Movie Review: NIGHTBORN (YON LAPSI)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/31/2026
NIGHTBORN (YON LAPSI) movie poster | ©2026 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Seidi Haarla, Rupert Grint, Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey, John Thomson, Silvia Saloranta, Max Cavalera Writers: Ilja Rautsi & Hanna Bergholm, story by Hanna Bergholm Director: Hanna Bergholm Distributor: Shudder Release Date: July 31, 2026 (streaming on Shudder) NIGHTBORN (YÖN LAPSI) is a great companion piece to its director Hanna Bergholm’s previous film, 2022’s HATCHING. Both are dark fantasies about motherhood and supernatural beings. But where HATCHING was from the point of view of a teenager dealing with her mother at the same time she becomes a surrogate parent to a forest creature, NIGHTBORN’s protagonist […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HATCHING (PAHANHOUTOJA)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/29/2022
HATCHING Movie Poster | ©2022 IFC Midnight

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Siiri Solaninna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin, Oiva Ollila Writer: Ilja Rautsi Director: Hanna Bergholm Distributor: IFC Midnight Release Date: April 29, 2022 HATCHING (PAHANHOUTOJA) is in Finnish, set in Finland. Its themes are fairly universal, though its details are marvelously specific. Tinja (Siiri Solaninna) is a young teen gymnast with a seemingly perfect middle-class life. There’s vlogger Mom (Sophia Heikkilä), good-natured Dad (Jani Volanen), younger brother Matias (Oiva Ollila), together in a beautiful house in the suburbs. But it’s not long before we see signs of strain. Mom’s vlog is entitled “Lovely Everyday Life,” […]Read On »


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