Overrated and overhyped

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

If you are looking for "pure horror", or 100% historical accuracy, this isn't the movie for you; simply walk away now. If you're a fan of foreign films, and don't mind a bit of confusion and tom-foolery when it comes to the plot, this may be the movie for you.Sauna's beautifully filmed and acted; even though the subtitles on my copy were rather choppy (I believe mine was a "fan translation", as it was filled with typos, grammatical errors, etc.), I got the emotional feel of the movie the entire time, just via the beautiful acting. It has some gorgeous sets and costumes as well - although this isn't historically accurate at times. As a horror movie, it fails. It isn't going to scare you while you watch it; it may be unsettling or unnerving at times, but you won't scream or wet yourself. I prefer this, personally. The end scene hit me, mostly because that sort of thing (I won't reveal much, as to not ruin it) terrifies me. In fact, it was after a nightmare related to that damned scene that I woke up and decided to write this!If it was trying to be more than unsettling though, it failed.The plot is confusing, and can be draggy. I think if someone sat down and gave this movie proper subtitles (it seems no one has yet), it would be less confusing, but not much so. Some of the "mysteries" never panned out, and there are a few plot holes that aren't exactly small. If this movie had had another 15 minutes of screen time (it's a very short movie, imo), it would of been much more creepy (and less tiring, trying to puzzle out those plot holes).I would watch it again - for the acting, beautiful filming, and the occasionally unnerving scene. I wouldn't watch it for horror, or consider it the best movie ever made.

Finnish horror film about the aftermath of the Swedish/Russian war. During a mapping expedition to set the border the parties run into a god forsaken town with a sauna in the middle of a swamp. Will anyone get out alive? Moody atmospheric film will either scare the snot out of you or bore you to death. I'm somewhere in the middle, liking the feel,but not sure its scary enough. Regardless of what you think you can't argue it looks great and feels creepy.Worth a look 6.5 out of 10

Literally, this film sucked.It made no sense what so ever.........THe acting was OK, the pacing was OK, but the ending was just terrible.I got the whole idea of this 'cleansing sauna' in the middle of nowhere but the movie went off to space as far as I'm concerned, it lost me.It had potential to be great, but failed.so, it was boring...........tedious ................pretentious ......and definitely over rated.

It is a stylish gloomy film. But it is very boring film. Action occurs very slowly. Events are not present. Besides, the film contains too many anachronisms and historical errors.The uniform of soldiers, their ranks, a manner to speak and many other things does not correspond to time in which there is a film action.The sense of events also is not clear. Nevertheless, once it is possible to look. From the pleasant moments it is necessary to note good work of actors. Gloom of a film is well allocated thanks to excellent work of the camera man. This film can very much it will be pleasant to fans of gloomy mystical thrillers. My rating 4/10