Screening of the Finnish horror film 'Nightborn', about a newlywed couple whose dream of a perfect life deteriorates in a secluded house in the woods.
Nightborn is screening at Phoenix Picturehouse on Tuesday 27 October, starting at 8.30pm. It's a Finnish horror film about a newlywed couple who move to a secluded house in the woods to start a family, but their dream of a perfect life soon deteriorates. If you're into slow-burn dread and the kind of domestic nightmare that starts with a fresh start and ends somewhere much darker, this is right up that alley.
It's playing at the Phoenix, which is a century-old Oxford cinema with two screens and a friendly upstairs bar. The venue does more than just the main bills, too: they run 'Phoenix Nights', a series of cult classics handpicked by the Phoenix team, and a 'Picturehouse and UNICEF presents Kids' Club' that brings families together through the love of cinema. So if you're not usually a horror person, there's plenty else on the programme to keep you coming back.
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As for the film itself, the premise is a classic one — a couple moving to the countryside for a new beginning, only for things to go wrong — but the Finnish setting and the specific way it unravels are what give it its own character. It's a horror movie, so expect the atmosphere to tighten as the story goes on. The screening is on Tuesday 27 October at 8.30pm at Phoenix Picturehouse, in the heart of Oxford.
