Blair Witch meets the Brothers Grimm

Scandinavian directors used to be known for their very long, very serious films. But in recent years, Swedish, Finnish, and

Scandinavian directors used to be known for their very long, very serious films. But in recent years, Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian filmmakers have all turned in top-notch horror flicks. (See: Let Me In, Rare Exports, and Dead Snow, respectively.) With Trollhunter, Norway’s given us another great, tongue-in-cheek monster movie.(Opens June 10, and available now on iTunes.)

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Like a lot of other post–Blair Witch Project horror movies, Trollhunter is a “found footage” film. (In this case, it’s footage that three Norwegian college students are supposed to have shot as they followed a professional troll hunter into the woods.) But the pacing, sensibility, and humor are fairly site-specific (which is to say, lighter, and funnier, than those of your run-of-the-mill summer blockbuster), and the visual effects are unusually witty and surprisingly good (which is to say, the trolls look fantastic). It’s not exactly a Bergman movie. But it is a lot of fun.

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Blair Witch meets the Brothers Grimm