{"id":550,"date":"2022-10-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=550"},"modified":"2022-10-18T21:39:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T21:39:04","slug":"scandinavian-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/10\/28\/scandinavian-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandinavian Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/mark> <\/strong>This Article May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t pretend it isn\u2019t complicated trying to watch and analyse films from an area rather than a single country. With Celtic horror it was a little easier through the similarities between them and English horror in general. However, when looking at 5 different countries, there becomes fewer similarities \u2013 other than the fact that I don\u2019t think I found a single of them scary\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child Eater (Iceland)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                OK, so this film is a little bit of a cheat as it\u2019s credited as being America and Iceland but I lost the film I really wanted to cover in Grafir & Bein (Grave & Bones). <\/em>For what comes across as a reasonably intense beginning, this film does drag a little once it gets started. It actually reminds me a little of the first Jeepers Creepers <\/em>film. Actually, it reminds me a lot of Jeepers Creepers <\/em>in general as the main antagonist eats the eyes of children in order to improve his own eye sight! I\u2019ll be honest, and it possibly sounds like more of a dig than I mean it to be but I feel like the film would have been a lot better if it was solely made by the Icelandic.              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mare (Norway)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                For a film that starts off so intensely, setting you up for a horrific assault on the senses \u2013 it really does slow down a lot! There are moments where, like the lead character of Liam, you can\u2019t tell if he\u2019s dreaming or if it\u2019s real. Especially when it comes to his grandma as she is already down right creepy and I\u2019m almost certain she\u2019s been trying to kill him all along. All in all, I think it is supposed to be a story of a boy finding out what really happened to his mother with a few bumps in the night along the way because don\u2019t get me wrong, it may be a little slow going but it does have its moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Circle (Sweden)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I\u2019ll be completely honest with you, I don\u2019t exactly understand this film. The write-up talks about a cult but there\u2019s absolutely no cultist involvement whatsoever. I don\u2019t know if someone got confused between cults and witches\u2026 if that\u2019s what we are meant to believe Lena, Victor and Selma are \u2013 not 100% certain on that fact either. In a way the film reminded me a little bit of The Twilight Zone <\/em>because it opens and closes like the narrator has put the viewer into a trace and what they have just watched isn\u2019t actually real. Actually, be warned there is an optical illusion so you may feel a little bit dizzy before the film even properly begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rare Exports: A Christmas Story (Finland)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                We always love a Christmas based horror film right? Well, I do anyway and what I like even more about this is that instead of playing on the usual Krampus is bad, Santa is good – because let\u2019s face it its been done before \u2013 Santa is the bad guy; in truth, with the horns, they have made him look a little like Krampus. In my opinion, a horror film is supposed to be at least remotely scary or creepy. The creepiest thing about this film is the naked old men posing as Santa\u2019s elves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breeder (Denmark)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I feel like I\u2019m being really critical of these Scandinavian horror films but I genuinely expected so much more from this film. For example, I expected more suspense and for Mia to be trapped alone a lot longer than she was. Maybe from the description I imaged something along the lines of the blood farm in Blade: Trinity <\/em>(those who have seen the film have the image in there head right now\u2026). For a film that\u2019s supposed to be about a \u2018mad\u2019 scientist experimenting on women in order to extend life, there\u2019s actually a lot of science-y stuff that happens. Also, there\u2019s a lot of threatened violence but not a lot of actual violence. Now, I\u2019m not saying that violence is a mark of a good horror film but it\u2019s rare to not have at least a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trollhunter (Norway)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I want to start this off with a positive and a negative. Positive: we all know I love a found-footage film. Negative: the only version I could find is f***ing dubbed! I hate dubbing, I know that seems like an overreaction but there\u2019s something about it that slightly takes me out of the film. I can\u2019t decide if I feel like the trolls are shown too early but it drastically improves the film once they are revealed, mainly because it\u2019s actually pretty slow going. I\u2019ll be honest, yes there is a written breakdown at the beginning and end of this film but I feel like there is no resolution at the end at all. OK, they chase after the troll\u2026.but what happens?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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