We have some new movie news for you today as Picturehouse Entertainment has released the new trailer and poster for Hanna Bergholm’s striking debut feature film Hatching, which will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 16 September 2021.
Hatching premiered at Sundance Film Festival, recently caused a stir at Sundance London and currently holds a 92% fresh rating across Rotten Tomatoes.
In this darkly compelling fable, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods, Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer of her family and into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see. Hatching is the terrifying debut feature from Hanna Bergholm, heralding in an exciting new voice in horror.
With memorably outlandish practical effects from the FX teams behind Game of Thrones, Star Wars and The Dark Knight, Hatching is an audacious mix of horror, coming-of-age drama and social media satire and is like nothing you have ever seen before.Â
Hanna Bergholm says that Hatching is a story about lovelessness that creates a monster.
I made HATCHING for both friends of genre films but especially for audiences who are traditionally afraid to watch horror films but want to see powerful stories about female emotions.
The story of HATCHING is told from the perspective of the main character, Tinja. Her life experience is very limited and is mainly confined to the world of gymnastics and the home life that her mother has so specifically curated for her. Although I wanted to create a unique world in the film, it is also not an imaginary one. Little by little, we get the subtle feeling that something’s off, but it’s more difficult to identify, as the suspense doesn’t take place in the darkness; instead, it takes place in pastel-coloured rooms. Like many people today, the mother in HATCHING showcases her life and family extensively on social media from her rose-tinted lens. To her, making a popular video blog is an attempt to manufacture a feeling of joy.
But ultimately, HATCHING is about the fear of losing control, which I can personally relate to. Like Tinja, I also had a closet full of imaginary monsters. I knew my monsters so well that I became attached to them. My biggest fear was that one day they would come out of my closet. What would happen if everything I’m afraid of and everything that is flawed in me could run away and I wouldn’t be able to control them anymore?
The Hatching Poster Art
Hatching will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 16 September 2021.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
