That uneasy space between consciousness and unconsciousness has troubled humans for at least as long as we’ve been writing things down. it’s a liminal space, full of mysteries, which many traditions connect with other worlds – and where there are other worlds, there is the possibility of encountering their native inhabitants, who may not always be friendly. Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s Nightmare is one in a long line of films to explore this idea, but it does so very cautiously, walking an uneasy line between supernatural possibilities and the psychotic.
Eili Harboe (whom some readers will remember from her outstanding supporting turn in Norwegian disaster movie The Wave) plays Mona, a young woman who has just moved into a new apartment with her partner Robby (Herman Tømmeraas). It’s one...
Eili Harboe (whom some readers will remember from her outstanding supporting turn in Norwegian disaster movie The Wave) plays Mona, a young woman who has just moved into a new apartment with her partner Robby (Herman Tømmeraas). It’s one...
- 9/28/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A young woman is tormented in her sleep in this crepuscular debut feature from Norwegian writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
If there is one place you would have thought a sleep-deprived person might be able to stop herself dropping off, it’s in a lecture about sleep. But that’s what this atmospheric but somewhat heavy-handed debut feature from Norway has its protagonist Mona (Eili Harboe) do as she is introduced by dishevelled academic Aksel (Dennis Storhøi) to the possibility that she has become the victim of the mythical incubus Mare. This may explain a recent run of freakish dreams in which she’s tormented by a vampiric doppelganger of her caring boyfriend Robby (Herman Tømmeraas).
Nightmare also belongs to the school of property horror already occupied by The Tenant and Mother! Left alone by Robby, a high-flyer preoccupied with some kind of algorithmic investment venture, Mona is charged with renovating...
If there is one place you would have thought a sleep-deprived person might be able to stop herself dropping off, it’s in a lecture about sleep. But that’s what this atmospheric but somewhat heavy-handed debut feature from Norway has its protagonist Mona (Eili Harboe) do as she is introduced by dishevelled academic Aksel (Dennis Storhøi) to the possibility that she has become the victim of the mythical incubus Mare. This may explain a recent run of freakish dreams in which she’s tormented by a vampiric doppelganger of her caring boyfriend Robby (Herman Tømmeraas).
Nightmare also belongs to the school of property horror already occupied by The Tenant and Mother! Left alone by Robby, a high-flyer preoccupied with some kind of algorithmic investment venture, Mona is charged with renovating...
- 9/27/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
After working as a screenwriter on horror and thriller projects like Varg Veum – Din til døden, Villmark 2, and The Tunnel, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen has now made her feature directorial debut with the Norwegian horror film Nightmare, which has landed international distribution through the Shudder and AMC+ streaming services. Nightmare will be available to watch on both of those services as of this Friday, September 29th – and with the release date so close, we thought we should share the trailer for the film. You can check it out in the embed above!
Here’s the synopsis: Mona and Robby are a young couple in love. Robby has just landed his dream job, and they’ve scored an amazing deal on a spacious, if run-down, flat. Never mind that it requires quite a bit of renovation. Never mind the neighbors’ constant fighting, and screaming baby… Never mind that Mona is suddenly...
Here’s the synopsis: Mona and Robby are a young couple in love. Robby has just landed his dream job, and they’ve scored an amazing deal on a spacious, if run-down, flat. Never mind that it requires quite a bit of renovation. Never mind the neighbors’ constant fighting, and screaming baby… Never mind that Mona is suddenly...
- 9/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ wins two prizes.
New projects from Norwegian filmmakers were showcased to US and European executives at the third edition of Fiction Norway, an invitation-only market running as part of the Tromso International Film Festival (TIFF), with support from the Norwegian Film Institute.
Reps from Netflix, XYZ, CAA Media Finance, Wild Bunch International, Globalgate, wiip, and North Road among others were in town to talk about projects that ranged from an environmentally-minded youth TV series to a natural disaster action feature.
One success story from the inaugural Fiction Norway event in 2020, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s genre title The Nightmare,...
New projects from Norwegian filmmakers were showcased to US and European executives at the third edition of Fiction Norway, an invitation-only market running as part of the Tromso International Film Festival (TIFF), with support from the Norwegian Film Institute.
Reps from Netflix, XYZ, CAA Media Finance, Wild Bunch International, Globalgate, wiip, and North Road among others were in town to talk about projects that ranged from an environmentally-minded youth TV series to a natural disaster action feature.
