THALE (2012) (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper)

[Philip De Parto]

The following review is reprinted with permission from

THE MT VOID
01/16/26 -- Vol. 44, No. 29, Whole Number 2415

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THALE (2012)   (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper)

THALE is a Norwegian folklore film, just as WHITE
REINDEER was a Finnish folklore film. But I suspect THALE was made
with the intent of reaching a wider audience, and in fact was sold
to fifty countries after its release. Thus is the difference
between the international film market between 1952 and 2012. The
budget sounds more like a 1952 budget, though--$10,000--less than
the cost of a new roof.

In THALE, two men who work for a company that cleans up death
scenes find a girl hiding in the basement of a cabin that is a
clean-up site, She seems unable to speak, but there are some
audiocassettes that give tantalizing hints of what has happened.
In fact, one criticism of the film is that it is too talky in
terms of explanation. The ultimate explanation seems to have some
parallels in the early evolution of the various species of the
genus Homo.

THALE's success may have inspired other Norwegian folk horror
films such as TROLL HUNTER (2010) or TROLL (2022) (not to be
confused with the 1986 American film TROLL) and its sequel, TROLL
2.

Released theatrically 05 April 2013; currently streaming on Hoopla.

Film Credits:
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112287/reference>

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