Moloch

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The Nordic atmosphere and scenery were great, the acting was ok for the most part (though the English spoken scenes were a bit weird, the actors appeared to have been dubbed - not sure why it was necessary). I liked various bits of personal history, scenes of the school and the village - the contrast between the everyday life and the uncanny weird stuff "behind the scenes" always makes for a great film; sadly, I felt there wasn't enough of it here. Instead, there was a very silly CGI that was totally laughable and unnecessary - this and the final scene made something potentially interesting into a total cliché.

This film has it all. A creepy atmosphere during the whole movie, a really good script with a good ending, some jump scares, a nice gore scene, a good scary ghost/monster, and good acting by the main characters. It is partly spoken in dutch, but the main character meets an international survey team close to the farm where she lives so it is also partly spoken in english. I would say this is a folk-horror film, and if i must compare it to some other horrors then Midsommar and Hereditary come to my mind. I really liked those two films and i enjoyed Moloch just as much. Hereditary might be a little bit scarier but Moloch has a better satisfying ending.