One success story from the inaugural Fiction Norway event in 2020, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s genre title The Nightmare,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ wins two prizes.
US and European experts from Netflix, XYZ, CAA Media Finance, Wild Bunch International, Globalgate, wiip, North Road and other top companies were in Tromso, Norway last week for the third edition of Fiction Norway, an invitation-only market from the Tromso International Film Festival (TIFF) with support from the Norwegian Film Institute.
One success story from the inaugural Fiction Norway event in 2020, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s genre title The Nightmare, sold by Wild Bunch, premiered at Fantastic Fest 2022 before screening in Sitges and the BFI London Film Festival. It had a buzzy sold-out...
US and European experts from Netflix, XYZ, CAA Media Finance, Wild Bunch International, Globalgate, wiip, North Road and other top companies were in Tromso, Norway last week for the third edition of Fiction Norway, an invitation-only market from the Tromso International Film Festival (TIFF) with support from the Norwegian Film Institute.
One success story from the inaugural Fiction Norway event in 2020, Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s genre title The Nightmare, sold by Wild Bunch, premiered at Fantastic Fest 2022 before screening in Sitges and the BFI London Film Festival. It had a buzzy sold-out...
- 1/23/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Eili Harboe, Herman Tømmeraas, Dennis Storhøi | Written and Directed by Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
A pregnant young woman becomes convinced that a demon is intent on possessing her unborn child in this horror debut from Norwegian writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen. Despite a few plot wobbles, it’s a well crafted chiller, anchored by a solid lead performance from Eili Harboe (Thelma).
Set in present-day Norway, NightMare centres on Mona (Harboe) and Robbie (Herman Tømmeraas), a young couple who’ve just moved into a spacious, but suspiciously cheap apartment. Mona is hesistant on the subject of children, but she soon falls pregnant, which delights Robbie. However, their happiness is short-lived, because Mona starts experiencing night terrors, which grow more intense with every night that passes.
In desperation, Mona and Robbie turn to Axsel (Dennis Storhøi), a doctor who specialises in sleep disorders, but when he warns of a mythical creature called a Mare,...
A pregnant young woman becomes convinced that a demon is intent on possessing her unborn child in this horror debut from Norwegian writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen. Despite a few plot wobbles, it’s a well crafted chiller, anchored by a solid lead performance from Eili Harboe (Thelma).
Set in present-day Norway, NightMare centres on Mona (Harboe) and Robbie (Herman Tømmeraas), a young couple who’ve just moved into a spacious, but suspiciously cheap apartment. Mona is hesistant on the subject of children, but she soon falls pregnant, which delights Robbie. However, their happiness is short-lived, because Mona starts experiencing night terrors, which grow more intense with every night that passes.
In desperation, Mona and Robbie turn to Axsel (Dennis Storhøi), a doctor who specialises in sleep disorders, but when he warns of a mythical creature called a Mare,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
The expression 'You've come a long way, baby' might be true for women, but we still have a very long way to go. Despite more contemporary understanding (at least in some parts of the world) that women are capable of making decisions about their lives, and their bodies, too many people seem to have an opinion that they think should supercede her choices - and, well, it's not only people. Norwegian filmmaker Kjersti Helen Rasmussen crafts an intricate and (as the title suggests) frightening tale in Nightmare, of one such woman who finds herself cornered by forced over which she has little control. Everyone (read: man) in her life seems to think she should do things differently, and she must constantly fight for her autonomy....
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- 10/8/2022
- Screen Anarchy
If Radha Blank can get her game face on breaking out her feature film debut when belonging to the 40-something club, then that late bloomer logic might apply here for Norwegian helmer Kjersti Helen Rasmussen. Working in commercials, writing the feature The Tunnel (2019) and directing short films that would be selected for genre film fests, for her feature debut she bed sheet tied Eili Harboe – the lead from Joachim Trier’s Thelma. The Nightmare (Marerittet) is essentially a tale about becoming a mother and the ordeal of getting a proper night’s sleep. So we can expect it to hit that sweet spot that Norwegians a re good at in terms of Midnight divertissement.…...
- 11/24/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Though it will forever be associated with one brief mid-1970s heyday, the disaster-movie genre has made a stealth comeback in recent years, being a natural fit for a cinematic era dominated by CGI-laden action fantasies. Of course Hollywood has kept its hand in, with efforts like “San Andreas” and “Pompeii.” But there have also been parries as far afield as China, whose enjoyably ridiculous, volcano-centric “Skyfire” from late 2019 only reached the U.S. this year.
