Hidden in the Woods gained a bit of noteriaty upon its release a couple years back. It was described as "The bastard child of a Ruggero Deodato/Sam Peckinpah/Gaspar Noé pile-up gestated in the loins of Roberta Findlay" and "a deranged frenzy,". An English language remake was actually announced a few weeks prior to the original’s North American premiere at Fantasia Fest 2012. The film was produced by Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc, with Biehn also taking a lead role. Following in the footsteps of such directors as Michael Haneke and Takashi Shimizu, Patricio Valladares once again took the director’s chair.
The plot has remained unchanged. Hidden in the Woods tells the story of Two sisters, who have been raised in isolation, subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father. When they finally decide to report him to the police, he kills the two officers and is put in jail. But things go from bad to worse when the girls must answer to their Uncle Costello, a psychotic drug kingpin, who shows up looking for his missing merchandise which is hidden in the woods.
No release date has been announced, but perhaps one is on the horizon as we have just received a new trailer.
There isn’t much new in this trailer compared to the sales trailer we brough you last year but it is definitely tighter and geared more to a general audience.
For comparison sake, here is a look at the trailer for the original Hidden in the Woods.