The White Reindeer
Directed by Erik Blomberg
A newly-married young woman, Pirita, becomes frustrated and lonely as her husband, a reindeer herder for a small Arctic village, spends much of his time away from home in devotion to his work. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her an irresistible object of desire, but there is a terrible cost. Pirita becomes a bloodthirsty shapeshifter who lures men out into the barren wilderness where she consumes them
A newly-married young woman becomes frustrated and lonely as her husband, a reindeer herder for a small Arctic village, spends much of his time away from home in devotion to his work.
Cast: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman
Member Reviews
I wanted to like it more. Stories about shapeshifter wives have always been a soft spot for me. I'm trying to accommodate for the 1950s of it all, and I'm glad I watched it, but really the only thing about it that set it apart from any other monster/witch movie of the era is the intro credits lore song. Would have loved more of that, actually. Always good to have a broader base of cultural representation available, but the movie itself is "meh".
Compelling, simply told folktale from a culture and way of life I was unfamiliar with. , has a “Christmas Eve ghost story” feel.
Damn I want a pet reindeer
Really good, would be 5 skulls if the music was less annoying
One of my favorite 50s horror movies. Such a unique feeling film for the time which was more sci-fi horror compared to this folk tale. Also Were-Reindeer is just a fun monster idea