Thale
Thale is a Norwegian
supernatural mystery horror movie released in 2012. This movie is
written and directed by Aleksander L. Nordaas. The major (and almost
all) characters of the movie Thale are played by Silje Reinåmo,
Erlend Nervold, Jon Sigve Skard, Morten Andresen and Sunniva Lien.
This movie is based on a Scandinavian folklore character named
Hulder.
In the movie Thale,
we see two friends and colleagues find a mysterious girl in the
basement of a house. The mystery keeps on unfolding as they keep on
finding strange incidents about her past.
A Scene from the movie Thale |
Plot:
In Thale, at first
we get introduced to to two friends cum colleagues named Leo and
Elvis, whose job is to clean up crime scenes. Elvis is weak-hearted,
he gets sick of the crime scenes. But Leo can keep his head cool
while cleaning up.
One day they are
doing their job of cleaning up in a house in the forest. After
working for a while, they find a hidden passage in that house. The
passage leads them to a secret chamber which again leads to a room.
Elvis is very curious and he follow the secret path, while Leo
reminds him several times that they are not allowed to touch
anything, they only clean up.
In that secret room,
they find canned foods, scientific books, drawings and a cassette
player with some cassettes. It is evident that some scientific
experiments were done in this room. The condition of the room also
suggests that no one has been here for a very long time. Leo informs
their other colleagues about the room and they are on the way here.
But before they
leave the room, a naked girl emerges from a bathtub which is filled
with some white liquid. The girl has some mask and cables attached to
her which provides her life supplies. As soon a she wakes up, she
removes them. The girl faints then and Elvis takes her out of the
bathtub and places her on a table. Leo goes out and when he comes
back, finds the girl strangling Elvis. Leo talks the girl to release
Elvis and then gives her some clothes.
The girl starts
eating canned foods which are already rotten. Leo goes out again to
bring some food for the girl. Meanwhile, Elvis plays those cassettes
and the girl reacts strangely hearing the voices from the record.
Elvis then finds a nicely decorated room hidden inside that room. He
follows the girl there. The girl has some special ability with which,
she gives Elvis some vision of her past. Now all these time, some
strange creatures seem to closing in that cabin.
When Leo comes back,
they find a tail preserved in a refrigerator. Now three of them are
sitting in the room waiting for other people to come. Then Leo tells
Elvis that he has lung cancer. Earlier, the girls also seemed to
notice something strange in Elvis's chest.
Suddenly, they hear
footsteps nearing in, circling the cabin. The girl gets frightened so
they lock the door. Someone tries to enter there by force but Leo and
Elvis stop the intruder. Next a gas is released in the room through
the keyhole which makes Elvis and Leo unconscious.
Then we see more of
what happened to that girl. Elvis and Leo wakes up outside the cabin,
blindfolded and tied to a chair. An old man tells them more about the
girl. Some soldiers with weapons are inside that room looking for the
girl. After telling the story, the old man proceeds to kill Leo.
Can Leo or Elvis be
saved? Does to soldiers find the girl? What in their fate? Lets watch
Thale to know these answers.
My review about the
movie Thale:
First of all, Thale
seemed as a average movie with an interesting plot, which has both of
some strong and weak sides.
The plot of the
movie Thale was good and seemed unique. It is not just an average
mystery horror movie you watch regularly. But the problem with the
plot is, it goes a little slow. The lack of contents can also
contribute to make you feel bored. More contents, storyline, special
effects, dialogues and actions could make this movie far better. But
even with these drawbacks, Thale felt enough entertaining. The
direction and screenplay were also good.
The acting of all
the major characters were good in Thale. This movie has a very
limited set of characters but the director chose them well. The
dialogues were also good. But the whole movie is in Norwegian
language, so unless you know that, you will need English subtitles
with Thale. The make ups and the costume designs also blended nicely
with the movie.
The music and the
sound effects were also okay and matched nicely with the theme of
Thale. The set design, lighting and camera effects will also seem
well balanced. This movie is a low budget film, where most of the
film was shot in the director's father's basement. But considering
this, the director has done a good job. The camera works on only some
shots may make you feel the lack of budget in the movie Thale. The
strange creatures looked terrifying but natural, which we don't
always see even in some high budget films.
The movie Thale
contains some nudity, so it is not appropriate to watch this movie with
kids.
So overall, Thale
seemed a nice movie with some small drawbacks. I enjoyed watching
this film. If you want to watch it to get frightened, you will get
disappointed. But if you like mystery movies with folklore
characters, I guess you will enjoy Thale. So I'll recommend watching the
movie Thale to all mystery or foreign movie lovers.
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To know more about Thale:
IMDB Link: Thale Movie on IMDB
Wikipedia Link: Thale movie Wiki