FilmPsychological Survival

Priest of Evil2010

Name: Priest of Evil
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2010-10-29
Rating: 5.9

Directed by Olli Saarela

5.9

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.8TMDB 5.3

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Year

2010

Runtime

106 min

Box Office

Budget

$2,000,000

🏆 1 nomination

The premise

Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the rain-soaked streets and underground tunnels of Helsinki, Priest of Evil follows a detective whose personal devastation collides with a chilling case of serial murders on the city metro. As Harjunpää pursues justice through official channels, a private hunger for revenge threatens to consume him from the inside out. The film weaves procedural tension with raw psychological anguish, painting a portrait of a man standing at the edge of his own darkness. Adapted from a Finnish crime novel, it delivers a slow-burn Nordic noir steeped in dread.

Content: Violence, Depictions Of Grief And Trauma, Themes Of Child Loss