The latest addition to the Nordic horror scene is Xstream, the SVOD service that specializes in horror films. -Horror never goes out of style, the company says. The Nordic region’s first horror film (subscription) on-demand video service launched a few days ago. Based in Sweden and available only to Nordic customers, Xstream uses the technology…
It came from Finland – to invade you! It Came From the Desert is the latest schlock retro horror comedy from the country that brought you evil Santas and killer bunnies. Some horror movie concepts are traditional, some are original, and then there are the crazy-ass twisted ones. It Came From the Desert belongs in the latter category,…
One thing is guaranteed when making summaries of the year gone by: Sweden has not produced a horror film (again) and children are blessed with numerous genre productions, even if they don’t really realize it. Here’s a brief overview. The most prevalent factors in Nordic genre cinema is that the overall output is small, unstable…
Today, TV channels across the Nordic region launch the annual highlight for many children; the TV calendars. The tradition has become a spearhead for fantasy based children’s entertainment. For almost 60 years, televised advent calendars in the form of short 24-episode drama series for children have aired in the Nordic region between December 1st and…
In a few days, the Nordic public broadcasters unleash some of their biggest efforts throughout the year; the Christmas Calendars, aimed mostly at children and airing every day from December 1st to 24th. The Nordic region has a long tradition of Christmas countdown TV drama for children, so-called Christmas calendars, which are the TV equivalent of…
Not sure what to wait for? Too long between premieres? Forgotten that Scandinavia actually has some genre movies? Here’s a quick overview of what to expect this fall. This list is not necessarily complete, as new premieres can still be added over the next few weeks and months, but it does give you a fairly good overview…
The world’s biggest overview of upcoming Nordic horror and exploitation movies! No less that 68 films and videos, with trailers, teaser art, posters and links. This list includes short films, TV projects, DTV productions, big budget features, web video and low budget indies. In other words, everything related to moving images from the Nordic horror…
The world’s biggest overview of upcoming Nordic science fiction and fantasy movies! No less that 68 films and videos, with trailers, teaser art, posters and links. This list includes short films, TV projects, DTV productions, big budget features, web video and low budget indies. In other words, everything related to moving images from the Nordic…
A story outline for Iron Sky 2 has been posted on a film financing website, where the film is described as “Iron Sky meets Jurassic Park meets Indiana Jones“. The Finns are crazy! We previously reported on all the known facts and plans for the sequel to the 2012 Finnish hit movie, and there were…
You have heard about a sequel to Iron Sky, but the plot outline has been kept secret until now, and to go with it we have collected all the facts and statements we could find about the next Finnish Nazi sci-fi spoof in one place! Not surprisingly, the indie hit Iron Sky will get a…
In old times, the few who could write did not write “stories” or “books”, they wrote what we would call poems or verses, like the Finnish Kalevala. Today we make movies and digital images. Enjoy these stills from the Finnish-Chinese martial arts fantasy, Jade Warrior which is based on the medieval Kalevala poem from Finland.
Sometimes the most interesting movies come from the most unlikely and surprising teams. Jade Warrior is a Finnish-Chinese production that mixes an old Finnish poem with Chinese martial arts fantasy. In old times, the few who could write did not write “stories” or “books”, they wrote what we would call poems or verses. Beowulf is…
Finland is not known for a great number of things, but their sauna – hot steam baths – is an international icon and therefore not surprisingly the theme of the historical horror film, Sauna. Set in the year 1595 on the soon-to-be border between Russia and Finland, a group of lower government officials are mapping…
Iron Sky is a dark science fiction comedy directed by Timo Vuorensola with CG supervised by Samuli Torssonen. The film is created in the wake of the cult series Star Wreck which parodies a litle US series of a similar name. By Paul Hellard After the completion of the zero budget Star Wreck parody series…
Finland’s space Nazis are finally here to show us what they are good for. But can the fact that they eat a lot of sauerkraut be a good sign? One of the most anticipated non-Hollywood genre films of the last few years is Iron Sky, a science fiction comedy that has been in development since…
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