Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale2010

Name: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Genre: Folk Horror, Supernatural, Survival, Comedy Horror
Released: 2010-12-03
Rating: 6.8

“This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus”

Directed by Jalmari Helander

6.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.6Rotten Tomatoes 89%Metacritic 71TMDB 6.2

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Year

2010

Runtime

83 min

Box Office

Domestic

$236,347

🏆 12 wins & 2 nominations total

The premise

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

Horror Vault's take

Deep in the frozen wilderness of Finnish Lapland, a young boy named Pietari begins to suspect that something far older and more sinister than the jolly gift-giver of legend has been unearthed by a mysterious mountain excavation. As reindeer turn up slaughtered and children go missing, the holiday season takes on a genuinely terrifying edge rooted in Nordic folklore. Blending a child's-eye sense of wonder with genuine dread, this Finnish gem reimagines Santa Claus as a primordial nightmare. It's a refreshingly original holiday horror that earns both its scares and its heart.

Content: Animal Death, Mild Violence, Peril Involving Children, Brief Nudity