The White Reindeer (PG)
A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results. Finland's greatest horror film is a fantasy tale of loneliness, witches and vampiric reindeer curses.
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