The Swedish horror movie MARA, starring glamour model Angelica Jansson, is in post and is expected to be ready for delivery by mid-February. It’s not a slasher, which a few websites have claimed, but a low-key, creepy movie, albeit with some gory knifings. Never heard of Jansson? Do a quick Google image search if you’re not at work. Or just turn your monitor to the side a bit and do that creepy office dude thing while your looking out for the boss.
Jenny (Angelica Jansson) is a young woman with a dark past. During her childhood she witnessed something terrifying that scarred her for life. Now, ten years later years later, Jenny has created a new life of her own. In the last days of summer, in the deep, dark woods of Sweden, Jenny and four friends gather in a cozy cottage for a weekend of partying, fun and relaxation. This abruptly ends when Jenny wakes up in the morning to find herself alone in the cottage. Thinking that her friends are playing a prank on her she goes searching for them- but they are gone without a trace. Yet, where would they go in the middle of the woods? And why is the car still parked out front? Jenny spends a torturous day waiting for her friends to return. As darkness once again engulfs the cottage, Jenny must face the fact that she has been left alone. In the darkness. In the middle of nowhere. Or has she? Is she really all alone? No. SomeTHING is out there in the woods. A ghost, perhaps. Or a creature. Or somebody from Jenny’s frightening past. As the night grows darker, shadowy figures haunt the cottage. Unrecognizable voices whisper Jenny’s name. Nightmares come to life. Is Jenny losing her mind? Evil closes in as the story reaches its blood-soaked, twisted conclusion. MARA. A psychological horror-thriller written, produced and directed by Fredrik Hedberg, Jacob Kondrup and Åke Gustavsson.
