Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale premieres at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in 2010. The tongue-in-cheek Finnish horror film about a darkly twisted species of Santa Claus is based on two previous short films by director Jalmari Helander. The film won the Variety Piazza Grande Award at the festival, and was a critical and box office success upon its release four months later.
This Day in Halloween: Horror comedy "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" premieres at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in 2010. / Illustration by Lee Ernest