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February 15, 2026
Nightborn Review
Dark forces give new parents more than they bargained with in this unsubtle Finnish horror from Hanna Bergholm
TL;DR
- Hanna Bergholm's new film is a less interesting and original follow-up to her debut, Hatching.
- The movie features a monstrous newborn with cliched paganism and unconvincing VFX.
- The plot centers on Saga and Jon, who move to Finland to start a family but have a brutal troll instead.
- Family members offer little support, with Saga's mother comparing her to a vampiric baby and Jon's father performing a disastrous baptism.
- Unlike Rosemary's Baby, Saga finds no calm or acceptance, only grief.
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