No country has been as assiduous in reviving that Charlton Heston spirit, however, as Norway — which has produced just three so far, but then that’s a not-inconsiderable share of its big-budget feature output in recent years. First there was the rockslide/avalanche/tsunami/flood whammy of 2015’s “The Wave,” then its self-explanatory 2018 sequel “The Quake.” Now there’s “The Tunnel,” unrelated to the aforementioned save that it obviously wouldn’t have been made...
No country has been as assiduous in reviving that Charlton Heston spirit, however, as Norway — which has produced just three so far, but then that’s a not-inconsiderable share of its big-budget feature output in recent years. First there was the rockslide/avalanche/tsunami/flood whammy of 2015’s “The Wave,” then its self-explanatory 2018 sequel “The Quake.” Now there’s “The Tunnel,” unrelated to the aforementioned save that it obviously wouldn’t have been made...
- 3/12/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Event to run from July 23-26.
Female directors are behind 70% of the first wave of genre projects participating in Frontières International Co-Production Market, which as previously announced will take place online from July 23-26.
Filmmakers at the event will pitch and present their projects, all in advanced development and early financing stage, to invited industry representatives including producers, distributors and financiers, followed by one-on-one meetings.
Among the line-up are Frontières’ first project from Switzerland, Simon Jaquemet’s (The Innocent) Electric Child; Yellow Veil Pictures’ horror sci-fi Tell Them What You Saw; Lest We Be Devoured from the producers of SXSW...
Female directors are behind 70% of the first wave of genre projects participating in Frontières International Co-Production Market, which as previously announced will take place online from July 23-26.
Filmmakers at the event will pitch and present their projects, all in advanced development and early financing stage, to invited industry representatives including producers, distributors and financiers, followed by one-on-one meetings.
Among the line-up are Frontières’ first project from Switzerland, Simon Jaquemet’s (The Innocent) Electric Child; Yellow Veil Pictures’ horror sci-fi Tell Them What You Saw; Lest We Be Devoured from the producers of SXSW...
- 5/26/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Frontieres International Co-Production Market on Wednesday unveiled its first selection of genre titles to be pitched at a Montreal-based virtual film market, set to run July 23 to 26.
The first wave of projects in development to be announced include director Ashlea Wessel 's Lest We Be Devoured, from the producers of Psycho Goreman, the retro horror-comedy set for a release on Shudder; writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's The Nightmare, the feature directorial debut from the writer of the Norwegian disaster thriller The Tunnel; and Chelsea Lupkin's Tell Them What You Saw, a new horror/sci-fi title from the indie genre outfit ...
The first wave of projects in development to be announced include director Ashlea Wessel 's Lest We Be Devoured, from the producers of Psycho Goreman, the retro horror-comedy set for a release on Shudder; writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's The Nightmare, the feature directorial debut from the writer of the Norwegian disaster thriller The Tunnel; and Chelsea Lupkin's Tell Them What You Saw, a new horror/sci-fi title from the indie genre outfit ...
- 5/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Frontieres International Co-Production Market on Wednesday unveiled its first selection of genre titles to be pitched at a Montreal-based virtual film market, set to run July 23 to 26.
The first wave of projects in development to be announced include director Ashlea Wessel 's Lest We Be Devoured, from the producers of Psycho Goreman, the retro horror-comedy set for a release on Shudder; writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's The Nightmare, the feature directorial debut from the writer of the Norwegian disaster thriller The Tunnel; and Chelsea Lupkin's Tell Them What You Saw, a new horror/sci-fi title from the indie genre outfit ...
The first wave of projects in development to be announced include director Ashlea Wessel 's Lest We Be Devoured, from the producers of Psycho Goreman, the retro horror-comedy set for a release on Shudder; writer-director Kjersti Helen Rasmussen's The Nightmare, the feature directorial debut from the writer of the Norwegian disaster thriller The Tunnel; and Chelsea Lupkin's Tell Them What You Saw, a new horror/sci-fi title from the indie genre outfit ...
- 5/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The film, written by Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, is based a real-life incident about families and tourists trapped in a blazing tunnel by a blizzard.
TrustNordisk has closed further deals on Pål Øie’s Norwegian disaster film The Tunnel.
New deals include for France (Mediawan), Japan (Ipa), Taiwan (Catchplay), Russia (Capella), Poland (Telewizja Puls), and Hong Kong (Sundream).
