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There are several movies that depict Runes in their themes. Two of the scariest are Curse of the Demon (1957) and The Runestone (1991).
Everybody has their ‘comfort food’ movies. Those cinematic warm blankets you pop on when you want to watch something but you’re not in the mood to watch something new. It’s usually a childhood favorite or something that can only be enjoyed ironically and with a ton of booze. They’re the kinds of films you know by heart, so you can turn your brain off and just relish. The Runestone as a lost treasure of cinema, ripe for rediscovery but–just like the best M. Night Shyamalan films.
I’m going to give you the nuts and bolts of the premise and you tell me who you think would knock this thing out of the park: two archeologists discover an ancient runestone in western Pennsylvania and eventually realize that it contains the ancient norse beast Fenrir that if awoken will bring about Ragnarok. It literally has the best elements of The Relic, The Wishmaster (it grants you your desires but that barely factors into the plot) and Rawhead Rex. While also creating its own unique mythology. The history scholars among you will know that before the Italians and before the Dutch, it was actually the Norse that discovered America first. That’s an actual fact but this film presupposes that what if they came here just to get rid of something? What if they were trying to hide something on the other side of the world, where they never thought anyone would find it. What if the runestone was that thing. It’s an interesting concept.
Plot: A Norse runestone is discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The prophecy upon it tells of the Norse great wolf Fenrir (Fenris), and that its release from the stone will bring about Ragnarok — the end of the world. . The stone is transported to New York City, where archaeologists investigate the mystery. Death and destruction follow, as one of the archeologists becomes possessed, and begins killing everyone around him. Sam Stewart and wife Marla find it has some connection to their friend Martin. A young boy named Jacob is haunted by terrifying nightmares of what is to come, and his uncle explains these dreams through stories from Norse legend, which says that the only one who can destroy Fenrir is Týr the Norse god of single combat, victory and heroic glory, who is prophesied to return to fight the creature. In the nick of time, the mystical Clockmaker, who actually is, begins fighting Fenrir.
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