Sukkubus – den Teufel im Leib
(★★★½)
A quaint little folk horror film that I was unsure about but I ended up quite liking.
Three herdsmen are living with their herd of cows in the mountains of Switzerland. They’re a funny bunch, The “leader” is a stern and serious fellow who seems intent on everyone doing the correct thing and who says prayers loudly through some kind of a horn. Then the odd fellow is a very awkward seeing guy who is clearly obsessed with sex, or at least the idea of it (even to the extent of trying to molest the boy), and the aforementioned Boy, a young teen who seems more interested in daydreaming and giving his favorite cow more than her fair share of salt.
They seem to do little aside from milk cows and make (and then eat) cheese and they don’t seem to get along very well.
Then one day the boy finds a root that looks (well, kind of) like a face and brings it home. The middle guy decides that they can use it to make a lifesize doll of a woman… And one night, after too much drink, they go a bit too far with their doll. And suddenly, there’s more than just a doll around.
For the most part, it’s an intimate look at the life of old timey mountain herdsmen which is pretty interesting and has some fabulous scenery. The Sukkubus herself is played in an interesting fashion, which I think was good for this sort of being and not like I would have expected from the number of bold vampire movies I’ve seen.
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