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Thale

Name: Thale
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Released: 2012-02-16
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 5.382

★ 5,4 /10 (169 Votes)

2012 NO 76 min

Overview

Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter a girl called Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is. Could Thale be a huldra? A seductive forest spirit who appears from the front to be a beautiful young woman, but who also has a cow's tale and whose back appears to be like a hollowed out tree. The huldra has been known to offer rewards to those who satisfy them sexually, while death to those who fail to do so and are also prone to stealing human babies.

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Release date

16/02/2012

Votes

169

Popularity

1.1

In a cellar, dark and deep, I lay my dearest down to sleep; A secret they would like to keep.

Genres

Horror Fantasy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

76 min

Silje Reinamo

Thale

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Erlend Nervold

Elvis

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Jon Sigve Skard

Leo

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Sunniva Lien

Young Thale

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Morten Andresen

Hvittkledd

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Thale is an atmospheric horror film from Norway based on the huldra from Norwegian folklore. A pair of crime scene cleaners stumbles across a hidden room containing Thale, a huldra who holds the appearance of a woman. The first two-thirds of the movie are the pair unraveling the mystery of who and what Thale is and why she is in this hidden compartment. These two-thirds are fantastic. The world building is fun and pulls from the folklore, and the mystery of it all ramps up and up. We don't know that Thale is there, and once we find that out in a spectacular fashion, we slowly begin to un…

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