Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
Sennentuntschi
1975, Swiss Alps: In a remote mountain village, a beautiful and mysterious woman shows up. Only the village policeman takes care of the strange woman and tries to find out who she is. There are hints that she came from the Höhenalp Alp, where herdsmen do unthinkable things to get the company of women. Many dark truths are revealed that should better have remained hidden. A tragedy of lust, insanity and murder is brought to a seemlingly pure and perfect world. It is the beginning of a nightmare of religious insanity, hypocrisy, abuse and belief in demons, who destroys a young family and brings a whole village to destruction.
A grim folk horror fable that unspools Swiss mountain superstition into a slow-burning nightmare of lust and religious madness.
- Unearths a rarely explored Alpine setting steeped in folklore and claustrophobic village paranoia.
- Delivers unsettling atmosphere over cheap shocks, with practical effects that evoke old-school regional horror.
- For fans of European folk horror like "The Wicker Man" or "The Blood on Satan’s Claw," but with a darker, more brutal edge.
- Not flawless—its pacing can drag and some storytelling choices feel uneven—but its eerie mood and thematic weight reward patient viewers.
