Shear Fear

Shear Fear (Finnish: Kauhun millimetrit; literally translated "The Millimetres of Horror") is a 1992 Finnish horror film directed by Ilari Nummi.[1] The film set in the city center of Helsinki in the late 1980s summer, where everything starts from the small fears of everyday life, moving straight towards an area distorted by the terror. The film's actors include Tiina Tenhunen and Katja Krohn.

Shear Fear
Original Finnish film poster
Finnish: Kauhun millimetrit
Directed byIlari Nummi
Written byMarkus Nummi
Produced byMarkus Nummi
Pirkko Peltola
Tapio Bergholm
StarringTiina Tenhunen
Katja Krohn
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
CinematographyAntti Hellstedt
Edited byRauno Ronkainen
Music byMore Karvonen
Production
company
Heimola-Filmi ry
Distributed byCinema Mondo
Release date
  • 6 March 1992 (1992-03-06)
Running time
61 min
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The film was screened at the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival in 1992 and at the Tampere Film Festival in 1993.[1]

Premise

Marja Sauri (Tiina Tenhunen), who lives in Helsinki at the end of the 1980s, is going to the store to replace defective garden shears with new ones. Along the way, she collides with a woman (Katja Krohn) on the street who Marja insults in anger. Within a day, Marja begins to see strange delusions about the same woman she encountered earlier.

Cast

Reception

The film received favorable reviews when it was released. In March 1992, Tarmo Poussu evaluated the film in Ilta-Sanomat, praising the film: "The film deftly picks up the anxieties of everyday life in its story and Katja Krohn very effectively outlines her wordless role as a hostile woman." However, Poussu also found flaws in the film: “Still, Shear Fear remain just an exercise. Its realistic and fantastic ingredients don’t always articulate.”[2]

In the opinion of Pertti Avola of Helsingin Sanomat, the film was “a controlled and safe job in all respects. It lives and breathes perfectly and retains its atmosphere well. Shear Fear aren't dug very deep into the subject or the people, but it might have shattered the film too much.”[2]

References
  1. "Kauhun millimetrit". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Institute. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  2. Torstaina tv:ssä: Helsingin keskustaan sijoittuva kauhuelokuva vuodelta 1992 on erikoinen tapaus - Episodi (in Finnish)
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