Villmark Asylum (Norwegian: Villmark 2) is a Norwegian horror movie released in 2015. The movie was released to an American audience through Amazon Prime in 2018.[1][2]
| Villmark Asylum | |
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| Directed by | Pål Øie |
| Written by | Kjersti Helen Rasmussen Pål Øie |
| Starring | Ellen Dorrit Petersen Anders Baasmo Tomas Norström Baard Owe Mads Sjøgård Pettersen |
| Cinematography | Sjur Aarthun |
| Music by | Trond Bjerknes Roy Westad |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
Plot
editAn abandoned sanatorium is decaying in a remote forest in the mountains, where an older janitor makes sure that people or animals do not enter the dangerous building. Five contract workers have taken the job of cleansing the massive building from toxins before it is to be demolished. They have to go through over 300 rooms and several kilometres of pipelines in three days. Water starts flooding out of the old pipes making their work more difficult, and an attempt to close the water leads them down to a dark basement labyrinth.
Cast
edit- Ellen Dorrit Petersen as Live
- Anders Baasmo as Ole
- Tomas Norström as Frank
- Baard Owe as Karl
- Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Even
Production
editThe movie is a standalone sequel to Dark Woods (Villmark in Norwegian) from 2003, with a different cast and separate story.[3]
The film was set in the former Lyster Sanatorium or Harastølen.[1][4] The director Pål Øie was inspired to create the film by reading about plans to demolish the defunct sanatorium.[5][6]
A mobile game based on the film, titled Villmark Sanatoriet, was developed by TurboTape Games.[7]
Reception
editMay Synnøve Rogne of Aftenposten describes the movie as an "effective nightmare", stating that while not necessarily adding to the horror genre, the movie succeeds in its most important point, to be at times "really scary".[8] Jon Selås of Verdens Gang also gave the movie a good review, praising its actors and form of the horror genre.[9] Aksel Kielland in Dagbladet said the film was "visually intelligent but far less smart in terms of plot and theme".[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "No kan 90 millionar amerikanarar sjå skrekkfilm frå Harastølen". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Villmark 2 får USA-distribusjon". Framtida (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 19 January 2018.
- ^ "– "Villmark 2" er en fortsettelse, men det er ikke samme gjengen som reiser tilbake". Rushprint (in Norwegian). 3 November 2014.
- ^ Gamlem, Magnus; Bondevik, Leiv-Erik (2 October 2015). "Baasmo Christiansen: – Mye lidelse i veggene". NRK (in Norwegian).
- ^ Åkernes, Hanne Louise (28 March 2015). ""Villmark 2" blir ikke for pyser". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian).
- ^ Andreassen, Ann Kristin (9 January 2013). "Her er de første bildene fra "Villmark 2"-settet". Dagbladet (in Norwegian).
- ^ Johnsen, Frank (19 October 2015). "Millionene yngler for lokal filmsatsing". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian).
- ^ Rogne, May Synnøve (6 October 2015). ""Villmark 2:" Effektivt mareritt". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
- ^ Selås, Jon (5 October 2015). "Filmanmeldelse: "Villmark 2"". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian).
- ^ Kielland, Aksel (8 October 2015). "Anmeldelse: "Villmark 2"". Dagbladet (in Norwegian).