Tag: johnajvidelindqvist

HANDLING THE UNDEAD Interview: Director Thea Hvistendahl

The dramatic horror film Handling The Undead goes into a wider release this coming Friday. We had the opportunity to speak with the director and co-writer, Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl about their debut feature film.    We talk about themes...

HANDLING THE UNDEAD: Official Trailer And Poster Arrive, Exclusive Release Starts May 31st

Ooh, we're looking forward to this one, folks. The film adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel by the same name, Handling The Undead, is coming soon from Neon and it looks to be ready to seriously tug on our decaying...

Sundance 2024 Review: HANDLING THE UNDEAD, Norwegian Art-Horror, Different Kind of Zombie

A grandfather quietly grieves over the fresh, newly dug grave of his preteen grandson. An elderly woman quietly mourns the passage of her life partner. A husband sits at the hospital bedside of the body of his wife. Separated by...

Los Cabos 2018 Dispatch: BORDER and THE SISTERS BROTHERS, Two Of The Festival's World Highlights

At the core of Let the Right One In, one of the most memorable vampire films of the past decade, was Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a lonely, misfit, and bullied young boy with little attention from his divorced parents. He found...

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN: A&E Makes Plans For Drama Adaptation

This will draw the ire of fans around the World. According to a report over at THR's The Live Feed, U.S. television network A&E is planning a drama, adapted from the Swedish vampire coming of age film Let The Right...

Nordic Genre Boost: New Films From THALE, TROLLHUNTER, METALHEAD Directors, And More

Fans of Nordic fantastic film have reason to celebrate because the Nordic Genre Boost initiative will provide development grants and access to two residential workshops to a handful of genre films projects. Of the 113 entries this year seven were chosen...