I'm doing a post about this movie for two reasons:
1- It's from Finland, and I've never seen a Finnish horror movie before. They turn out good hockey players, so why not film, right?
and
2- Early reviews from the TIFF (Toronto Intl. Film Fest) have called this a highbrow horror, one with intelligence and plenty of psychological craziness.
It looks interesting, and seems like a decent change of pace for a change. I like the idea of not feeling stupid as I watch a film. I know, silly me.
The Trailer
IMBD page
A cruel horror film bathing in the Finnish sauna culture, in the no-zone between Christianity and paganism. A story of two brothers, who leave a young girl to die and become haunted by her, as she follows them in supernatural form, her face pouring with endless filth. The brothers escape with a commission marking the border between Russia and Finland to a Russian-Orthodox village. In there they find a sauna - The sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking for forgiveness, the brothers step into the sauna…
