i love this movie from the beginning to the climactic end . it be suspenseful and i always have the feeling of try to see around corner to find out what be to happen next . i would not give a synopsis of the movie a others have always do it adequately . i would not liken it to other movie a it stand quite clearly on it own . transgress shock horror and mutilation for the fear of what cant be see and and that reside not only in the wood alone . i love the way the wood intrude on the school with vine and leave on the wall and the floor . and the leaf always present on the teacher hair . patricia clarkson do a beautifully understated job a the headmistress and and her quiet voice do a lot more to scare me than a lot of yell and overbear attitude of other film . agnes be great a the heroine heather and and i find myself totally captivate by her style . her friend marcy be a lovely touch and the vocal for the part ( whether her or not ) be stun . the stillness be also an attraction and never hurrying and like tree and still and compose . i be enamor by the atmosphere and the cinematography and and the set design and i do not know if the director can better this but i do hope he give it a try .