NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: SODANKYLÄ - script idea and screenplay
Title: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: SODANKYLÄ Genre: Nordic Horror / Survival Setting: Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland — November. Permanent dusk, snow-dusted pine forests, the cold hum of the Arctic wind. FADE IN: EXT. OLD WOODEN CHURCH – SODANKYLÄ – NIGHT The wind moans through the birch trees. The sky bleeds faint orange behind thick clouds. An ancient wooden church leans on a hill overlooking a frozen river. Candlelight flickers behind frosted glass. A weathered SIGN creaks: “Sodankylän Vanha Kirkko – 1689” CLOSE ON: A child’s grave — a small wooden cross half-buried in snow. Nameplate faded. Only one word still legible: AINO . The ground trembles. Snow falls away from the mound — as if something breathes beneath it. A rotted small hand claws through the frozen soil. INT. VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT – NIGHT A dim room lit by fluorescent tubes. Five VOLUNTEER FIREMEN sit around a table. Steam rises from mugs of coffee and bottles of Koskenkorva. A police radio ...