Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

The hills are alive with the sounds of screaming

Directed by Michael Steiner

Produced by Kontraproduktion AG, Superfilm

2010110 min6.3 / 10

A dark, psychologically unsettling folk-horror tale set in an isolated Alpine village where religious hypocrisy, sexual depravity, and collective delusion spiral into tragedy and destruction.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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