Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Sauna
9/11/08 – SCI FI Wire reported that Finnish director Antti-Jussi Annila, who helmed the creepy period ghost story Sauna, isn't really a fan of the genre. "I'm not actually a horror film fan at all, and before doing Sauna, I never thought I would do a horror film," Annila said.  Sauna is about two Finnish soldier brothers assigned to map the new border with Russia in 1595. They come across a mysterious sauna in the middle of a swamp. When people enter it, they are forced to confront the sins of their past.  Tommi Eronen plays Knut Spore in the film.  "Old Finnish people, before Christianity, believed that the sauna was the place to wash your sins away so you can go on living without the bad things you have done," Annila said. "I've always wanted to do a film about forgiveness."

AlienAlmanac.com 2008