Occasionally I’ll see a low budget or international flick that catches my eye. Today is one of those days. Over at Twitch I landed on this flick called SAUNA. and I’m sold!
The synopsis reads:
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…
SAUNA is a horror film about sins, repentance and forgiveness. The story leads us into the core of darkness, where there is no forgiveness, no hope, no salvation.
Sounds pretty twisted, huh? Wait, it gets better! SAUNA is a Finnish film directed by AJ Annila (JADE WARRIOR) and written by Iiro Küttner. It stars Tommi Eronen and Ville Virtanen and is slated for a October 17, 2008 release in Finland.
Twitch scored the first still for the flick, you can check it out directly below. A cool thing to note is that this still is the raw deal. No computer graphics or anything were put into this pic. Now that’s just gruesome, in a fantastic way. You can head over here to check out a larger pic and some more info. Hopefully this one hits the US at some point.
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