Sweden - Horror & Suspense Movies Around the Globe
A series of lists chronicling horror and suspense releases from various countries, brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series.
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- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowBirgitta ValbergGunnel LindblomIn 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
- DirectorSonny LagunaTommy WiklundStarsPatrik Berg-AlmkvisthLisa HenniPatrick SaxeIda and Albin are a happy couple. They set off to a cabin in the vast Swedish woodlands to have a fun holiday with their friends. But under the floorboards waits an evil from Sweden's dark past.
- DirectorSonny LagunaTommy WiklundStarsHanna OldenburgRalf BeckThorbjörn AnderssonEmma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore SvennbergOn New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowLiv UllmannGertrud FridhWhile vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceEwa FrölingA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsNoomi RapaceMichael NyqvistLena EndreAs computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceLena EndreLisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
- DirectorSonny LagunaStarsHanna OldenburgRalf BeckAndreas RylanderWinona, a successful artist looking to get away from her stressful life. Her manager rents her a house in her home town where she runs in to an old boyfriend. They go back to the house, only to find out it is not as empty as they assumed.
- DirectorChristian HallmanStarsLanna OhlssonNorah AndersenAlida MorbergA woman looking to start over moves into a new apartment, only to find that she is not as alone as she had believed.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
- DirectorAntonio TublenStarsPatrik KarlsonIzabella Jo TschigPer LöfbergA man experimenting with sound discovers he can use it for mind control. He begins testing it on his neighbors, with increasingly unforeseen consequences.
- DirectorBenjamin ChristensenStarsBenjamin ChristensenElisabeth ChristensenMaren PedersenFictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
- DirectorHenrik MöllerStarsLina SundénMartin JirhamnJenny LampaSara takes a job as a cleaner to find her missing daughter and strikes an uneasy alliance with the sinister janitor. They venture with a small group into the abyss underneath Malmö and the heart of darkness.
- DirectorAnders JacobssonStarsMichael KallaanvaaraOlof RhodinHans WilhelmssonA mild-mannered film editor is assigned to cut a series of infamous slasher films and is driven murderously insane by the miles of extremely violent footage he edits.
- DirectorDaniel di GradoStarsHelena Af SandebergJohan EhnUlrika EllemarkWhen Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
- DirectorKarin EngmanKlas PerssonStarsElna KarlssonThomas HedengranRalf BeckIn the late viking age a missionary, travelling with a group of soldiers, vanishes somewhere in a vast border forest in the northern parts of Sweden. A rescue party is sent out to find them, but inside the dark woods there is something waiting for them. Something dark and ancient.
- DirectorAndree WallinStarsTeddy NicholasLuke RampersadCharles BabalolaIn the near future, the capital of Sweden has turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. we join four soldiers on a routine mission in 'zone 3', with the assignment to investigate an old surveillance tower that just went offline.
- DirectorJonatan EtzlerStarsShanti RoneyMiriam IngridLisa AgbyAspiring YouTuber Vendela decides to get up in front of her high school class and show a disturbing video that disrupts the lesson and causes her teacher Lukas to fear for her life.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenDavid F. SandbergIn the underlit attic, an unsuspecting woman tidies up an already cluttered space; however, in the mysterious dimness, her eye catches a motion. Is this a trick of the mind, or is there something sinister hiding in the thick shadows?
- DirectorCalvin FloydStarsPer OscarssonPatrick MageeMarilù ToloSet in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringing our hero to the borderland of nightmare.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenHanna JohanssonA creepy picture plays with the fear of a woman. Maybe, there is a connection between the girl in the picture and the woman who tries to find out the secret behind the glass.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenLovisa PermanSuddenly, a lonely young woman senses that something is not quite right with her eyesight. What could possibly be altering the boundaries of human perception, telling her eyes to see things that simply do not exist?
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenAlone in the bedroom, an inconsolable young widow stares at her beloved husband's photograph with her eyes wet with tears, however, more than anything else, she needs to get out of that room. Now.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenOn a common night like any other, a solitary woman suddenly hears a muffled but nonetheless alarming sound coming from a plain wooden family chest. Will she confront face-to-face whatever hides inside?
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenDavid F. SandbergA sudden power outage traps an unsuspecting young woman within the restrained space of an empty straight corridor, where an abstract but malevolent entity is in total control. Can the powerless woman run towards the escape door?