The film, written by Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, is based a real-life incident about families and tourists trapped in a blazing tunnel by a blizzard.
Budgeted at $3.9m (€3.5m), the film is now in production with a local release planned by Nordisk at Christmas.
TrustNordisk has closed further deals on Pål Øie’s Norwegian disaster film The Tunnel.
New deals include for France (Mediawan), Japan (Ipa), Taiwan (Catchplay), Russia (Capella), Poland (Telewizja Puls), and Hong Kong (Sundream).
The film, written by Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, is based a real-life incident about families and tourists trapped in a blazing tunnel by a blizzard.
Budgeted at $3.9m (€3.5m), the film is now in production with a local release planned by Nordisk at Christmas.
- 5/21/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The film is based on a real-life tanker collision incident.
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on its Norwegian disaster thriller The Tunnel.
The film has now sold to Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland (SquareOne), Mexico and Latin America (Califorinia Filmes), Korea (Activers Entertainment), China (Dd Dream), Malaysia and Philippines (Cm Holdings), and Bulgaria (bTV). TrustNordisk will show first footage of the film in its promo reel screening tomorrow (May 15).
Pål Øie directs based on a script by Kjersti Helen Rasmussen. Based on a real-life incident, the story follows what happens when a tanker truck collides and catches on fire in a tunnel.
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on its Norwegian disaster thriller The Tunnel.
The film has now sold to Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland (SquareOne), Mexico and Latin America (Califorinia Filmes), Korea (Activers Entertainment), China (Dd Dream), Malaysia and Philippines (Cm Holdings), and Bulgaria (bTV). TrustNordisk will show first footage of the film in its promo reel screening tomorrow (May 15).
Pål Øie directs based on a script by Kjersti Helen Rasmussen. Based on a real-life incident, the story follows what happens when a tanker truck collides and catches on fire in a tunnel.
- 5/14/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
With their full feature-length programming announced (including Mandy as a closing night movie), Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival has revealed their short film lineup that's packed with a wide range of genres, intriguing characters, and memorable visuals:
Press Release: 28 June 2018, Montreal, Canada – Earlier today, the Fantasia International Film Festival announced its complete 2018 programming lineup of over 125 feature films that will be showcased at its 22nd edition. As many are aware, Fantasia also makes considerable space to platform cutting-edge International shorts, which often front some of the boldest and most individualistic filmmaking in any given year. What follows is an overview of Fantasia’s 2018 short film selections, screening across six blocks and in front of various features.
The Afromentum 2018 short-film showcase celebrates Black cinema of the imagination
It’s undeniable that the time has come for Black cinema of the imagination to step into the spotlight. This summer, Fantasia introduces Afromentum 2018, a...
Press Release: 28 June 2018, Montreal, Canada – Earlier today, the Fantasia International Film Festival announced its complete 2018 programming lineup of over 125 feature films that will be showcased at its 22nd edition. As many are aware, Fantasia also makes considerable space to platform cutting-edge International shorts, which often front some of the boldest and most individualistic filmmaking in any given year. What follows is an overview of Fantasia’s 2018 short film selections, screening across six blocks and in front of various features.
The Afromentum 2018 short-film showcase celebrates Black cinema of the imagination
It’s undeniable that the time has come for Black cinema of the imagination to step into the spotlight. This summer, Fantasia introduces Afromentum 2018, a...
- 7/2/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Director: Pål Øie. Writers: Kjersti Helen Rasmussen and Pål Øie. Cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Baard Owe, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen and Ellen Dorrit Petersen. Norway continues to develop a frightening horror scene. From the Fritt Vilt slasher series to Død snø (2009), this cold country has lots of scary tales to tell. The latest is titled Villmark 2. Shot twelve years after the first film, this time a crew of workers are tasked with identifying toxic materials in an ancient asylum. Very reminiscent of Session 9 (2001) and definitely an homage, Villmark 2 is very slow in its build up of tension. However, into the third act, events take a brutal turn as the film's World War II mythology comes to the forefront. Sound design and production values are high. But, Villmark 2 fails to find its own original story and direction, which makes a viewing of this film very predictable and slightly unexciting.
- 12/22/2015
- by [email protected] (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Christer Larsen unveiled a minute-long (or so) teaser for Viking Vampires, the project we first introduced you to last fall. The promo takes a tongue-in-cheek approach and introduces us - in dramatic slow motion accompanied by the grind of heavy metal on the soundtrack - to a group of viking vampires about to storm a town until they encounter some American tourists. Kjersti Rasmussen and Kjersti Steinsbø penned the script for the film and I'm getting some Dead Snow-esque vibes from the approach to the concept.
