#rökkur 2017

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Rökkur (2017) dir. Erlingur Thoroddsen

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Rökkur (Rift) (2017)

109 min.

Country: Iceland

Genre: Horror

Language: Icelandic (stream with English subtitles)

Months after they broke up, Gunnar receives a strange phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar. He sounds distraught, like he's about to do something terrible to himself. Gunnar drives up to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up and soon discovers that there's more going on than he imagined. As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, some other person seems to be lurking outside the cabin, wanting to get in.

Watch on Tubi or Kanopy

[erickupleasebequiet]

Rökkur, 2017. Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen

[42ndand5th]

“Call Me By Your Name meets It Comes At Night“ 

bitch you got me say no more 

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reading list for psychological horror please

Music In The Horror Film: Listening To Fear, Neil Lerner

Nightmare Movies, Kim Newman

Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality & the Horror Film, Harry Benshoff

Hearths Of Darkness: The Family In The American Horror Film, Tony Williams

Psycho-Sexual: Male Desire in Hitchcock, De Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin, David Greven

Intimate Violence: Hitchcock, Sex, and Queer Theory, David Greven

Electronic Music And Mental Illness in Cinema, Adam Scovell 

“You cannot escape the woods:” familial claustrophobia and the value of the supernatural in The Witch, helljail9000  (really just read anything Ellis says about horror on film and in lit) 

In print:

The Turn Of The Screw, Henry James

Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado 

The Haunting Of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King

The Fever, Megan Abbott

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

On film:

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) dir. Dan Trachtenberg

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) dir. Otto Preminger

Hounds Of Love (2016) dir. Ben Young

Berberian Sound Studio (2012) dir. Peter Strickland

Cam (2018) dir. Daniel Goldhaber 

Heavenly Creatures (1994) dir. Peter Jackson (blah blah blah so it’s a Psychological Drama, sue me, if you’re 14 and gay and wildly lonely it’s a horror film) 

American Psycho (2000) dir. Mary Harron

Honeymoon (2014) dir. Leigh Janiak

Dead Ringers (1988) dir. David Cronenberg

Rökkur (aka Rift) (2017) dir. Erlingur Thoroddsen

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Favourite* 50 Movies Seen in 2019

1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

3. Easy Rider (1969)

4. Knives Out (2019)

5. Cool Hand Luke (1967)

6. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

7. Little Women (2019)

8. Dead Ringers (1988)

9. The Lighthouse (2019)

10. Tenebre (1982)

11. Dick (1999)

12. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

13. The Invisible Man (1933)

14. Dr. No (1962)

15. Cam (2018)

16. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

17. Lifeguard (1976)

18. The Favourite (2018)

19. Vertigo (1958)

20. The Rescuers (1977)

21. Stepmom (1998)

22. Goldfinger (1964)

23. Toy Story 4 (2019)

24. Targets (1968)

25. The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

26. All I Wanna Do (1998)

27. The African Queen (1951)

28. Bad Education (2019)

29. Legends of the Fall (1994)

30. Judy (2019)

31. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

32. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

33. The Other (1972)

34. Rift (Rökkur) (2017)

35. Seberg (2019)

36. Network (1976)

37. The Fan (1981)

38. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

39. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

40. Thunderball (1965)

41. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

42. My Favorite Wife (1940)

43. From Russia With Love (1963)

44. Sound of Metal (2019)

45. Gloria Bell (2018)

46. The Prodigy (2019)

47. Shock (1977)

48. Escape Room (2019)

49. Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

50. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

* Favourite ≠ Best

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Rift (orig. title: Rökkur) / 2017 — IMDb, TMDb

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Rökkur (2017) Erlingur Thoroddsen

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JUST WATCHED:Film: Rökkur (Rift) (2017). Director: Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen.

Music composed by: Einar Sv. Tryggvason.

Screenplay: Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen.

Cast: Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson.

Producers: Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen, Búi Baldvinsson, Baldvin Kári.

