We find ourselves in the Basque Country in the 17th century, where the Catholic Church rules society with an iron grip and the strict doctrines of the Spanish Inquisition hold sway. Kattalin is fleeing through the forest following a clumsy attempt to kill her husband. The night is heavy and impenetrable, and something unsettling lurks in the shadows. When she encounters three older women deep in the darkness of the forest, she is confronted with the choices that have shaped her life – choices that now demand reckoning.

Gaua is a dark and atmospheric tale of shame and the forbidden, the beautiful and the grotesque, love and liberation; woven together with tradition, folklore and ancient beliefs. If you have an interest in folklore, history, witchcraft and sorcery, this is the film for you!

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You can now see Roar Uthaug's Troll 2 on the big screen in an exclusive screening of the sequel to Troll from 2022.

The trolls are coming back to life, and Nora, Andreas, and Major Kristoffer Holm are back in action as the trolls head toward Trondheim and Nidaros Cathedral. Troll 2 is the largest film production in the Nordic region, and we are thrilled to show it in our cinema.

Oppdal is in full troll mode these days, following the filming of the family movie Rocky the Troll early this summer. The film will be released in cinemas in 2027, and the local community in Oppdal has big plans to become the "Home of the Trolls." That makes it especially fitting that we now have this unique opportunity to show Troll 2 in our largest auditorium.

We will be joined by director Roar Uthaug and writer Espen Aukan, and this screening is free and open to everyone. Before the film, one of Rocky the Troll's troll friends, NEAS, invites you to a troll pre-party in the foyer.

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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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Ramaskrik Film Festival has an excellent partnership with The Cultural Schoolbag in Oppdal. We screen genre films for students, not necessarily horror films, but exciting and adventurous fantastic movies that help young audiences discover outstanding cinema experiences. These screenings are presented within a broader educational framework, often with one of the filmmakers in attendance.

These screenings are closed events and are only open to students and teachers from the schools in Oppdal.

This year’s Ramaskrik school cinema event for middle school students is Operation Arctic (Operasjon Arktis). We are delighted to welcome the film’s director, Grethe Bøe, who will introduce the film and take part in a Q&A session with the students after the screening.

About the Film:

Due to a terrible misunderstanding, 13-year-old Julia and her 8-year-old twin siblings, Ida and Sindre, find themselves stranded on the desolate Half Moon Island in the Arctic Ocean near Svalbard. Far from the mainland, they must fight for survival against winter storms, wild animals, and the challenge of finding enough food. Operation Arctic (Operasjon Arktis) was a major success in Norwegian cinemas, attracting 270,000 admissions in 2014. The film is directed by Grethe Bøe and produced, among others, by John M. Jacobsen, who also produced films such as Trollhunter (Trolljegeren, 2009).

Together, they have brought audiences several successful genre films for children, including the Detective No. 2 series -Operasjon Mørkemann (2018) and Operasjon Mumie (2019). Grethe Bøe also directed the children's horror film The Ten Lives of Titanic the Cat (Titanics ti liv, 2007), which we screened in collaboration with the podcast Norsk kultfilm in 2025.

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A former soldier turned hitman takes on a mysterious but lucrative assignment. He works his way through the kill list, but the jobs become increasingly brutal, eventually spiralling into a nightmarish descent into the heart of darkness.

Kill List is an unsettling and disorienting experience. Ben Wheatley plays with the audience’s expectations of genre, constantly casting doubt on the film’s own reality. The story appears to move forward in a linear fashion, but repeatedly makes small leaps in directions you could never have anticipated, leaving you with the feeling that you are completely lost. Combined with disorienting editing, a seemingly haunted score and brutally uncomfortable violence, it leaves you asking yourself: “How the hell did we get here?”

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Ramaskrik Film Festival has an excellent partnership with The Cultural Schoolbag in Oppdal. We screen genre films for students, not necessarily horror films, but exciting and adventurous fantastic movies that help young audiences discover outstanding cinema experiences. These screenings are presented within a broader educational framework, often with one of the filmmakers in attendance.

These screenings are closed events and are only open to students and teachers from the schools in Oppdal.

This year’s Ramaskrik school cinema event for lower secondary school students is Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren). We are delighted to welcome the film’s cinematographer, Hallvard Bræin, who will introduce the film and take part in a Q&A session with the students after the screening.

About the Film:

Three media students from Volda—Thomas Schøien, Johanna Pedersen, and Kalle Stensvik—are tasked with creating a documentary about a local personality. They decide to focus on a mysterious, reclusive man who occasionally appears in their town. At first, all they know is that his name is Hans, and they suspect him of being an illegal bear hunter. But they soon discover that Hans is far from a poacher—he has a far more dangerous and extraordinary profession.

When Troll Hunter premiered in 2010, it exploded onto the scene like nothing Norway had ever seen. The film captivated audiences worldwide, earning international acclaim and winning awards at film festivals across the globe.

Ed.

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.

Morten Helland
Trondheim Film Society

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It has been 20 years since Norway got its first classic slasher film with Cold Prey. Roar Uthaug’s feature debut follows a group of friends on a snowboarding trip in Jotunheimen who, after an accident, are forced to seek shelter at a remote mountain hotel. Cold Prey became a huge box-office success and launched a franchise with two sequels. Together with some of the people who were part of the journey, we’ll be celebrating the anniversary at Ramaskrik.

There will be two screenings: one with an introduction by director Roar Uthaug and actor Ingrid Bolsø Berdal in «kinosalen». In addition, there will be an exclusive screening with a live commentary track by Uthaug and Bolsø Berdal in «allsalen». The latter screening will be in Norwegian only.

//This screening is only in Norwegian. We do not have subtitles//
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Tove is babysitting four-year-old Liv while her parents are away on a trip. Then the disturbing phone calls start coming from a strange man. The terror escalates.

The premise of a babysitter being terrorized by an intruder is well known from films such as Fright (1971), Black Christmas (1974), and When a Stranger Calls (1979), but few people realize that Oddvar Bull Tuhus delivered a Norwegian entry in the subgenre as early as 1976.

This is a rare and remarkably well-acted horror thriller, infused with a chilly autumn atmosphere.

The podcast Norwegian Cult Film will introduce the screening.

Aleksander U. Serigstad
Norsk kultfilm

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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As the title suggests, this is a secret screening. We promise an exclusive film you haven’t seen before. Let’s not say too much more.

A festival pass is required for this screening; no individual tickets will be sold. Admission is first come, first served, with free seating in the auditorium.

//This screening is only in Norwegian. We do not have subtitles//

Severin Eskeland is currently in the making of his new horror film Heks. But long before directing films such as Detour (2009) and Lust (2017), he was an avid slasher fan armed with a video camera.

The podcast Norwegian Cult Film sits down with Severin for a conversation, and we’ll get to witness the humble, blood-soaked beginnings of his horror filmmaking career through the amateur films Slakt (1998) and Slakt 2 (2000).

A group of teenagers is terrorized by a killer wearing a Ghostface costume, but who is the murderer? Expect a high body count and plenty of fake blood made from blackcurrant syrup!

Norwegian Cult Film will introduce the screening.

Aleksander U. Serigstad
Norsk kultfilm