- Succubus (film)
Infobox Film|name=Succubus
caption=Film poster
director= Sami Haavisto
producer=Blood Ceremony Films
writer=Sami Haavisto, Jari Mustonen
starring=Markus Salo, Pekka Oinonen, Veera Toivanen, Maarit From, Mika Vattulainen, Kirsi Vahomäki
music=Mikko Mustonen
cinematography=
editing=
distributor=Pieni Leffakauppa
released=March 2006
runtime=85 minutes
language=Finnish
budget=3000 €
preceded_by=Rites of Blood
followed_by=
imdb_id="Succubus" is a
2006 Finnishhorror film by the Finnish independent film studioBlood Ceremony Films . It is the studio's third production and was shot entirely inHelsinki from February 2005 to February 2006. As with Blood Ceremony Films' other films, the film was produced entirely by volunteer hobbyists. None of the people involved gained any wages or other significant profit from the film.The film was released on
DVD on August 11, 2006, and is available at Pieni Leffakauppa in Helsinki andTurku .Plot
:"Sometimes it is so hard to let go of death and go on with life... sometimes it is hard for the dead to let go of the living and stay dead..."Henri, a Finnish salesman in his 30s, is grieving over the death of his newly-wed wife Laura. Laura's death is of unknown causes - some suspect a terminal illness, others suspect
suicide . Henri's grief starts interfering with his work, so his boss suggests him to go to apsychiatrist .The psychiatrist isn't of much help, so Henri becomes desperate and turns to mediums. One medium offers him a book of the
occult to try to contact Laura's spirit. Henri accepts the idea and performs an occultritual in his apartment. However, as well as Laura's spirit, he raises asuccubus , which takes him into her power and drives him murderously insane.After the true causes of Laura's death become clear to Henri, he kills his closest work colleagues and finally kills himself, leading them all into the Succubus's realm in the
netherworld .External links
* [http://www.bloodceremony.net/Home/Succubus/succubus.html Official site] (in Finnish)
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* [http://www.konsolifin.net/center.php?platform=filmi&page=jutut&id=90&list Review by FilmiFin] (in Finnish)
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