Disturbing, truly disturbing, this new dip into the murky, restless, poisoned waters of the literature of John Ajvide Lindqvist. The author of Let me inOf course, a modern classic of horror cinema, revealing, epiphanic to a large extent. How to explain authentic fear, the most atavistic, the most embedded in the marrow, must be the million-dollar question for the vast majority of filmmakers captivated by the genre. Not in those who only want a slasher of the bunch but it is clear that yes in Thea Hvistendahl, debutant in the feature film with a film impregnated with personality and that treasures a dramatic depth capable of leaving you stunned.
Fear embodied in loved ones, what fear could be more terrible? Loved ones who come back to life to torment our lives. The result takes your breath away, it drags you through a swamp of unease, of disagreements with bad vibes. A good handful of scenes for the memory and, of course, for the nightmare, fundamental paradox, this, of good horror cinema. That Nordic terror so characteristic, so real, so cold, so capable of penetrating your soul.
DATA SHEET
‘Rest in peace’
Director:
Thea Hvistendahl
Gender:
Terror
Country:
Norway
Synopsis:
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously return and three families are thrown into chaos when they are reunited with their deceased loved ones.
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Script: Thea Hvistendahl
Distribution: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie
Duration: 97 min.
Verdict: Nordic horror story about death and family, terrible dialectic.
Distributor: Avalon
Premiere: 6/19/2024
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