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2025·Thriller·1h 24m
7.0
A couple, Ana and Justin, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn...
Directed by Alex Noyer

Cast

Madeline Zima
Madeline Zima
Ana
Leonardo Nam
Leonardo Nam
Justin
Moe Jeudy-Lamour
Moe Jeudy-Lamour
Lance
Kimberly-Sue Murray
Kimberly-Sue Murray
Harper
Kristina Tonteri-Young
Kristina Tonteri-Young
Blake
Milla Puolakanaho
Milla Puolakanaho
Tiina
Tatu Sinisalo
Tatu Sinisalo
Petri
Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy
Margaret

Crew

Alex Noyer
Alex Noyer
Director
Blair Bathory
Blair Bathory
Writer
Alex Noyer
Alex Noyer
Writer
Alex Noyer
Alex Noyer
Producer
Laurence Gendron
Laurence Gendron
Producer
Andrew Scott Bell
Andrew Scott Bell
Music

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carter canfield
Love Is the Monster
I29 Selections #24 | Week 10: SummerWeen

Sorta like Midsommar if it was ass
I29 Selections #24 | Week 10: SummerWeen

Sorta like Midsommar if it was ass
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Love Is the Monster
Absolute slop full of flat characters and shitty writing. I watched for KTY — who btw got 3 minutes of screen time and was unceremoniously stabbed, does a cliché 11th hour revival, and was unceremoniously restabbed — but perhaps I should have rewatched Warrior Nun for the billionth time instead. 

It wishes it was a cult movie, but it’s instead just overacted, vaguely possessed people getting naked, having sex, and killing because the script refuses to give them character development and write anything other than cult and slasher tropes.

Oh did I mention the vfx? Oh yeah the badly done fires and birds destroy any hope of immersion left, including the final scene when you’re trying to get into the scene and it ends with a (presumably) stock fireball engulfing Blake (as a bird).
Absolute slop full of flat characters and shitty writing. I watched for KTY — who btw got 3 minutes of screen time and was unceremoniously stabbed, does a cliché 11th hour revival, and was unceremoniously restabbed — but perhaps I should have rewatched Warrior Nun for the billionth time instead. 

It wishes it was a cult movie, but it’s instead just overacted, vaguely possessed people getting naked, having sex, and killing because the script refuses to give them character development and write anything other than cult and slasher tropes.

Oh did I mention the vfx? Oh yeah the badly done fires and birds destroy any hope of immersion left, including the final scene when you’re trying to get into the scene and it ends with a (presumably) stock fireball engulfing Blake (as a bird).
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