{"id":224271,"date":"2025-10-30T17:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/the-forest-king-red-iron-road-full-episode"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:04:44","slug":"the-forest-king-red-iron-road-full-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/the-forest-king-red-iron-road-full-episode","title":{"rendered":"THE FOREST KING | Red Iron Road | Full Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VtRwYS0h4Ao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Set in a suffocating, over-commercialized future, a young boy\u2019s desire for success and status leads him into a terrifying and deadly new reality through the lens of a mysterious VR game.<br \/> His desperate father must now race against both time and technology to save his dying son.<br \/> But the boy is the only one who can save himself \u2014 before becoming another faceless pawn of the Forest King.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from the poem \u201cThe Forest Tsar\u201d (1818) by Vasiliy Zhukovsky.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac THE FOREST KING<br \/> The second installment of the animated horror anthology RED IRON ROAD.<br \/> Each episode is a standalone short film (10\u201320 minutes) inspired by European literature, produced with unique creative partners in distinctive visual styles.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Festival Highlights.<br \/> \u2022 World Premiere \u2013 Nightmares Film Festival (Ohio, USA, 2022)<br \/> \u2022 Nominations \u2013 FilmQuest, Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Animaze.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf10 Official Sites:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakesideanimation.com\/for\">https:\/\/www.lakesideanimation.com\/for<\/a>\u2026 \ud83c\udfa5 Credits Directed &amp; Written By: Lubomir Arsov Produced By: Lakeside Animation Animation By: Art Light &amp; Riki Group (Petersburg Animation Studio) Musical Score By: Lars Korb Starring: Carlo Rota, Tom Rooney, Jaiden Cannatelli \ud83d\udcd6 Full Cast &amp; Crew: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt23845934\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt23845934<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udcfa Where to Watch Season 1 of Red Iron Road: Amazon Prime Video (subscription required): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/0PB\">https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/0PB<\/a>\u2026 TubiTV (free streaming): <a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100014990\/r\">https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100014990\/r<\/a>\u2026 Plex (free streaming): <a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100014990\/r\">https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100014990\/r<\/a>\u2026 Hoopla Digital (free with library card): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/televis\">https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/televis<\/a>\u2026 Kanopy (free via library or university): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/product\/140\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/product\/140<\/a>\u2026 Apple TV (subscription to Prime Video required): <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\">https:\/\/tv.apple.com<\/a> \ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for new animated horror shorts and exclusive content! Follow Red Iron Road &amp; Lakeside Animation: Facebook: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ redironroadseries Instagram: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ redironroadseries TikTok: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ lakesideanimation LinkedIn: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ lakeside-animation \ud83d\udd16 Hashtags: #RedIronRoad #AdultAnimation #Games #Anthology #Animation #AnimatedAnthology #HorrorAnimation #SlavicMythology #AnimatedShortFilm #LakesideAnimation #EuropeanHorror #AnimationStudio #FolkHorror #AnimatedHorror #CreepyTales #ClassicLiterature #AnimationForAdults \u00a9 2022 Ghost Train Productions Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set in a suffocating, over-commercialized future, a young boy\u2019s desire for success and status leads him into a terrifying and deadly new reality through the lens of a mysterious VR game. His desperate father must now race against both time and technology to save his dying son. 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