10 Amazing Nordic Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die

10. Antichrist

Antichrist might not be a conventional horror movie, but if you can think of scenarios more horrific than a close-up DIY clitoridectomy and Willem Dafoe’s scrotum being crushed then please let us know.

Directed by Denmark’s enfant terrible of film Lars von Trier (which should give you an idea of the kind of controversy it sparked), the film stars Dafoe alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg as a pair of grieving parents who retreat to a remote cabin to recuperate from their toddler son’s tragic death.

But this is Lars von Trier and things inevitably take a turn for the bizarre when the couple’s grief coping tactics devolve into the aforementioned genital mutilation.

Unsurprisingly it polarized audiences during it Cannes premiere, even prompting a few walkouts and faintings. It somehow managed to scoop a Palme D’or nomination though and if you can stomach the body horror, Antichrist definitely makes for one of the Nordic horror scene’s more unsettling watches.