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This post is based on the +reviews I did on my [social network +profile](https://hub.volse.no/channel/harald?f=&cat=Ramaskrik) during the +festival. + +<!-- more --> + +## Day 1: Thursday + +_One Cut of the Dead_ (2018, Japan): Interesting and well executed. The premise +is quite different than what you expect from the first 40 min of the movie. +Original and refreshing. A bit unlucky with the version we got as the subtitles +did not sync with the audio and was by the end leading with several minutes. +I'm sure it will be even better when you can actually follow the dialogue. + +{% figure(img="framed.jpg") %} +Still from _Framed_. +{% end %} + +_Framed_ (2018, Spain): Another social media critique/exploitation film. +Probably misses the mark as any sensible critique, but is a well executed +violent home invasion film. Quite worth watching imo. + +_Halloween_ (2018, USA): This is a movie for the fans of the first movie, but +has little to offer anybody else. Not that it's a bad movie, just not very +interesting either. + +{% figure(img="satans-slaves-2017.jpg") %} +Still from _Satan's Slaves_. +{% end %} + +_Satan's Slaves_ (2017, Indonesia): A charming and rather creepy take on a +ghost story set in a secular muslim setting. It's a tad longwinded at times, +but otherwise well executed. The unfamiliar (to me) setting and cultural frame +helps the film imo. + +## Day 2: Friday + +Another really great day at the Ramaskrik Horror Film Festival yesterday. +Managed six films, so was pretty baked by the end of the day. + +{% figure(img="what-keeps-you-alive-poster.jpg") %} +_What Keeps You Alive_ poster. +{% end %} + +_What Keeps You Alive_ (2018, Canada): Very beautiful, and quite surprising +plot. A tad long, but highly recommended! + +_Killungard_ (2018, Norway): Some of the key people behind _O'Hellige Jul_ has +made a traditional ghost story. It is an amateur production, but a very good +one at that! Refreshing to see a pure ghost story in this setting. + +{% figure(img="the-dark.jpg") %} +Still from _The Dark_. +{% end %} + +_The Dark_ (2018, Austria/Canada): Refreshing and very different take on what falls a +bit between a zombie and monster film, but in the end is neither. I liked this +a lot, highly recommended! + +{% figure(img="you-shall-not-sleep.jpg") %} +Still from _You Shall Not Sleep_. +{% end %} + +_You Shall not Sleep_ (2018, Spain/Argentine/Uruguay): Another film that goes +it's own ways. A tad slow to begin with, but it really picks up as it +progresses. Original and again a rather surprising story. + +_Terrified_ (2017, Argentina): Well executed ghost/monster/haunted house film that +still end up being a bit too traditional for my taste. It's far from a bad +film, but I think it hits better for a slightly younger audience. + +_Ghost Stories_ (2017, UK): An antology film that I feel did not deliver on it's +premise. Again, not a bad film, quite entertaining at times, but a bit shallow +and simplistic compared to what it promised. Some others liked this one very +much though, so depends on your tastes. + +# Day 3: Saturday + +Saturday, third day of Ramaskrik Horror Film Festival! + +{% figure(img="ill-take-your-dead.jpg") %} +_I'll Take Your Dead_ +{% end %} + +I started the day with _I'll Take Your Dead_ (2018, Canada). A big surprise for +my part, a film that's both sweet and somewhat brutal at the same time. More of +a thriller with horror elements than a pure horror film, but a very good one at +that. Highly recommended! + +{% figure(img="puppet-master.jpg") %} +Still from _Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich_. +{% end %} + +_Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich_ (2018, USA). A horror/splatter complete +with comic geeks, nazi puppets, collectors and a mad scientist. What could +possibly go wrong? A very entertaining movie with a great number of fantastic +splats! + +{% figure(img="mandy-2018.jpg") %} +Still from _Mandy_. +{% end %} + +_Mandy_ (2018, USA) was a film that didn't quite catch me. Nicholas Cage plays +Nicholas Cage as usual, the scenography, the cinematography, the sound and the +music is all very beautiful, but it lacks the actual movie. + +{% figure(img="the-cleaning-lady-2018.jpg") %} +Still from _The Cleaning Lady_. +{% end %} + +_The Cleaning Lady_ (2018, USA) on the other hand, was a fantastic movie which +managed to surprise and captivate on many levels. A great flick that will keep +you thinking for quite a while afterwards. Highly recommended! + +{% figure(img="anna-and-the-apocalypse-2017.jpg") %} +Still from _Anna and the Apocalypse_. +{% end %} + +_Anna and the Apocalypse_ (2017, UK). Ending the day with a wee bit of singing +and dancing seemed like the obvios choice. While I usually enjoy musicals, +especially the horror kind, this one failed to rock me. The songs are too +forgettable, and the story is too traditional to captivate. It's not that it's +a bad movie, it has it's moments, but falls short of being the partystarter I +was hoping for. Others loved it though... + +# Day 4: Sunday + +Sunday was the fourth and last day of the Ramaskrik Horror film festival. Only +two more films on my programme until the festival was over, and there was time +to catch the train back home. + +{% figure(img="the-house-that-jack-built-2018.jpg") %} +From _The House That Jack Built_. +{% end %} + +_The House That Jack Built_ (2018, Denmark): Lars von Trier is an artist, and +has always been one of my favourite directors. So I was quite excited about +this one. The film does not disappoint. This is probably the most lighthearted +film he has made since _The Idiots_ (1998, Denmark), but as always there's a +dark shadow the underlines everything. Humorous, philosophical, dark. Well +worth the two and a half hour of your life! + +{% figure(img="videomannen-2018.jpg") %} +From _Videomannen_. +{% end %} + +_Videomannen_ (_The Videoman_, 2018, Sweden): A trip down nostalgia lane for +those of us who grew up with VHS, 80's horror films and video rental shops. As +director Kristian Söderström said himself when introducing the film, this is +not a horror film, but a film about horror and VHS fans. A great film and a +great ending of the festival on my part. + +Then it's all over. The big empty sets in, and it's time to look forward to +Ramaskrik 2019! Which according to unconfirmed rumors is to happen at Oct 17 - +20, 2019. 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