Movies - Hatching : Get ready to hatch a new horror movie

By Mulder, 04 april 2021

After a mysterious teasing on their social networks, The Jokers Films, a french distributor finally reveals the french teaser poster of a new Finnish genre film, directed by Hanna Bergholm. Hatching (Finnish: Pahanhautoja) is an upcoming Finnish-Swedish horror film written by Ilja Rautsi. The film stars Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin, Saija Lentonen, Siiri Solalinna and Sophia Heikkilä. At the end of June 2020 IFC Midnight acquired the distribution rights to the film. The plan is to first release the feature film at a major international festival in 2021 before releasing it in cinemas and VOD platforms.

The film centers on Tinja, a 12-year-old gymnast desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family to the world through her popular blog.

Discover also the original poster and the US one of this movie:

Synopsis :
Tinja is 12 years old. Her mother pushes her to do gymnastics, exerting on her an unhealthy perfectionism. One night, the young girl discovers a very strange egg, which she hides, then incubates. Until a disturbing creature hatches...

Hatching (Pahanhautoja)
Directed by Hanna Bergholm
Produced by Mika Ritalahti, Nico Ritalahti, Nima Yousefi
Written by Ilja Rautsi
Starring Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin, Siiri Solalinna, Saija Lentonen, Sophia Heikkilä
Music by Stein Berge Svendsen
Cinematography : Jarkko T. Laine
Edited by Linda Jildmalm
Production company : Silva Mysterium Oy
Distributed by IFC Films (USA), The Joker Films (France)
Release date : Summer 2021