Elvis (Erlend Nervold) and Leo (Jon Sigve Skard) are cleaning up a cabin in the middle of nowhere. A dead body was found there, so they were hired to clean up the place. Well...Leo is, while Elvis gets sick a lot. Leo is helping Elvis out, while his normal helper is gone. While they clean, Elvis discovers a basement that apparently wasn't know about. Leo calls for the police to come back out, while Elvis explores, even though Leo tells him not to. They find a tub full of some milk or milky substance and a bunch of cassette tapes. Elvis, once again doing what he told not to do, starts playing some of the tapes. We hear a voice on them talking to someone name Thale, which all the tapes are labeled as. Soon a woman (Silje Reinåmo) pops out of the tub. While she is a very beautiful woman, they are about to discover she is also very different.
I don't remember when I saw they trailer for Thale, but I do remember being very curious about it. I admit that I was a little disappointed in the movie, but I'm still glad that I got to watch it. Actually, Thale fits in with my blog because it is a low budget film. It just happens to be from Norway. Writer/director Aleksander Nordaas taps into an old legend of the huldra. The huldra is what they call the female of the hulder, a seductive forest creature. The film goes into some detail, but really, it wasn't enough. I don't know if Nordaas didn't want to get into the history of the legend much since it is probably well known in Norway, but not so much for us Americans. With the film being around 77 minutes, I felt there was room to expand on it some. At the same time though, I understand why he didn't, as I can't really see either character knowing much about it. In truth, the film is more about the two main characters anyway. They seem to be good friends, but each is hiding a secret from the other. Knowingly or not, Thale helps them become closer again. Because of this, the pace is very slow, with just some information dropped here and there. Things pick up when some men in bio suits and sporting guns show up. They were hinted at with how the voice gets into how he came about having Thale. Even so, things don't pick up a whole lot.
With Thale being a low budget film, there isn't much for special effects. It seems it was mostly spent on some CGI to show us what other huldra look like. While it isn't really anything that will blow you away, it certainly wasn't the worst I have ever had to deal with in a movie. The acting was very good though. While I liked both the leads, it is really Silje Reinåmo that is the star of the film. She never actually says anything, but she does a wonderful job of still showing us what she is feeling. I'm sure it wasn't an easy role, as she was nude through most of the film.
It seems that Nordaas changed up the story of the hulder. From what I read about it after watching the film, it seems that the huldra would appear as a very beautiful woman, but has the tail of a cow or fox. In the film it is suggested that Thale looks the way she does, as in the original legends, because of an experiment, but the others look vastly different. I'm not really sure this change was needed, but I'm assuming Nordaas did this to breathe some new life into an old legend. Depending on who you talk to, Thale isn't always considered a horror film. It was very horror light to me, but it was still enjoyable. There is just enough mystery there about Thale to keep things interesting. The secrets the friends are keeping are also fairly interesting as well. If you haven't checked this one out, I would say to go by how you think you would feel about it. If you don't mind a slow paced film, it is probably worth a shot. If you don't, then I wouldn't waste your time on it.
3 out of 5 Wonder what I could do with a tail
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