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Shear Fear (1992)

Shear Fear poster
Original title
Kauhun millimetrit
Directed by
Ilari Nummi
Genre
horror film
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
K-12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows characters in late 1980s Helsinki as everyday fears escalate into a distorted nightmare. It is a Finnish horror story about terror taking over a city.

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What happens

Shear Fear (Finnish: Kauhun millimetrit; literally translated "The Millimetres of Horror") is a 1992 Finnish horror film directed by Ilari Nummi. The film set in the city center of Helsinki in the late 1980s summer, where everything starts from the small fears of everyday life, moving straight towards an area distorted by the terror. The film's actors include Tiina Tenhunen and Katja Krohn. The film was screened at the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival in 1992 and at the Tampere Film Festival in 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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