Blood in The Forest

An insight into the criminal mind, this is a major series of the most extraordinary stories behind the greatest crimes and trials of the century. Serial killers, gangsters, assassins and war criminals - Great Crimes and Trials sheds light on 26 crimes that shocked the world, bringing back memories of some of the most notorious cases of the twentieth century.
True stories carefully researched and reconstructed with actual archive footage are all covered here in exacting detail, alongside other shocking stories of murder and mayhem.

As recently as ten years ago, out of every ten African elephants that died, four fell at the hands of poachers. The figure today is eight. Over sixty percent of Africa's Forest Elephants have been killed by poachers since the turn of the century. Rhinoceroses are being slaughtered throughout their ranges. The Vietnamese One-horned

During the Heian period, whilst travelling through deep forest young samurai Takehiro and his wife Masako are waylaid by a robber. Takehiro is tied to a tree and forced to watch his wife being raped in front of his very eyes. But there are other witnesses to the crime lurking in the bushes too. A surprisingly poetic rendition of "In The Thicket", the Ryunosuke Akutagawa short story that former the basis of Kurosawa's Rashomon, here directed by none other than the notorious Hisayasu Satô (The Bedroom, Naked Blood), one of the legendary "Four Devils" of the early 90s pink film.

Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods, where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find a tome called the "Necronomicon", Book of the Dead, and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens are possessed. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.

Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods, where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find a tome called the "Necronomicon", Book of the Dead, and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens are possessed. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.