GHOSTS IN THE WOODS

I thought it was gonna be another run-and-hide survival flick, but man… it hit me in the feels. That campfire scene? Straight-up broke me. These two were just trying to hold onto something human.

The way they talked about Theo, like a ghost that never left, just crushed me. And that moment when Jacob says he loved him… I wasn’t ready for that honesty. It was beautiful.

The subtle queer undercurrent, the emotional transparency — this is the kind of storytelling we need more of in genre spaces. It's survival, yes, but it's also about seeing and being seen.

Visually bleak and emotionally saturated, ‘Ghosts in the Woods’ plays with tropes but evolves them through nuanced, lived-in performances. Some dialogue veers into melodrama, but the chemistry between leads grounds it in truth.

Finally, a survival short that doesn’t rely on endless running and shooting. It’s got weight — like The Road, but with Gen Z angst and actual intimacy. Loved the tension with the hunters, but even more — the silences.

There’s a rawness to ‘Ghosts in the Woods’ that sticks. Survival isn’t just physical here — it’s emotional, spiritual. The narrative leans on post-collapse tropes, but the relationship between Drake and Jacob redefines the core. This isn’t about saving the world. It’s about saving one another.