Review of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) by Trailesque — 30 Dec 2017

It is just your average SF, semi-horror, quirky Christmas suspense story set in the wilds of Finland. It draws on old Northern European legends of an ominous Santa Claus figure who punishes and frightens children.

Young Pietari lives with his dad in a chilly little mountain farmstead. An international mining company is digging an enormous tunnel into a nearby mountain and succeed in waking up a bunch of frozen krampuses.

Then things start breaking loose, as our young hero's dad succeeds in trapping one of the geezers and, with some help from his friends, tries to hold him for ransom. Then the head krampus begins building a big hive-like thing and drawing his followers to him.

But that is just the plot - it excels as a visual experience. Very well shot, a good-looking flick.