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Rökkur (Rift). Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen. 2017. Iceland.

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Сумерки / Rökkur (2017)

Режиссер: Ерлингур Тороддсен В ролях: Бьёрн Стефанссон, Сигурдор Тор Оскарссон, Гвюдмюндюр Оулафссон, Анна Ева Стейндорсдоттир, Бьёрн Оттар СтейдорсонО фильме:Через несколько месяцев после разрыва отношений Гуннар получил странный звонок от своего бывшего бойфренда Эйнара. Гуннар отправляется в уединённую хижину посреди леса, где спрятался Эйнар, и обнаруживает, что ситуация куда более серьёзная, чем он предполагал. Пока двое мужчин пытаются уладить свои отношения, внутрь хижины пытается проб... Читать дальше »

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[Fantastic Fest Review] RIFT Explores Haunting Isolation in Iceland

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[Fantastic Fest Review] RIFT Explores Haunting Isolation in Iceland

Rift (Rökkur) is a subtle horror film that explores every nook and cranny of the typical Horror convention, while still remaining a film of its own. We spend much of the film wondering just what shape our foe could take. But all the while we appreciate the journey the film takes us on. The Icelandic countryside is a gorgeous and haunting setting for a film about loss and loneliness.

Months after they broke up, Gunnar receives a strange phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar. He sounds distraught, like he’s about to do something terrible to himself. Gunnar drives up to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up and soon discovers that there’s more going on than he imagined. As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, some other person seems to be lurking outside the cabin, wanting to get in.

This film is a ballet. It effortlessly weaves between the spooky story it wants to tell us, and the stubborn nature of our complicated characters. There are ghosts to explore, but our heroes force themselves to wallow in the irreparable damage they’ve caused to each other. They languish in the pain of a dead relationship, and we wallow with them; gawking as they pick at a healing scab.

Einar (Sigurdur Thor Oskarsson) is wild, and youthful. But he’s lost. In an effort to get away from it all, he stays at his family’s cabin in a secluded outpost. The terrain is vastly beautiful, but isolating. One night, fuelled by alcohol, loss, or both – he leaves a haunting and slightly foreboding voicemail message with his ex- Gunnar (Björn Stefánsson). It seems there is unfinished business between the two, as even though Gunnar has moved on and is in a new relationship, he races to Einar’s rescue.

When Gunnar arrives, however – Einar seems to be in little distress at all. He chalks the entire phone call up to late-night nerves. Despite the brush-off, Gunnar decides to stay; it’s all under the pretense of a possible burglar or haunting plot, but we know these two have long unfinished business and conversations unsaid.

The tension raises considerably that first night when something real goes bump in the night. Gunnar immediately turns to investigation mode, visiting the cabin’s single neighbour down the lane and exploring an abandoned building not too far. A mysterious child in red appears, but we learn it’s very easy to lose one’s bearings alone in the countryside. Gunnar descends farther and father into the mystery, all while the the slumbered emotions of his and Einar‘s tumultuous past comes to a head.

Rift is a hypnotic film from start to finish. Despite an odd found-footage sequence that loses me a bit near the climax, this film is a chilling drama that kept my focus. Up until the final moments I had no concrete genre for which to pin it down. We all get a little bit lost in Iceland, chasing the ghosts of an unfinished relationship, and something all-together more spooky.

3/4 eberts

  Rift is written and directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen. It stars Bjorn Stefansson, Sigurdor Thor Oskarsson, Gudmundur Olafsson, and Adalbjorg Arnadottir.

Rift premiered at the 40th Göteborg International Film Festival as the festival’s closing film. It won the award for Artistic Achievement at the 2017 Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles, and Best Cinematography at the 20th annual California Independent Film Festival.  It is currently playing at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. Additional screenings and festival dates can be found on the film’s website.

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Upcoming Movies.

And now my list of the movies that I am interested in, which is usually a much harder list to make, since these movies keep changing premier dates and Korean have a tendency to not announce those dates until right before the movie comes out (or about two months prior).

