Strandvaskaren (2004)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Mikael Håfström

Writers:

Mikael Håfström (writer)
Vasa (writer)

Release Date:

15 October 2004 (Sweden)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Hundred years ago, three students at the Hellestads Boarding School were brutally slaughtered, the murderer...

Plot Keywords:

Boarding School | Suicide | Murder | Fetus | Escaped Mental Patient

Cast

Rebecka Hemse	...	Sara
Jesper Salén	...	Felix
Jenny Ulving	...	Therese
Peter Eggers	...	Leo
Daniel Larsson	...	Måns
Rebecca Ferguson	...	Amanda (as Rebecka Ferguson)
Anders Ekborg	...	Thomas
Kjell Bergqvist	...	Peder Weine
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anders Ahlbom	...	Vaktmästare Bengt
Tommy Andersson	...	Pappan
Sasa Bjurling	...	Rebecka
Aalma Duran	...	Rebecca som barn
Magnus Ehrner	...	Läkare 2
Stig Engström	...	Professor Ek
Patrick Gillenhammar	...	Felix som barn
Erik Hultqvist	...	Markus
Kerstin Steinbach	...	Rektor Laila
Oskar Thunberg	...	Läkare 1
Bojan Westin	...	Anna-Lisa
Frans Wiklund	...	Yngve

Also Known As:

Drowning Ghost (International: English title)

Runtime:

Brazil:100 min | Argentina:100 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Filmhusateljéerna, Filmhuset, Svenska Filminstitutet, Gärdet, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Greta Film AB

Trivia:

Jesper Salén was badly cut beneath his right eye after got hit by one of the propellers of an engine to a motorboat. He was rushed to the hospital but was able to re-shoot the scene the next day.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sara and Therese are chased through the house and crash in to the drain pipe, Therese's top changes from red to blue and back again.

I thought it was quite good

Despite the many bad reviews about this movie, I found it really good.

Sara was a convincing acted character who gets herself involved in a rather deep mystery while researching the murder of three students some 100 years before. Eerily, while she is researching this the more recent suicide of a female student becomes entangled in the mystery.

I thought that all the actors did a good job and the camera work and music was fantastic. I was sitting on the edge of my seat right to the end - I just had to know what happened! I would recommend this for anyone who is not into a lot of blood and gore but wants to watch a movie because it has a good plot and script.