It Hatched (2021)

Directed by

Elvar Gunnarsson

Genre

horror film

Country

Iceland

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

2.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple's plan to open a bed and breakfast in Iceland's Westfjords is derailed when the woman lays an egg containing a baby. An ancient demon then escapes from under the basement.

tenseuncannyslow-burnclaustrophobicdisturbingdreamlikeeeriefolk-horror

What happens

It Hatched is a 2021 Icelandic horror film directed, shot, and scored by Elvar Gunnarsson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ingimar Sveinsson. It stars Gunnar Kristinsson and Vivian D. Ólafsdóttir as a couple whose dreams of opening a bed and breakfast in the Westfjords come to a halt when she lays an egg containing a baby, after which an ancient demon escapes from under the basement. The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival on 21 October 2021, where it was nominated for awards in the Dark Matters and Narrative categories. It also won Best International Film at the MidWest WeirdFest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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