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Archipelago

2016 · 76 min

A slow-building, uneasy horror that lingers on guilt and isolation, with sudden bursts of violence disturbing the quiet.

Directed by
Frode Nesbø Nordås
Genres
Horror
Starring
Tuva Lønnkvist Hultin, Silje Hagrim Dahl, Nicolas Stai Østtveit
Overview
The summer of 2004, three teens are involved in a boat accident and an unknown girl ends up dead. Ten years later, the same group plus some others, travel to their summer cabin where the dark deeds of their past starts haunting them. Dangerous water skiis and a crazy person attacks them, and nobody knows why.

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Directed by
Frode Nesbø Nordås
Genres
Horror
Starring
Tuva Lønnkvist Hultin, Silje Hagrim Dahl, Nicolas Stai Østtveit
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • grief
  • isolation
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Frode Nesbø Nordås
Written by
Jon Anders Klausen
Starring
Tuva Lønnkvist Hultin, Silje Hagrim Dahl, Nicolas Stai Østtveit, Hannah Karine Giske, Daniel Edvardsen, Bjørn Moan, Vera Holte, Tina Frost
Runtime
76 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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