But I do feel like there are fewer Korean movies on here than normal. Maybe because a lot of the K-movies that are coming out, or have been coming out, are some thrillers about curropt busnessmenn or politicians or something along those lines. And I am more of a fantasy/sci-fi, period-dramas, adventure, and superhero type of girl. Or those are the type of movies that I want to go out and watch. As well as comedies.

But let’s get on with the list.

P.s. if I can find a trailer for these films, then I will put it in.

2. August - The Dark Tower (This list was published yesterday on my Icelandic blog, that is why this movie is still on this list). I have still not read the book (or books) and I usually like to do that before I see a fantasy film (if it is based on a book). I don’t really know much about this, except it looks action packed, fantasy-adventure and Idris Elba is in it. 4. August. - The Beguiled. Lot’s of great actresses in this one and the trailer looked cool. And so did the story. 9. August. - Midnight Runner. I have heard good things from the preview screenings, but I was going to see this ether way. It looks super funny and I like both the actors. – Atomic Blonde Many people are saying that this is a 'Bond' film, just with a female protagonist. Which is something that really interests me. 17. August. – The Mimic Korean Horror film about some monster that can mimic humans. Sounds cool. And horror film tend to not scare me. 24. August. – The Table I can't say that I find the plot interesting from the synopsis, but I do like the cast, so I might check it out at some point

8. September 2017 – IT I have not yet read the book, so maybe I won't go see it at the movies. But watching Horror movies is almost more fun when you are at home, alone. – The Limehouse Golem Horror/mystery-movie that takes place in Victorian-London sounds like something that I would like. 22. September – Kingsman: The Golden Circle KINGSMAN!!!! I am so excited about this film. The first one totally surprised me (as it did with most people) but I think that surprise might have worked in the movies favour. If it can capture that magic again will be interesting to see, but it looks like it will be a lot of fun. – The Lego Ninjago Movie I like the Lego movies, but I am not sure if I will go see this one at the movies or just watch it at home when I need something light and funny to watch. Idk about the plot though, it looks a bit weird.  – Tulip Fever A period film, with Alicia Vikander, that takes place in Amsterdam. Probably about a woman who wants to run away with someone. And I love those types of films. But only if they are period dramas. 29. September – Victoria and Abdul I wrote this movie down on some list of movies that I found interesting, so I am including it here, since I saw that it might actually be shown in Icelandic cinemas. It looks sweet.  

27. Október – Thor: Ragnarok This looks like it is going to be the best Thor movie. I might actually go out and see it, since it looks like it's going to be super funny. – Rökkur Icelandic horror-movie. It will hopefully be scarier (and better) than Ég Man Þig.

17. Nóvember – Justice League I am mainly here for Wondar Woman og Elza Miller playing Flash. That is the main reason why I am even remotely excited about this film. The other dudes to nothing for me. But maybe I will be proven wrong. 24. Nóvember 2017 – Coco Last year we got Moana and now we get Coco. I love animated movies and this one looks stunning.

–. Desember Along with the Gods – part 1 – A Korean Fantasy film. I am a bit nervous about this, since it is split into two parts for idk what reason. What if the first one flops? 15. Desember – Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi. I am not the biggest Star Wars fan, since I didn't really grow up with it. The nostalgia is somewhat lost on me. But I still like to go out and see them. And I did enjoy The Force Awakens and Rouge One. It was just fun time at the movies.  

— Kóreskar movies that don't have release dates yet —

Marital Harmony, 1987, Night of Memory.

 — Films that will probably feture on next list —

The Shape of Water, Black Panther, Pacific Rim: Uprising, A Wrinkle in Time, Avengers: Infinite War – Part 1, How To Train Your Dragon 3, Ant Man and the Wasp, Mary Poppins Returns, Laughing Under the Clouds, Fantastic Beast 2.

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Rift (orig. title: Rökkur) / 2017 — IMDb, TMDb