She's coming out of her shell.
12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.
Cast
Siiri Solalinna
Tinja
Sophia Heikkilä
Mother
Jani Volanen
Father
Reino Nordin
Tero
Oiva Ollila
Matias
Ida Määttänen
Reetta
Saija Lentonen
Coach
Stella Leppikorpi
Gym Friend
Hertta Nieminen
Gym Friend
Aada Punakivi
Gym Friend
Hertta Karen
Alli - Early Stages 2
Jonna Aaltonen
Alli - Early Stages 1
Miroslava Agejeva
Baby Helmi
Videos
News
Trailer For Dark Maternal Fable NIGHTBORN
A Film by Hanna Bergholm (Director of Hatching) Starring Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint STREAMING ON SHUDDER STARTING FRIDAY, JULY 31ST Fantasia Film...
Shudder’s ‘Nightborn’ Trailer Unleashes a Bloodthirsty Child Only a Mother Could Love
The filmmaker behind 'Hatching' is back with her next grisly fable about maternal love, 'Nightborn', coming to Shudder this month.
Horror Highlights: NIGHTBORN, STILETTO, SCAREDY CAT
SHUDDER TAKES “NIGHTBORN” DIRECTOR HANNA BERGHOLM’S FOLLOW UP TO HORROR HIT “HATCHING”: "Shudder announced today that it is acquiring the rights to NI...
‘Hatching’ Director’s ‘Nightborn’ Heads to Shudder This July
Shudder is lighting it up this summer, having just acquired Nightborn (Yön Lapsi), hailing from Hatching director Hanna Bergholm. They will add […]
The Girl Inside the Photograph (Review)
Director(s) – Ed Alexander and David Michan (Less Than Nothing, Price of Fame) Starring – Jaira Brownlee (Daughters and Sons, Hatching), Marie Isserma...
Activity
- Release Date 03/04/2022
- Language Finnish
- Director Hanna Bergholm
- Editor Linda Jildmalm
- Cinematographer Jarkko T. Laine
- Producers Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti, Nima Yousefi
- Companies Silva Mysterium, uMedia, Film i Väst, HOBAB, Evil Doghouse Productions
- Budget $3,896,000
- Homepage www.hatchingmovie.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Jan 22, 2022 | Digital (Sundance Film Festival (Virtual)) | — |
| France | Jan 27, 2022 | Premiere (Premiers Plans Film Festival) | — |
| SE | Feb 3, 2022 | Premiere (Göteborg Film Festival) | 15 |
| FI | Mar 4, 2022 | Theatrical | K-16 |
| Netherlands | Mar 4, 2022 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Netherlands | Mar 4, 2022 | Digital | 16 |
| Russia | Apr 7, 2022 | Theatrical (Russian World Vision) | 16+ |
| Japan | Apr 15, 2022 | Digital | R18+ |
| France | Apr 27, 2022 | Digital | 12 |
| France | Apr 27, 2022 | Physical (DVD & Blu-Ray) | 12 |
| FI | Apr 29, 2022 | Digital (IFC Midnight Release) | K-16 |
| United States | Apr 29, 2022 | Theatrical | NR |
| South Korea | May 1, 2022 | Premiere (Jeonju International Film Festival) | — |
| United States | May 17, 2022 | Digital | NR |
| Australia | May 26, 2022 | Theatrical | MA15+ |
| HU | Jun 16, 2022 | Theatrical (16+ is re-rating from 18+.) | 16 |
| NZ | Jul 1, 2022 | Digital | 16 |
| Germany | Jul 28, 2022 | Theatrical | 16 |
| GR | Sep 1, 2022 | Theatrical | K18 |
| IE | Sep 16, 2022 | Digital | 18 |
| United Kingdom | Sep 16, 2022 | Theatrical | 15 |
| France | Oct 12, 2022 | Digital (MyCanal) | 12 |
| Poland | Oct 14, 2022 | Theatrical | — |
| CZ | Jan 19, 2023 | Theatrical | 15+ |
| South Korea | Jun 16, 2023 | Theatrical | 12 |
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