The Twin has it all: the would-be writer, his depressed and traumatized wife and their little kid moving to an old remote house after a family tragedy, the little kid acting more and more creepy, surly old villagers, the single local who seems to know something but won't talk until towards the climax and then becomes a huge exposition dump, an overarching satanic conspiracy and The Big Twist Ending That Explains Everything.
And it's not done well, too. The plot and the editing are all over the place. The big twist doesn't work at all either because it's extremely cliched. You can easily guess what it is simply from the fact that the story is about bereaved mother.
For those thinking that the supposed Finnish flavor might make the movie more palatable and interesting: it does not. For all intents and purposes, this is a bog-standard Hollywood movie; and the director and the staff being Finnish and the setting being Finland do not factor at all (except for a touch of pagan folklore that I don't think reflects well or authentically on Finland). For all intents and purposes, this movie might have been set in Maine.
One more thing: Just before this one, I saw an actual Finnish horror movie (Hatching). It was all modern, Instagram-obsessed families and pristine Volvos. Here, it's all beat-up old cars, seemingly Soviet-era and ugly villagers who are dressed like they live in 1950s. In other words, a typical Hollywood depiction of a remote European location. I think the Finns made a big mistake on this one.
And it's not done well, too. The plot and the editing are all over the place. The big twist doesn't work at all either because it's extremely cliched. You can easily guess what it is simply from the fact that the story is about bereaved mother.
For those thinking that the supposed Finnish flavor might make the movie more palatable and interesting: it does not. For all intents and purposes, this is a bog-standard Hollywood movie; and the director and the staff being Finnish and the setting being Finland do not factor at all (except for a touch of pagan folklore that I don't think reflects well or authentically on Finland). For all intents and purposes, this movie might have been set in Maine.
One more thing: Just before this one, I saw an actual Finnish horror movie (Hatching). It was all modern, Instagram-obsessed families and pristine Volvos. Here, it's all beat-up old cars, seemingly Soviet-era and ugly villagers who are dressed like they live in 1950s. In other words, a typical Hollywood depiction of a remote European location. I think the Finns made a big mistake on this one.