Starring Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin and Saija Lentonen. Written by Llja Rautsi. Directed by Hanna Bergholm. Budget 3.95 million euros. Running time 91 minutes.
Gosh. What a film.
Tinja (Siiri Solanlinna) is a 12 year-old gymnast, part of a seemingly perfect family, and yet desperate for her mother's love, although her mother's only really got time for her popular Vblog called: 'Lovely Everyday Life', where she presents the vision of a perfect family documenting every meal and, it seems, every second of a seemingly perfect life. That's when she's not shagging the handyman. When Tinja finds a bird's egg in the forest late one night, she brings it home and incubates it in her bed. The egg grows to almost human size before hatching a hideous half bird/half human hybrid that's somehow's emotionally bonded with Tinja. As the bird creature grows larger it starts to take on a more human form until it starts to resemble Tinja, unfortuantely it's also seems to feed on the negative energy that Tinja has and exacts a terrible price from all who upset her.
This was one of Cineworld's secret screenings meaning you have no idea what you're going to watch. And I've got to say that's the best way to see a film like this, because nothing can prepare you for it. Filmed in Finland, the film has an almost otherwordly quality, the interior sets have a strange dream like feel and the pace is unlike the usual Hollywood or UK fare, which helps to create a feeling of sinister unease. Image the unease dream-like quality of a David Lynch movie crossed with the body horror obsessions of David Cronnenberg and you'll be in the right zone. A gripping and thoroughly entertaining movie, which plays out like anything you could could get. Tinja and the girl creature are both played by Siiri Solalinna and she is simple exceptional in both roles, and once again the fact that the actors were all unknown to me only helped to enhance the feel of the film. I think we're going to see a lot more of Siiri in the future.
This is a disgusting, creepy, intriguing and geniunely satisfying horror film that worked extremely well.
8/10
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