Program
The festival programme for this year will be released in stages. Keep an eye on this page for the latest announcements.
feature & documentary
This year's programme will feature approximately 35 to 40 feature films.
Grind
Welcome to the modern workplace! In Grind, we are presented with four interwoven stories set in a dystopian present. We get a glimpse into the intense pressure to perform within a multi-level marketing company, the endless and repetitive routine of a food delivery driver, the digital horrors faced by a content moderator at work, and, not least, what happens when the employees at a coffee shop decide to unionize.
Grind is a dark comedy that, just a few years ago, might have been considered a dystopian vision, but which, in today’s United States, will likely seem like only a slight exaggeration to many. The film explores what it means to be a worker in a world defined by economic inequality and ruled by endlessly greedy oligarchs, wonderfully personified by Rob Huebel and Barbara Crampton.
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Boxcutter
Brothers Rob and James are on their way to their father’s funeral, accompanied by their respective partners. They stop at a rural roadside diner run by a family that probably doesn’t have the most extensive family tree. After a very uncomfortable meal, they continue on their way, only to end up in a car accident that quickly turns into a full-blown nightmare.
Boxcutter isa nasty, mean-spirited film, in many ways the bastard child of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the French extreme cinema movement. After a slow build-up, the film explodes in its second act, delivering discomfort of the highest order. The filmmakers have extensive experience with practical special effects, which is evident in the film’s brutal and highly effective shock effects.
The Devils (Directors Cut)
It’s finally time for a long-awaited, newly restored and uncensored version of Ken Russell’s wildly over-the-top, controversial classic The Devils! This hyper-stylized and notorious film is loosely based on a historical witch trial in France (the Loudun possessions). Set in the 17th century, it follows a Catholic priest (Oliver Reed) who is accused of devil worship, while a nun (Vanessa Redgrave) who lusts after the priest is suspected of being possessed by the Devil himself.
The Devils is a lot: think the naked, violent critique of power of Pasolini’s Salò mixed with Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the sexual melodrama of Black Narcissus, and Żuławski’s feverish nightmare Possession. The film is spectacularly brutal and relentlessly propulsive, jumping from one intense, pivotal moment to the next. The Devils is packed with carnivalesque violence, reflections on power, and transgressive desire. At last, we can experience it newly restored and uncensored on the big screen!
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Cold Prey
Ramaskrik will welcome special guests this year as both Ingrid Bolsø Berdal and Roar Uthaug join us at the festival. Believe it or not, it has been 20 years since Norway got its first true slasher film with Cold Prey. Uthaug’s feature film debut became a major box-office success and launched a franchise with two sequels. Together with some of the people who were part of the adventure, we will celebrate the anniversary at Ramaskrik with a special screening and a Cold Prey-themed party at the hotel.
When Cold Prey premiered in cinemas on Friday, October 13, 2006, it kickstarted the filmmaking journey of Roar Uthaug, future star Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and the production company Fantefilm. The film attracted 257,000 cinema-goers in Norway alone. Altogether, the trilogy sold 677,000 tickets domestically and went on to gain international recognition, showcasing the Norwegian mountains to audiences around the world.- Cold Prey is a milestone in Norwegian horror cinema, arriving at the very beginning of the new wave of Norwegian horror films.
It is exactly the kind of film we at Ramaskrik love to celebrate 20 years later. Oppdal may not be as isolated as the location in the movie, but it offers the same atmosphere with mountains, snow, skiing and cold weather. Almost exactly 20 years later, we are inviting audiences to a screening and celebration at the Skifer Hotel, specially decorated for the occasion.
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Amsterdamned II
When two tourists and their canal boat guide are found brutally murdered, detective Tara Lee is assigned to the case. Following another killing, retired detective Eric Visser is brought back in, as there are fears that someone is recreating one of his old cases.
Director Maas still has a flair for bloodshed and a confident directorial style. Amsterdamned II picks up the thread of one of the Netherlands’ truly great cult films, hovering on the line between sequel and reboot. This is a nostalgic slasher with a generous dose of light-hearted humor.
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Bowels of Hell
Toilet horror has become a staple of Ramaskrik, and this year’s rowdy contribution comes from Brazil. Malu runs an event agency in São Paulo and is tasked with organizing a gender reveal party for a major influencer. But while the pregnancy comes with its own surprises, guests and residents of the apartment building alike fall victim to ravenous forces lurking in the toilets.
