"Terror in the Woods" was reprehensible in the way that the parents of two deranged kids were portrayed. There were clearly warning signs all over the place that the two besties, Kaitlin and Rachel, were heading for disaster. Yet, the filmmakers chose to depict the parents are unsuspecting and naive when they were actually irresponsible, dim-witted dullards.
There was one scene where young Kaitlin was making a drawing at a restaurant. If the parents wanted to teach the kid some manners, she shouldn't have been allowed to draw at a family gathering in public. The parents were only promoting the kid's anti-social proclivities. Then, the father Nathan, who has "a chemical thing in the brain" requiring a small pharmacy to control, chooses to place the kid's drawing on the home fridge!
In one of the most important scenes in the film, the intuitive teacher recognizes the deficiencies in Kaitlin's social skills, meets with the mom Dani, and informs her that there are likely environmental issues to deal with at home. The mom goes into denial and even uses for an excuse that her husband is fighting mental illness. Similarly, Rachel's situation, torn between an over-indulgent father and a hyperactive mother now separated from the husband, was equally dysfunctional.
The film was so unpleasant that it was cringeworthy, especially when Kaitlin and Rachel decide to perform the ritual sacrifice of one of their classmates to placate their fantasy overlord that is the product of their sick minds. The Suzerain may see all, but the parents of these kids were totally blind, allowing their kids to search for a magic palace of their imaginations, but ending up in the Georgia Detention Center for Girls.
There was one scene where young Kaitlin was making a drawing at a restaurant. If the parents wanted to teach the kid some manners, she shouldn't have been allowed to draw at a family gathering in public. The parents were only promoting the kid's anti-social proclivities. Then, the father Nathan, who has "a chemical thing in the brain" requiring a small pharmacy to control, chooses to place the kid's drawing on the home fridge!
In one of the most important scenes in the film, the intuitive teacher recognizes the deficiencies in Kaitlin's social skills, meets with the mom Dani, and informs her that there are likely environmental issues to deal with at home. The mom goes into denial and even uses for an excuse that her husband is fighting mental illness. Similarly, Rachel's situation, torn between an over-indulgent father and a hyperactive mother now separated from the husband, was equally dysfunctional.
The film was so unpleasant that it was cringeworthy, especially when Kaitlin and Rachel decide to perform the ritual sacrifice of one of their classmates to placate their fantasy overlord that is the product of their sick minds. The Suzerain may see all, but the parents of these kids were totally blind, allowing their kids to search for a magic palace of their imaginations, but ending up in the Georgia Detention Center for Girls.