▁American ▁super natural ▁horror ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Jason ▁Z ada ▁and ▁written ▁by ▁Ben ▁K eta i , ▁Nick ▁Ant os ca , ▁and ▁Sarah ▁Corn well . ▁St arring ▁Natal ie ▁D orm er ▁and ▁Taylor ▁Kin ney , ▁it ▁follows ▁a ▁young ▁woman ▁who ▁travel s ▁to ▁A ok ig ah ara ▁( the ▁suic ide ▁forest ) ▁to ▁find ▁her ▁sister . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁January ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁Gr amer cy ▁Pictures ▁and ▁was ▁neg atively ▁received ▁by ▁critics , ▁but ▁was ▁a ▁box ▁office ▁success , ▁gross ing ▁$ 3 7 . 6 ▁million ▁against ▁a ▁reported ▁budget ▁of ▁$ 1 0 ▁million . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁A ok ig ah ara ▁Forest , ▁a ▁forest ▁at ▁the ▁north west ▁base ▁of ▁Mount ▁Fu ji ▁in ▁Japan ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁popular ▁destination ▁for ▁suic ide . ▁ ▁S ara ▁Price ▁( N atal ie ▁D orm er ), ▁an ▁American ▁woman , ▁receives ▁a ▁phone ▁call ▁from ▁the ▁Japanese ▁police ▁telling ▁her ▁that ▁they ▁think ▁her ▁trouble d ▁tw in ▁sister , ▁Jess ▁Price ▁( also ▁D orm er ) ▁is ▁dead , ▁as ▁she ▁was ▁seen ▁going ▁into ▁A ok ig ah ara ▁forest . ▁Despite ▁the ▁concerns ▁of ▁her ▁f ian cé , ▁Rob , ▁she ▁jour ne ys ▁to ▁Japan ▁and ▁arriv es ▁at ▁the ▁hotel ▁where ▁her ▁sister ▁was ▁stay ing