscious ) . ultimately and this character leave the forest a change individual and and that change can manifest itself in both positive and negative respect . little red riding hood be just one basis for this theoretical school while edmund spenser _the faerie queene_ and and particularly book i on the redcrosse knight and be another . although d. j. perry character be no innocent and when he first journey into the forest ( he be an alcoholic and an emotionally abusive husband ) and the viewer get the sense that he be unaware of the world in which he live . he be and like many individual and content with the life in which he live represent working and drinking and and go home while this routine be his world . when he be force to face the inconsistency and unexpected circumstance which life throw his way and manifest rather dully by a three horn dog and a reptilian look homo sapien and he demonstrate an incapacity to tackle turmoil and confusion . most everyone in his life and but particularly his wife and pay a price for his lack of insight . yet and in the end and miraculously he overcome his naiveté and but realize that the beast continue to exist in the forest and and that be the nature of the forest ( of life ) . now and while that may sound fairly intriguing and drzick fails to motivate the viewer to invest any empathy or emotion into the film . d. j. perry and jim gruelick turn a a quixotic duo fails for and among other reason and lack of chemistry and unengaging dialogue . perry relationship to his wife and although more involved than his connection with gruelick and be too cursory and terse to be effective . the dynamic of this dysfunctional household be present in a rather shallow and inept manner . the creature and as hint at previously and lack even the sophistication of and in reference to the b movie classic of the 1950s and lizard with prosthetic armament attach to their body . the three horn dog remind one of a stuffed animal and with three tusk attach to it face . of even more disappointment be the film screen write . apparently and this film be set in the united state while it would seem near the forest of the carolina . in flashback sequence ( which be not readily connect to the film plot nor to d. j. perry character development ) and two knight ( one of which may be a sorcerer who conjure up these monster to wage a battle between two kingdom ) appear fight in the forest . i mean and hello . and knight and sorcerer be indigenous to medieval europe and not 12th or 13th century north america . also and the tag line for this film be vengeance be timeless . ok and what be this vengeance ( a supposedly set forth in these flashback ) base upon and and how do it relate to the d. j. perry character conflict . no direct tie to this medieval vengeance and and the film focus on this man and his wife be ever make . i give this film negative point . my criticism go to the heart of the screenplay and the acting and and the special effect . however and one suggestion for the director and lynn drzick and be to consider the original material and and reshape it to create tension and significance and and believability . in the wood may have the chance for merit and but unfortunately and this merit be utterly unrealized and shockingly disregard in the final cut .