I don't know if the Lordi monsters are part of some Finnish legend, if so then the movie would make more sense if I actually knew the legend. For me, Lordi is just the name of an unpleasant rock formation, whose members dress stupid, and that won the Eurovision contest without actually deserving it. So each time the monsters showed on screen , my brain was automatically making the connection with a rock star with a lot of make-up on. And on second thought , who on earth gets scared nowadays by a stupid screaming ghost or a ghoul with too many teeth... Luckily for this movie , the monster apparitions are pretty rare, and leave room for the rest of the things that make the movie actually good. Exquisite dark atmosphere reminding of Silent Hill, creepy deserted hospital, halls with bodies laying around (but not too bloody), lurking shadows, all these keep you wandering what's going to happen next. The creepy little girl with long dark hair adds some spice on several occasions (The Ring surly influenced a lot of movies...), and the time-space distortions(reminding me of Hypercube) are like topping on an ice-cream. You don't actually need more of a background story , it's the atmosphere and the suspense that drive the movie, and the ending , while not giving any explanation, it delivers the needed comfort. No ending in the "to be continued" style ,like 90% of today's horrors, no useless gore with some psycho killer chopping body parts from stupid teenagers, just one good fantasy horror/thriller. The only thing that messes the movie it's the Lordi , and if they would have created better monsers(13 Ghosts would be an example), with no rock band connection , this movie would have been much more appreciated.
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