‘The Twin’ Trailer: Grieving Parents Must Face The Disturbing Truth About Their Surviving Child
Mary Beth McAndrews
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In 2017, Finnish director Taneli Mustonen shocked audiences with his slasher film Lake Bodom. Now, he’s back with his English-language debut The Twin. But here he isn’t tackling urban legends and nosy teens. With The Twin, he’s examining grief, motherhood, creepy kids, and perhaps a bit of Scandinavian folk horror.
Following the aftermath of a tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twins, Rachel (Teresa Palmer) and her husband Anthony (Steven Cree) relocate to the other side of the world with their surviving son in the hopes of building a new life. What begins as a time of healing in the quiet Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn. Rachel begins to unravel the torturous truth about her son and confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him.
Watch the trailer below:
The Twin took part in Frontières Platform, the genre-focused event run by Fantasia and Cannes’ Marché du Film. It won the best fiction award at the industry showcase Finnish Film Affair last year. It also won best project at the BIFAN development forum in Korea.
Mustonen wrote The Twin with Aleksi Hyvärinen. Don Films’ Aleksi Hyvärinen (“Arrhythmia,” “Lake Bodom”) produced the film. Joris van Wijk, Shudder’s Emily Gotto, Film Constellation’s Fabien Westerhoff, and Post Control Helsinki’s Toni Valla serve as executive producers. Shudder, Playtime, Nordisk Film, the Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Film Institute, and the Finnish television channel MTV3 are backing The Twin.
The Twin hits Shudder, theaters, on demand, and digital on Friday, May 6.
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