Tegstedt develops a sense of mystery and creeping fear that balance the sadness and make MARIANNE an absorbing viewing experience. It’s quite an accomplishment for a first feature, as Tegstedt doesn’t try to impress with stylistic bravura but rather remains devoted to the emotional truths...

A good portion of American indie horror flicks deal with an outside (generally malevolent) force that impacts a person or a family unit. Lately I’m noticing a proclivity in smaller foreign genre flicks to go the other way: how a mundane “everyday” tragedy is the impetus for...

Marianne isn’t the scariest ghost movie I’ve ever seen, but it’s one of the saddest and most emotionally effective. What’s incredible is that this is Tegstedt’s directorial debut; Marianne is a work of sure-footed direction and smart writing, and feels incredibly mature and...

A film that subtly uses the language of domestic drama to craft a realistic and true horror film is a brave thing to attempt with a first feature.  Somebody, please, get Guillermo del Toro in contact with Philip Tegstedt because here is a young director with the chops to make a...

„Marianne“, the feature debut of Swedish filmmaker Filip Tegstedt, joins the tradition of unsettling the audience as much as possible. But this is not your regular ghost train ride. From a dramaturgical point of view, the approach of this well written and superbly acted film intentionally...