Nightmare_(2012_film)
Nightmare (2012 film)
2012 Finnish film
Nightmare (Finnish: Nightmare – painajainen merellä; literally translated "A Nightmare on the Sea") is a 2012 Finnish horror thriller film directed by Marko Äijö.[3] The film is based on Finnish soap opera television series Salatut elämät; one of the characters of the series, Peppi, is going on a cruise with friends, which is about to take a horrible turn.[1]
The main partner of the film production was the Russian St. Peter Line shipping company, on which the filming was done on the Princess Maria cruise ship.[4] The film's production budget was about €500,000, of which the Finnish Film Foundation's share was €200,000.[1] The theme song of the film is the song "Kyynel kuuluu mereen" ("A Tear Belongs to the Sea") by the duo Vague Musik, with Karoliina Kallio as the singer.[5]
The film grossed about €1.1 million,[2] and it was awarded at the 2013 Jussi Awards with an honorary certificate as the audience's favorite.[6] However, the film received a hostile reception from critics. Critics have given it mostly one star, and it has been described as "absurdly bad".[7]
In 2014, the film received a sequel, Nightmare 2: The Nightmare Continues.[2]