Being Film #18 for Hooptober 2025

Going 20 years into the future and changing from zombies to…reindeer? Just goes to show you that anything is ripe for horror, provided it’s done with care and attention. I can’t recall if I’ve seen any other classic films coming out of Finland (recent comedies and action, sure…), but The White Reindeer reinforced my desire to get better acquainted with the country’s film history. Blending folk horror with scrappy filmmaking that is both indebted to the Hollywood studio template as well as alien to it, the film has doses of magic even in its more mundane moments. After the pallor of White Zombie, it was great to have The White Reindeer bolster my enthusiasm.

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