Villmark

I am from norway, and I am also very patriotic conserning my country. I think this film may be alot more scary for us, as norwegians (or scandinavians) than it is for americans or whatever. Because of this, I think it is unfair of imdb.com to speak such bad of it.

The Woods have always been an important part of the norwegian "tradition", and it is very appriciated. Therefore, I find it particullary scary since the setting takes place in a typical norwegian forest. Never before, have I seen a horror-film so realistic made, because of the setting, and the language. (Norwegian)

"Villmark" is indeed a good (Except the ending ;)) horror-movie which Norway, as a folk, should be very proud of. It scared the hell out of me and my friends.

Regards,

• GnarusLeo - 18 of age.

A frightening Norwegian Thriller

8/10 Author: Ajit Tiwari from India 26 December 2011

Scandinavian cinema has always been a different genre. the depiction of character, the screenplay, subtleness etc. are always top notch.

A perfect example is Villmark (2003) AKA Dark Woods a creepy Norwegian horror or more than a horror.

Set in the Norwegian landscape, a TV crew and their fanatic boss want to shoot a show to survive in the wilds which will eventually make a mark in Reality television history. He (Gunnar) has gathered a production team of four people. The team goes to Gunnar's log cabin where he used to spend summers as a kid. And soon the crew has to survive the thrill, horror, suspicion and mistrust.

The choice of the cast is fantastic and we see some amazing performances which will keep the adrenaline up and frightening atmosphere almost up to the mark.

However there are some resemblances with "The Blair witch project", but it's original and scary enough, screenplay is far from clichés.

European movies more open to interpretation and not made for certain targeted audiences. It's up to the viewer, to read between the lines and understand the happenings.

An astonishing thriller.

My Vote 7.1/10

Log cabin, scary woods, humans going back to nature. Classic ingredients for a horror, which could either be painfully repetitive or well executed. It's certainly the latter. Shot like an autumn nightmare, the film is creepy even in the sunlight. It makes use of all the fading greens, browns and grays. It also does well in not overplaying the reality TV angle, in fact it's rarely mentioned. The characters are also mature young people, not maddeningly annoying teenagers. They develop throughout the movie and at no point does anybody do anything idiotically befuddling. No wonder there's a low body count with intelligent pray taking the focus. The ending does leave too many questions, despite giving a lot of answers in the last 2 minutes. A great horror watch.

"Villmark" is a pretty good Norwegian horror.It manages to be both interesting and suspenseful,so I enjoyed it.A five people go along on a trip with two leaders into the wilderness.One day,two of the guys are sent out by the group leader Gunnar to go fish in a stream.In a nearby lake they find a drowned body of young woman.Soon they are all stalked by something evil lurking in the dark woods."Villmark" is a creepy and suspenseful horror film.The photography of dark Norwegian woods is astounding and creates a feeling of total dread and hopelessness.The soundtrack is really eerie and the acting is excellent.There is not much gore,but I don't care.Overall,"Villmark" is an enjoyable piece of horror that creeped me out.Highly recommended.

Villmark is worth viewing but I agree with others that it could have been much better. It left me still asking questions at the end: was it the German tourist or the father (Nazi pilot?) It was ridiculous when you learn the man just, "goes insane," after his wife dies and is expected to be the killer. I am still confused. Why would the father start killing everyone anyway; if he is, in fact, the killer and not the son? And if he is, why is the son the one that gets caught at the end attempting to kill everyone??? WTF. Also what's with the creepy, mysterious attitude of Gunnar and the tape recordings? "Don't go to the lake" and what not- no resolution what so ever. Watching this made me ask a lot of questions, most of which weren't resolved. Also is there any point to having a Swede, speaking Swedish, and an Indian in the cast? Is this Norwegian affirmative action? Please don't tell me it's bad to be a Norwegian in Norway now.

I think the hype of this film is the result of attempting to make a film like this in Norway, however it is still disappointing.

Nice camera work and acting, it was scary at times and funny but it's just another poor attempt at suspense. Too bad, Joner, Floberg and Norway are better than this.