A Different kind of Christmas Movie (297 views, 7 replies)
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senior master
It's Joulupukki, aka Finnish Santa. The commercialisation of Xmas killed Joulupukki from mainstream, but most Finnish kids are brought up by this legend/myth. Personally, I like him and the elves a lot better.
This film is highly under-marketed, especially because Finns don't make many horror films.
This one is an incredibly accurate peek into traditional Finnish life.
A good article, though a bit too overboard and dismissive on Joulupukki being a thing of the past: inktank.fi/how-joulupukki-the-fi...
People outside of Nordic countries would do well to understand, this film is actually quite chilling.
Equally as good are:
Krampus dosmovies.com/film/Krampus
A Christmas Horror Story dosmovies.com/film/A_Christmas_H...
And although many did not like this one, it really is good, bloody Xmas fun:
Fatman dosmovies.com/film/Fatman
master
Yeah, bloody slasher xmas movies is a hard pass.
Diff yes... but 🫠 horrid 👉 absodamnlutely-nope-no-nada-noway.
(( 🏃♀️runs away screaming))
^ Thx!! for the warning about Krampus tho, might actually be my grandpa?
senior master
K, here's a glimpse of Rare Exports (as a Finn, I love the Sami look, which is the tribe of people Finns are thought to be most closely related to genetically).
You have no idea what you're in store for. Ah, to watch for the first time!
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guru
If you are tired of the same old wholesome, romantic, family reunion type of Christmas movie, try this one.
dosmovies.com/film/Rare_Exports_...