- DirectorLudvig GürStarsKola KrauzeMagnus LennartssonAnna GuldkulaA desperate loner who has grown up with a butterfly and the Bible for company seizes his chance and makes good his escape only to face his worst fears head-on at an all-nighter in the company of strangers.
- DirectorMarko KattilakoskiStarsMartin AhlmanMagnus AnderungAdam ArousellThe traumatized private investigator, John Low, is on a mission to retrieve an ancient occult book.
- DirectorIvan RadovicStarsLisa BearparkMartin HendrikseMark RobinsA dedicated IT-guy must stop a computer virus from spreading, unaware about the cosmic horrors he is about to release.
- DirectorGustav LjungdahlJesper DanielssonStarsJesper DanielssonFanny HedenbergHugo Hilton-BrownErland is about to celebrate his 50th birthday. His wife Greta has invited some friends over to their newly bought cabin for a party. Erland is not happy about the upcoming party especially when some of the guests are relatives to Greta which he doesn't like. The day before the party hell falls down a dried well and finds a box containing some old artifacts. Artifacts of evilness which is going to change his life forever.
- DirectorJonas WolcherStarsMartin BrisshällNick HolmquistChristian van CaineA trio of elite German commandos takes on the toughest assignment of their lives. What is turning the residents of Gothenburg, Sweden, into bloodthirsty zombies who have transformed the entire city into a scene of carnage?
- DirectorJonas WolcherStarsAldo CuneiJohan WestergrenTommy SporrongA ruthless contract killer is hired by a crime boss from Gothenburg, but everything goes wrong. Dragonetti becomes possessed and the murders begin.
- DirectorIvan RadovicStarsNathalie Ukkola BloomEngulfed by dark thoughts, a woman is forced into a tunnel to confront the creature who is waiting for her in the dark.
- DirectorCalvin FloydStarsChristopher LeeSolveig AnderssonTor IsedalA documentary exploring the legends of vampires, using books, paintings and early films on the subject.
- DirectorAlexander RönnbergStarsMagnus SundbergFreja GustafssonA short horror. A dad comes home after work and his daughter wants to play hide and seek. But is it really his daughter?
- DirectorJanne WidmarkStarsStefan WahllöfMalin SjödinJonas DanielssonIn the city of Umeå, "the city of birches", people with pollen allergy are starting to have weird reactions to the new imported birches from Chernobyl.
- DirectorBo Arne VibeniusStarsChristina LindbergHeinz HopfDespina TomazaniA young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.
- DirectorFrida KempffStarsCecilia MiloccoAlbin GrenholmVille VirtanenA woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.
- DirectorIvan RadovicStarsLisa BearparkLinn FlisellMartin HendrikseA young woman finds her mother in a state worse than death and in an autopsy room, two lab technicians make a discovery beyond their darkest fears.
- DirectorPatrick von BarkenbergStarsAndréa WinterMartina NovakLinda DahlinAfter her latest novel flops, a best-selling crime writer is sent by her publisher to the Swedish countryside to regain inspiration. Totally out of place in her new surroundings, she discovers how dangerous life in East Europe can be.
- DirectorNils AlataloStarsIsabelle GrillTuva JagellVictor IvánA strange illness spreads among the participants of an illegal rave.
- DirectorJack ErsgardStarsMatthew SettleFay MastersonCurrie GrahamOnce a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. A personal tragedy has left him dispassionate about the world and his work and he lives his life in limbo. In the midst of this existential crisis he attends a high school reunion and meets three old friends; acquaintances he's tried to forget but who now emerge like ominous shadows from his past. Once again face to face with the love of his life, Hayson tries to right old wrongs and get his life back on track. However, life has other plans, and he realizes that the past is best laid to rest or it might haunt him forever. He soon finds himself embroiled in a nightmarish brew of deceit, passion, and murder. Wanted by the police for a heinous killing, he must choose between succumbing to his darkest desires or following the light that will renew his faith in himself and his future.
- DirectorMagnus BlomdahlStarsMagnus BlomdahlMarian DoraRevisiting The Angel's Melancholia follows in the tracks of Marian Dora's infamous "The Angel's Melancholia". Locations, stories and, of course, Marian himself.
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsRod TaylorValerie PerrineChristopher LeeIn a Canadian village, women are being killed by a psychopath. Chief Superintendent Rich and Superintendent McLane have no leads in the case until McLane shoots a suspect. From that moment on, the killing spree seems to have ended, but apparently the killer picks yet another victim.