Dark Woods II
A hazardous-waste inspection team uncovers a sanatorium’s terrifying legacy in the Norwegian wilderness.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- oppressive
- dread-filled
- late night horror viewing
- rainy evening
What critics said
Critics generally found the film atmospherically effective and capable of delivering genuine scares, while considering its plot and themes less intelligent than its visual construction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The workers investigate an abandoned mountain sanatorium whose deteriorating rooms, pipes, and cellar conceal its violent history.
The hazardous-waste survey becomes an encounter with the sanatorium's repressed past and its lingering consequences.
The film confines its characters to a huge, collapsing building in a remote mountain forest while water and infrastructure failures intensify their vulnerability.
Its central premise insists that demolishing the sanatorium cannot erase the past discovered within it.
Films like Dark Woods II, and why
The Shining
isolated institutional setting, supernatural dread, and escalating psychological horror
Session 9
abandoned facility, investigative group dynamic, and grim bodily menace
The Ritual
atmospheric nordic horror, remote wilderness, and buried traumatic history
Movie Details
- Director
- Pål Øie
- Release Date
- 2015-10-09
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 4.7 / 10 (111)
Cast
- Ellen Dorrit Petersen
- Anders Baasmo Christiansen
- Tomas Norström
- Baard Owe
- Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
- Renate Reinsve
- Éva Magyar
- Torstein Løning
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Dark Woods II about?
- A hazardous-waste inspection team uncovers a sanatorium’s terrifying legacy in the Norwegian wilderness.
- What is Dark Woods II like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dark Woods II as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dark Woods II violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Dark Woods II as moderate.
- What did critics think of Dark Woods II?
- Critics generally found the film atmospherically effective and capable of delivering genuine scares, while considering its plot and themes less intelligent than its visual construction.
- Which films are like Dark Woods II?
- Films with a similar feel include The Shining, Session 9, and The Ritual.
- How long is Dark Woods II?
- Dark Woods II runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Dark Woods II?
- In United States, Dark Woods II streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
