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Umskipti: Turn

2018 · 15 min

A slow-burning, eerie folk horror short that wraps you in creeping dread and isolation.

Directed by: Sesselía Ólafs, Peter Callow
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ásta Júlía Elíasdóttir, Bergdis Julia Johannsdottir, Karen Björg Þorsteinsdóttir

Overview: On the thirteenth day of Christmas, three friends, Bára, Íris and Sunna go on a holiday weekend trip to a cabin in the Icelandic wilderness. Faced with figures tracing back to old Icelandic folklore, their holiday turns into some other kind of a nightmare.

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Directed by: Sesselía Ólafs, Peter Callow
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ásta Júlía Elíasdóttir, Bergdis Julia Johannsdottir, Karen Björg Þorsteinsdóttir

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
fate
friendship
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Sesselía Ólafs, Peter Callow
Written by: Sesselía Ólafs
Starring: Ásta Júlía Elíasdóttir, Bergdis Julia Johannsdottir, Karen Björg Þorsteinsdóttir, Sandra Helgadóttir, Dagný Valbergsdóttir, Mónika Sól Jóhannsdóttir
Music: Mari Sainio
Cinematography: Peter Callow
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Finland, Iceland
Languages: Icelandic

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