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''Black Ghosts'' (2015), AKA ''Trans Somnium''

==Summary==


"She has summoned Them." In an attempt to reunite with her dead girlfriend, Maya evokes dark forces through occult rituals, with devastating results. She has opened a portal to hell and must now fight to survive against a small band of angry and deadly spirits, who twist and turn her reality into a living nightmare.

==Details==
[[File:Blackghosts 2015film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Promotional image for ''Black Ghosts (2015 film)''...]]

* Release Date: 2015
* Country/Language: Sweden, English & Swedish
* Genres/Technical: Horror, Art/Experimental
* Setting: [[Modern]] [[Sweden]]
* Runtime: 1 hr 38 min
* Starring: Sandra Karinsdotter, Kaarina Lindblom, Johan Sjöberg
* Director: Andreas Marawell
* Writer: Andreas Marawell
* Producer/Production Co: Intravex, Swesoundstudios, Andreas Marawell, George Beckman
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnOUPhQodgg link])
* IMDB Page: ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2343805/ link])


==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: unrated (equivalent to an R for Nudity, Adult Content, Sexual Situations, Profanity, and mild Violence)

===Tentacle Ratings===

A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

A magical ritual opens a grieving woman to a DreamQuest to see her dead lover again, and is haunted by sinister and malevolent spirits.

''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of
how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===

Review Links:
* [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]: "A Swedish thing similar to a (much) slower-paced ''[[The Ritual (2017 film)]]''; there's a slow build-up following an intense and lengthy occult ritual, leading up to strange dream-quests and interactions with imaginative and eerie dark spirits, before the movie collapses under its own ponderous weight with a rather useless ending, leaving the whole thing feeling like it was a lot of build-up for a small pay-off and no real plot-twist or conclusion; I suspect for many viewers who enjoy the film much of the interest would come only from following the esoteric and occult elements."

==Synopsis (SPOILERS)==

{{spoiler|In an attempt to reunite with her dead girlfriend, Maya evokes dark forces through occult rituals, with devastating results. She has opened a portal to hell and must now fight to survive against a small band of angry and deadly spirits, who twist and turn her reality into a living nightmare.}}

==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===

* The spirits were named [[Aleister Crowley|Aleister C]], Z.Q, X.X, Y.Ö, Q.Z, and L.L

===Associated Mythos Elements===

* race: [[Ghost]]s or [[Demon]]s

===Keeper Notes===

* The investigators must engage in a Dream Quest to rescue an obsessed Dreamer who has gone too far in her effort to see a dead loved one again, and has become ensnared in a dark Dreamland peopled by malevolent spirits.


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 * [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]: "A Swedish thing similar to a (much) slower-paced ''[[A Dark Song (2016 film)]]''; there's a slow build-up following an intense and lengthy occult ritual, leading up to strange dream-quests and interactions with imaginative and eerie dark spirits, before the movie collapses under its own ponderous weight with a rather useless ending, leaving the whole thing feeling like it was a lot of build-up for a small pay-off and no real plot-twist or conclusion; I suspect for many viewers who enjoy the film much of the interest would come only from following the esoteric and occult elements."
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+* [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]: "A Swedish thing similar to a (much) slower-paced ''[[A Dark Song (2016 film)]]''; there's a slow build-up following an intense and lengthy occult ritual, leading up to strange dream-quests and interactions with imaginative and eerie dark spirits, before the movie collapses under its own ponderous weight with a rather useless ending, leaving the whole thing feeling like it was a lot of build-up for a small pay-off and no real plot-twist or conclusion; I suspect for many viewers who enjoy the film much of the interest would come only from following the esoteric and occult elements."
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