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- 7/15/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The Viking Vampires are coming! But before they land on our shores, pillage our villages and run off with our livestock and women they need to have a little fundraiser. I guess the good old days of pillaging and running off with things are so long gone that Vikings have to turn to the general public for help now. That is the age we live in. Of course these are Vikings worth giving your money to because they are of the Vampire variety. So the producers of the film, Filmkompaniet MadMonkey, have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to get production started. They are presently working on a second draft of the script with Kjersti Rasmussen. They plan to hire Nowegian based YouTube sensations Pistol...
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- 5/19/2014
- Screen Anarchy
If I asked you to name two badass things that start with the letter "V," I'm pretty sure your response would be vampires and Vikings. Both the fanged creatures of the night and the blonde-haired warriors are pretty damn popular at the moment...
...so I guess it was only natural that the two would eventually find themselves running head on into each other. Which is precisely what they're about to do.
Giving Eric Northman a run for his money as the most badass bloodsucking Viking, Viking Vampire is about to rise up in Norway - an upcoming feature film from writers Kjersti Rasmussen and Kjersti Steinsbø. Though not all that much is known about the project at the moment, you can check out the plot crunch and a piece of promo art below!
Synopsis
In the reality show "Valhalla", the participants live and compete like Vikings in the beautiful fjords of Norway.
...so I guess it was only natural that the two would eventually find themselves running head on into each other. Which is precisely what they're about to do.
Giving Eric Northman a run for his money as the most badass bloodsucking Viking, Viking Vampire is about to rise up in Norway - an upcoming feature film from writers Kjersti Rasmussen and Kjersti Steinsbø. Though not all that much is known about the project at the moment, you can check out the plot crunch and a piece of promo art below!
Synopsis
In the reality show "Valhalla", the participants live and compete like Vikings in the beautiful fjords of Norway.
- 10/28/2013
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
And now for something a little different... The Twitch team received word of a new horror-comedy called Viking Vampire from writers Kjersti Rasmussen and Kjersti Steinsbø and one of the producers of Thale. In addition to the following synopsis, they also landed some art, which you can find inside. This one is "in development" so stay tuned for further significant updates on the production.
In the reality show "Valhalla", the participants live and compete like Vikings in the beautiful fjords of Norway. The Viking village is built on historic ground where the Viking King Eirik Bloodtooth once ruled and was later buried. Little do they know that the old king is a Viking Vampire who has waited for over a 1,000 years to be set free. When the reality participants plunder his grave at night, they break the seal in silver that kept Eirik Bloodtooth trapped in his grave, and release...
In the reality show "Valhalla", the participants live and compete like Vikings in the beautiful fjords of Norway. The Viking village is built on historic ground where the Viking King Eirik Bloodtooth once ruled and was later buried. Little do they know that the old king is a Viking Vampire who has waited for over a 1,000 years to be set free. When the reality participants plunder his grave at night, they break the seal in silver that kept Eirik Bloodtooth trapped in his grave, and release...
- 10/28/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
It was just yesterday that we brought word of an in-progress Norwegian horror comedy titled Viking Vampire and today we bring you more concept art and an official synopsis for the feature in development know with Bergen based production company MadMonkey and writers Kjersti Rasmussen and Kjersti Steinsbø.In the reality show "Valhalla", the participants live and compete like Vikings in the beautiful fjords of Norway. The Viking village is built on historic ground where the Viking King Eirik Bloodtooth once ruled and was later buried. Little do they know that the old king is a Viking Vampire who has waited for over a 1,000 years to be set free. When the reality participants plunder his grave at night, they break the seal in silver that...
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- 10/26/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Though it's still a ways away from becoming reality, here's a little something special to file away for future reference: Bergan based production company MadMonkey have received development funding for their upcoming project Viking Vampire. And it is exactly what it promises on the tin ...The script now under way with writers Kjersti Rasmussen and Kjersti Steinsbø is set in modern times on the set of reality TV show Valhalla in which contestants must live as Vikings on the historical burial ground of Viking King Eirik Blood Tooth. But here's the thing: While Eirik was, indeed, buried there, he wasn't dead at the time. Not technically. He was a vampire and has been waiting thousands of years for someone to let him out ...The producers...
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- 10/25/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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