With exquisite direction and practical effects, we’re served generous helpings of filthy, disgusting madness. It’s bloody, hilarious, and, above all, political. Bon appétit!
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Rubber
Robert is an ordinary tire with ordinary desires to explode heads with telekinesis. We as the audience follow an audience that follows Robert from a distance with binoculars out in the desert somewhere in the US. But that’s not important. We’re all here to see a tire kill people.
Rubber is made by Frenchman Quentin Dupieux who is no stranger to Ramaskrik with his film Smoking Causes Coughing. As in his other films, you can expect deadpan and anti-humor, but this one is slightly more meta than his others. If you wish to see high-action head rolling and blood splatter every second, you’ll be disappointed as Robert is in no hurry when he rolls from victim to victim - and when he’s not rolling he’s watching TV.
This screening is a collaboration between Trondheim Film Society, Ramaskrik, and of course Toyota Oppdal, which is also our screening location.
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Trondheim Film Society
Fifteen
Best friends Ligia and Mayte dream of the ultimate quinceañera, hoping it will finally make them popular at school. But then Ligia becomes pregnant, and the creature growing inside her is not only a threat to herself, but to everyone around her.
This coming-of-age body horror is packed with just as much playful charm as it is blood and gore. The film explores anxieties surrounding sexuality, adulthood, peer pressure, and the fear of what an unpredictable future might bring. One of the film’s strengths lies in the performances of Greta Martí and Macarena Oz, who bring an authentic, raw energy to their roles.
If you enjoyed Ginger Snaps (2000) or Eighth Grade (2018), Fifteen is one to catch!
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Short Films
We screen short films both as part of the Méliès d'Argent competition and as supporting films before selected feature film screening
Tickets
Jury
Corin Hardy
Corin Hardy is a British director who first became known to us at Ramaskrik in 2015, when he attended the festival with his debut feature film, The Hallow. Since then, he has gone on to direct The Nun in the Conjuring universe, the acclaimed TV series Gangs of London, and, most recently, the horror film Whistle.
From an early age, Hardy developed a distinctive dark visual style, creating monsters, animations and Super-8 horror films before studying Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art. He went on to direct award-winning music videos for artists including The Prodigy, Keane, The Horrors, Paolo Nutini and Ed Sheeran, before making his feature debut with The Hallow, which premiered at Sundance and earned international acclaim.
The Nun became the highest-grossing film in the Conjuring franchise at the time, while Gangs of London became one of Sky’s most successful and binge-watched series. His latest film, Whistle, premiered as the closing-night film at Fantastic Fest in 2025 and was released theatrically in 2026.
Hardy is a good friend of Ramaskrik and joins us this year as a member of the Méliès d’argent jury. He will also introduce a special screening of Whistle.
And who knows, maybe there’ll be some other fun surprises along the way!
Astrid Thorvaldsen
Astrid Thorvaldsen is a genre-loving screenwriter and director based in Trondheim. In 2014, she attended Ramaskrik with the horror film Utburd, which she directed as part of a Master’s degree in Film and Video Production at NTNU.
Her short films have screened at numerous international festivals, including Fantasia, Bucheon (BiFan), and Flickerfest. Her graduation film from the National Film and Television School in England, the horror Western Who Goes There?, was nominated for a Student BAFTA and won a Royal Television Society Award. The film is now distributed by horror channel Alter and is in development as a feature film in London.
At Ramaskrik, Thorvaldsen serves as a jury member for the Méliès d’Argent competition.
Knut Nærum
Knut Nærum (b. 1961) is an author, playwright, and cartoonist. He has published more than thirty books across a variety of genres, primarily crime fiction and science fiction, with humor as a common thread throughout his work. Within the horror genre, he has written the novel Monster (2007), the zombie puppet theatre production Is (2012), and the graphic novel Svanger (2026), illustrated by Karstein Volle.
Nærum was a regular contributor to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s (NRK) weekly satirical television program Nytt på nytt from 1999 to 2015.
At Ramaskrik, Nærum serves as a jury member for the Méliès d’Argent competition.
Events
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