The Island of Doom

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The Island of Doom
Tuomion saari.jpg
Original Finnish film poster
Finnish: Tuomion saari
Directed byKeke Soikkeli
Written byKeke Soikkeli
Produced byJesse Tervolin
Keke Soikkeli
StarringSonja Aiello
Konsta Hietanen
Markku Pulli
Elmeri Rantalainen
Emma Lahti
CinematographyTeemu Villikka
Edited byTeemu Villikka
Music byOlli Rantanen
Eetu Hämäläinen
Production
companies
Same-eYes Production
Nordic Films
Distributed byKuusan Kino
Release date
  • 29 December 2023 (2023-12-29)(Finland)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The Island of Doom (Finnish : Tuomion saari) is a 2023 Finnish slasher horror film written, co-produced and directed by Keke Soikkeli. [1] It tells the story of a group of young adults who go camping on a remote lake island, where they are stalked by someone. The film is introducing Sonja Aiello in the leading role. [2]

Contents

The film premiered on 29 December 2023. [1] It received poor reviews from critics in preview screenings.

Plot

Mia learns that her boyfriend Eetu is cheating on her and she goes to live with her friend Maija to recover from the shock. Maija decides to take Mia to a summer bar with her friends Rami, Laura and Kimmo, where Mia falls in love with the porter Teemu. At the bar, they try to think of some kind of pastime for Mia to get her mind off Eetu's infidelity and soon they come up with going to a remote lake island, which is called the "Island of Doom". There is an urban legend about the island, according to which a young boy guilty of murdering his baby sister was banished to the island by his father and left there to die. Mia agrees to this idea and the next day they go camping on the island. After spending the night there, Laura starts to get nervous about the atmosphere on the island, which the horror story left behind. The situation is not made easier by the fact that there is indeed a small abandoned cottage on the island, which would indicate that someone actually lived there. And when their boat disappears while they are trapped on the island, they soon begin to realize that what started out as a "horror story" has some kind of basis of truth. [3]

Cast

Production

The crew of the film shot on a small budget consisted of both professionals and enthusiasts. The Finnish Film Foundation did not grant the film any financial support. [4] [3]

The film was shot in Kouvola and Iitti. [5] [6]

Reception

The film has received negative reception from critics. Tero Kartastenpää from Helsingin Sanomat gives the film one star out of five, saying that "the hollow acting performances make the film impossible to watch seriously, and in all its risk-avoiding, it won't even become a gem of cheesy horror." [7] Also, Taneli Topelius from Ilta-Sanomat and Henri Waltter Rehnström from Turun Sanomat both gave the film only one star out of five, [8] the latter summarizing that "the film belongs more to YouTube than to the big screen." [9] However, Jouni Vikman from Episodi, who gave the film two stars out of five, states in his assessment that "taking into account the fact that how difficult it is to make a genre film in Finland—especially without the support of the Finnish Film Foundation—I have to raise my hat to the film by necessity." [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tuomion saari". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Institute . Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Kantola, Elisa (24 October 2023). "Tässä on Sonja Aiellon ensimmäinen elokuvarooli - traileri julki". Seiska (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Huhtala, Jussi (25 October 2023). "Saari, jolta ei ole paluuta – Nuorisojoukko kohtaa tuomionsa uudessa kotimaisessa kauhuelokuvassa". Episodi (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Onko nyt tarpeeksi järkyttävää? Uutta kotimaista elokuvaa mainostetaan paljailla pakaroilla ja kuolevilla lapsilla". Muropaketti (in Finnish). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Mannonen, Tuomo (24 February 2023). "Kouvolassa ja Iitissä kuvataan elokuvateatterilevitykseen tuleva kauhuelokuva – Mukana on tv:stä tuttuja näyttelijöitä ja paikallisia harrastajia". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Sironen, Elina (31 May 2023). "Konsta Hietanen elää kauhun ja humoristisuuden tasapainossa Tuomion saari -elokuvan kuvauksissa". Hämeen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Kartastenpää, Tero (28 December 2023). "Turvallisuusalan yrittäjä teki kauhuelokuvan ilman kokemusta, ja lopputulosta on mahdotonta katsoa osissaan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Topelius, Tapani (28 December 2023). "Bikini fitness -tähti Sonja Aiellon tähdittämä elokuva saa yhden tähden – nämä asiat ovat pielessä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Rehnström, Henri Waltter (28 December 2023). "Kaikkien kannalta olisi ollut parempi, jos tämä elokuva olisi ladattu vain suoraan juutuuppiin" . Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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