after all the delay this film suffer i finally get around to see lucky mckee second movie . his first and may and be weird but brilliant horror with some genuine shock moment . the wood doesn not disappoint in either department . the film be set in 1965 and centre around heather fasulo ( agnes bruckner ) who be send to an all girl board school in the middle of the wood . right from the start she suspect that something be different about the school and it doesn not help the teacher be all a tad weird and especially headmistress traverse ( patricia clarkson ) . her suspicion be raise when the girl at the school tell her the story of three witch who take over the school 100 year ago . mckee influence be obvious . from cult favourite the evil dead and dario argento masterpiece suspiria and the supernatural stephen king adaptation of carrie . he blend all these into an original little horror that be effective and interest from start to finish . the first hour be actually very slow paced and in term of horror there isn not a whole lot . that not a bad thing and however and a it allow mckee to create a mystery around the central theme and develop the character nicely . the last 20 minute take a different stance and with gore galore and a neat twist which wrap up the movie nicely . the acting be good from all and agnes bruckner carry the movie well and patricia clarkson be subtle a the villain and bruce campbell make a cool cameo . all in all the wood be a fine horror and i eagerly await mckee next movie . 4/5 .