Strandvaskaren (2004)

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
Filip Benko	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Mikael Håfström

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mikael Håfström		writer
Vasa		writer

Produced by
Ingemar Leijonborg	....	co-producer
Hans Lönnerheden	....	producer
Hans Peter Lund	....	executive producer
H.P. Lundh	....	co-producer
Kim Magnusson	....	executive producer
Eiffel Mattsson	....	assistant producer
Eva Swartz	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Anders Ehlin

Cinematography by
Peter Mokrosinski

Film Editing by
Darek Hodor

Casting by
Malou Schultzberg

Art Direction by
Gert Wibe

Costume Design by
Cilla Rörby

Makeup Department
Jenny Fred	....	assistant makeup artist
Love Larson	....	special makeup effects artist (as Love Larsson)
Anna-Lena Melin	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ann Collenberg	....	production organizer
Anita Tesler	....	production manager
Margareta Wiechel	....	post-production manager (as Margaretha Wiechel)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lisa Eriksdotter	....	second unit director
Hanna Nilsson	....	first assistant director
Malou Schultzberg	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Ann Backström	....	painter
Ayden Demirkiran	....	carpenter
Ulrika Holmér	....	carpenter (as Ulrika Holmer)
Teddy Holm	....	painter
Peter Johansson	....	carpenter
Patric Larsson	....	painter
Anna Lundgren	....	assistant property master
Lina Wågström	....	assistant decorator
Janne Widmark	....	original character designer
Janne Widmark	....	storyboard artist
Tove Wikander	....	property master
Anna Zackrisson	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Anders Degerberg	....	foley recordist
Carl Edström	....	sound effects editor
Thomas Huhn	....	sound effects editor
Lars Jameson	....	sound
Tomas Krantz	....	dialog editor
Ulf Olausson	....	foley artist
Amy Öström	....	sound assistant
Gábor Pasztor	....	sound mixer
Patrik Strömdahl	....	sound
Per Sundström	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Gusten Blick	....	special effects technician
Johan Harnesk	....	special effects
Love Larson	....	special effects makeup
Mattias Tobiasson	....	special effects makeup

Stunts
Pernilla Andersson	....	stunts
Johan Harnesk	....	stunts
Lars Hjelm	....	stunts
Kimmo Rajala	....	stunt coordinator
H.-P. Virkki	....	stunts (as HP Virkki)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jonas Alarik	....	director of photography: second unit
Björn Becker	....	electrician
Eric Börjeson	....	underwater camera operator (as Eric Börjesson)
Anders Freudendahl	....	electrician
Nisse Johansson	....	grip
Lars Karlsson	....	first assistant camera
Peter Kjellberg	....	electrician
Misio Mokrosinski	....	second assistant camera
Mikael 'Stickan' Olsson	....	first assistant camera
Knut K. Pedersen	....	Steadicam operator (as Knut Pedersen)
Nils Wallin	....	gaffer (as Nisse Vallin)
Daniel Wannberg	....	first assistant camera
Bengt Wanselius	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Elsy Forsbom	....	casting assistant
Maja Wessel	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eleonor Fahlén	....	assistant costumer

Editorial Department
Sten Lindberg	....	color timer
Pia Svedlund	....	negative cutter
Frederick Wibe	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Linda Clementson	....	location finder
Lisa Eriksdotter	....	script supervisor
Jon Fjeldstad	....	location manager
Julia Lönnerheden	....	production assistant
Julia Lönnerholm	....	production assistant
Martina Pettersson	....	assistant location manager
Jonas Rydergren	....	location finder
Johan Tyrsing	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Greta Film AB (presents)
• Nordisk Film Production (presents)
• Moviola Film och Television AB
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films AB (2004) (Sweden)
• Eurocine Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Solo Film Verleih (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sir Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• VideoFilmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• VideoFilmes (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Panorama film & teatereffekter
• Syndicate (opening sequence)

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:

Director Mikael Håfström got his inspiration from Old Norse myths.

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.

One of few Swedish horror flicks...

Strandvaskaren is one of the very few Swedish horror movies in existence, this does not make it good in any way. The potential of the movie is fairly good. Old ghoulish folklore can always be used to create a great horror flick, but the director has made some incredible faults.

The sounds is bad... The effects are cheesy and bad at best. When a knife cuts someone it usually has blood on it? LOL.

The actors does an okay job with a quite bad script. So I really don't have any heavy complaints there.

But still its fun to see a Swedish horror movie, I hope that more will be done but this movie was a complete waste of time. I gave it 3/10 and consider it to be almost a to high number.