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The Forest Devours

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Parts 18
Time 6h 20m

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Deep in the heart of an ancient woodland, something stirs-hungry, watchful, and patient. When Caleb returns to his childhood home, a remote cabin on the edge of the vast and mysterious forest, he finds himself drawn into a nightmare that has been waiting for him all along. The trees whisper, the shadows shift, and the past he tried to forget claws its way back.

What begins as a reluctant homecoming soon turns into a descent into terror as Caleb uncovers the dark history of the land-and the entity that has been feeding on those who wander too far into the woods. The deeper he digs, the more he realizes that the forest is alive, and it has been waiting for him.

As reality unravels and the line between man and monster blurs, Caleb must confront not only the horrors lurking in the trees but the darkness within himself. Because in this forest, the deeper you go, the less of you returns... and some never escape at all.

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