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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...

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,...