The Fins give us a tale of ‘Sauna’

Finnish director Antti-Jussi Annila brings us Sauna, a creepy but beautiful new horror film. After seeing the trailer, I am pumped to get a chance to see this … and, while I realize my chances are slim, this movie NEEDS to be seen on the big screen. Whatever chances I have of catching this in theaters, its gonna be a LONG wait. The movie doesn’t release in its native Finland until October 17, 2008. A US release … if so (and I hope) your guess is as good as mine.

[A cruel horror film bathing in the Finnish sauna culture, in the no-zone between Christianity and paganism. A story of two brothers, who leave a young girl to die and become haunted by her, as she follows them in supernatural form, her face pouring with endless filth. The brothers escape with a commission marking the border between Russia and Finland to a Russian-Orthodox village. In there they find a sauna – The sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking for forgiveness, the brothers step into the sauna†¦] — TwitchFilm.net