Nightmare (2012 film)

This article is about 2012 Finnish horror thriller film. For other uses, see Nightmare (disambiguation).
Nightmare
Original Finnish film poster
Finnish: Nightmare – painajainen merellä
Directed byMarko Äijö
Written byTiina Tanskanen
Teemu Salonen
Produced byMarko Äijö
StarringSara Parikka
Venla Savikuja
Mikko Parikka
Markku Pulli
Tero Tiittanen
CinematographyAntti Takkunen
Edited byMarika Sahlman
Music byKarl Sinkkonen
Production
company
FremantleMedia Finland
Distributed byFS Film Oy
Release date
  • 5 December 2012 (2012-12-05) (Finland)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
Budget€459.529[1][2]
Box office€1.1 million[2]

Nightmare (Finnish: Nightmare – painajainen merellä; literally translated "A Nightmare on the Sea") is a 2012 Finnish horror thriller film directed by Marko Äijö.[3] The film is based on Finnish soap opera television series Salatut elämät; one of the characters of the series, Peppi, is going on a cruise with friends, which is about to take a horrible turn.[1]

The main partner of the film production was the Russian St. Peter Line shipping company, on which the filming was done on the Princess Maria cruise ship.[4] The film's production budget was about €500,000, of which the Finnish Film Foundation's share was €200,000.[1] The theme song of the film is the song "Kyynel kuuluu mereen" ("A Tear Belongs to the Sea") by the duo Vague Musik, with Karoliina Kallio as the singer.[5]

The film grossed about €1.1 million,[2] and it was awarded at the 2013 Jussi Awards with an honorary certificate as the audience's favorite.[6] However, the film received a hostile reception from critics. Critics have given it mostly one star, and it has been described as "absurdly bad".[7]

In 2014, the film received a sequel, Nightmare 2: The Nightmare Continues.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Nightmare – painajainen merellä". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Jutila, Niko (9 December 2012). "Salkkarit-leffojen budjeteista ja tuotantotuista". Elokuvauutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ Tolvanen, Mika (1 June 2012). "Salatuista elämistä elokuva: Kuin Scream - mutta 9-vuotiaille". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Salkkarit-elokuvassa risteily muuttuu painajaiseksi". Episodi (in Finnish). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Vague Musik Feat. Karoliina Kallio – Kyynel kuuluu mereen". Discogs. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Tässä ovat Jussi-palkintojen voittajat!". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Kauhuelokuvan irvikuva". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2023.