Buckle up folks, because Helsinki’s screens are about to get a wild makeover from April 16th to 21st, 2024, as the Republic’s most agile film festival, Night Visions, storms into town with a lineup that’ll make your head spin faster than a Hollywood plot twist!
Continue readingIsn’t October the most atmospheric time of the year! You feel the darkness settling in and the city lights fill your mind with warm, even christmassy, thoughts. Then it hits you: all hallow’s eve aka Halloween. The best party of the year! To get the best out of your Halloween time in Helsinki, I’ve gathered a list of things to do in this dark corner of the world.
Continue readingFancy a little hillbilly horror mystery to your weekend?
Of course you do.
After a long and far-reaching festival circuit the 2017 Finnish horror pic Kyrsyä – Tuftland is now finally available on several digital platforms:
Continue readingAre you into snow horror and 80’s creatures? If so, then this one’s definitely for you. The Creeps is an action-horror-comedy film currently being shot in Finland’s wintery Kuusamo, starring the legendary Christopher Lambert (Highlander), Chris Cavalier (Hidden Figures) and Iiro Panula (Bordertown).
Continue readingFrom the Finnish filmmakers behind the wonderfully strange hillbilly horror flick Kyrsyä – Tuftland, a new release is about to see the light of day. Enter Punainen Kohina (eng. Red Static).
Continue readingHelsinki City Museum organises three different ghost walks around the Finnish capital. I checked the Promenade Ghost Walk which focuses on the hauntings at the very centre of Helsinki.
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