She's either psychic or something far hungrier — and the wolves know first.
The adaptation of Helle Stangerup's psychological horror, telling the story of a married couple who raises wolfes, in order for the husband to study the creatures. They hire Ellinor for additional help, but soon they wonder if she guards supernatural secrets.
Cinematography
Bleak pastoral landscapes that swallow characters whole
Acting
Ghita Nørby's trembling terror, Frits Helmuth's brittle arrogance
Sound
Wolf howls used as psychological weaponry
Director
Jens Ravn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 1980s Scandinavian folk horror exploring rural isolation and feminine intuition as threats to masculine rationality.
Helmuth and Nørby were Danish cinema royalty; their real-life familiarity adds uncomfortable intimacy to the marital breakdown.
DK
