A newlywed couple suffer from the effects of a curse a witch put on the place they live in centuries earlier..

Does a century-old silent film from the Finnish wilderness still have the power to unsettle a modern audience? Short answer: Yes, but only if you allow its slow-burn atmospheric dread to get under your skin. This isn't a film for those seeking the frantic pacing of contemporary slashers; it is a film for the patient vi...

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Teuvo Puro

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"Does a century-old silent film from the Finnish wilderness still have the power to unsettle a modern audience? Short answer: Yes, but only if you allow its slow-burn atmospheric dread to get under your skin. This isn't a film for those seeking the frantic pacing of contemporary slashers; it is a film for the patient viewer who finds terror in the silence of a landscape that wants you dead.This film is for the folk-horror completionist and those who appreciate the raw, expressive power of the sil..."
Eero Kilpi
Teuvo Puro, Väinö Kataja
Finland


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