Villmark 2 (2015)

Five contract workers have taken on the task of tracking a huge old sanatorium for hazardous waste before demolishing. They realize that the job is more than a search for asbestos and mercury. The enormous building has much darker secrets.

Director:

Pål Øie

Writers:

Kjersti Helen Rasmussen (as Kjersti Rasmussen), Pål Øie (created by)

Stars:

Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tomas Norström

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ellen Dorrit Petersen	...	Live
Anders Baasmo Christiansen	...	Ole
Tomas Norström	...	Frank
Baard Owe	...	Karl
Mads Sjøgård Pettersen	...	Even
Renate Reinsve	...	Synne
Torstein Løning
Éva Magyar	...	The Nurse (as Eva Magyar)
Emese Nyírö	...	The little girl
Márk Márfi
Szabolcs Szalay	...	The man from stairwell

Storyline

An old sanatorium is deteriorating in an isolated forest in the mountains. The elderly janitor is still living there to ensure that no one access the dangerous building. Five contract workers have taken on the task of tracking the huge building for hazardous waste before it's demolished. Over 300 rooms and kilometres of pipelines have to be screened in three days. They realize that the job is more than a search for asbestos and mercury when they encounter the building's frightening past. Water is gushing from the old pipes, and brings the work to a halt. An attempt to close the water intake leads them to the dark cellar, where they discover the horrible secrets from the sanatoriums past. You can demolish a building, but never remove the past.

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Plot Keywords:

asbestos | asbestos suit | environmental cleanup | old building | sanatorium | 

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Taglines:

They can demolish a building, but never remove the past.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Exterior shots were shot in Norway and 70-80% of interior shots in Budapest.

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Connections

References Session 9 (2001)

User Reviews

Without the Woods

There is a lot this film has going for it; it looks great, the setting is really creepy and it uses some good techniques to makes some of the situations the characters go through legitimately terrifying.

This is also where it falls down however as while the situations are clever and put you in the place of the character to where you wonder what you would do, you never really care about the characters themselves. We know next to nothing about them and they don't really stand out, so while we can replace ourselves with them in these scary situations, you could also replace them with any other character and it wouldn't make a difference. What's more it never really feels like there is much at stake, also it starts off by being really precise about what the people are there to do and how much time they have to do it in and then most of this is forgotten.

Overall this film could have been really good with a little more depth to the writing and a little more time spent getting to know the characters, but it is still worth a watch for the situations and setting alone.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Release Date:

9 October 2015 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Villmark asylum

Filming Locations:

Kaupanger, Norway

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$758,497

Company Credits

Production Co:

Handmade films in Norwegian woods, Filmkompaniet MadMonkey, Yesbox Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1