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Rating: 5 stars

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short France icelandic all the haunts be ours box set deacon drowned ghost seance haunted

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A White Spot on the Back of the Head (1979)

Directed by Viðar Víkingsson

Horror | Mystery | Short

Overview

An adaptation of the Icelandic ghost story of “The Deacon of Dark River”, set in 1970s France.

Length 33 minutes

Actors

Sigurdur Pálsson | Kristín Jóhannesdóttir | Sissi Benediktsson | Djamila Bouguerra | Gérard Chinotti

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A short student film that takes an Icelandic folk tale and transposes it to late ‘70s Paris and adds some (at the time) current religious strife to the story.

I like the idea more than the execution. I’d love to see a more faithful adaptation of the story.

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