Thale (2012) [NR]

Release Date:
February 16, 2012

Original Title:
Thale

Alternate Titles:
Un cuento de horror
テール しっぽのある美女:2012
塔勒

Genres:
Fantasy | Horror

Production Companies:
FilmFondet Fuzz
Yesbox Productions

Production Countries:
Norway

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  GB: 15  JP: G  NL: NR  NO: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 76

In a cellar, dark and deep, I lay my dearest down to sleep; A secret they would like to keep.

Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter a girl called Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is. Could Thale be a huldra? A seductive forest spirit who appears from the front to be a beautiful young woman, but who also has a cow's tale and whose back appears to be like a hollowed out tree. The huldra has been known to offer rewards to those who satisfy them sexually, while death to those who fail to do so and are also prone to stealing human babies.

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Animation:
Thea Matland

Animation Supervisor:
Nikolai Lockertsen

Art Direction:
Alen Grujic

Director:
Aleksander Nordaas

Director of Photography:
Aleksander Nordaas

Editor:
Aleksander Nordaas

Foley:
Erik S. Watland

Music:
Raymond Enoksen
Geirmund Simonsen

Producer:
Bendik Heggen Strønstad

Sound Designer:
Thomas Angell Endresen

Sound Effects Editor:
Stig Holte

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Kasper Val Bjerregård Larsen

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Fredrik Arntzen

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Morten Jacobsen

Writer:
Aleksander Nordaas

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