De dødes tjern (1958)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Kåre Bergstrøm

Writers:

Kåre Bergstrøm (writer)
André Bjerke (novel)

Release Date:

17 December 1958 (Norway)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Mystery

Plot:

A group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumour that at night a crazy man...

Plot Keywords:

Cabin | Forest | Lake | Night | Cult Favorite

Cast

André Bjerke	...	Gabriel Mørk, writer
Bjørg Engh	...	Sonja, Bernhard's wife
Henki Kolstad	...	Bernhard Borge, crime writer
Per Lillo-Stenberg	...	Bjørn Werner, Liljans brother
Erling Lindahl	...	Kai Bugge, psychologist
Henny Moan	...	Liljan Werner
Øyvind Øyen	...	Bråten, policeman
Georg Richter	...	Harald Gran
Leif Sommerstad	...	Tore Gråvik, the ghost
Inger Teien	...	Eva, Bjørn's girlfriend

Also Known As:

Lake of the Dead (Europe: English title) (literal title) (UK) (literal English title)
The Lake of the Damned (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating)

Company:

Norsk Film

It scared me to death.

This is the only movie that have scared me so much that I had to stop watching. Not many will find a norwegian black&white movie to be interesting, but this movie makes all those sucky american horror movies look just like sucky american horror movies. Enough said.