It Hatched


It Hatched is a 2021 Icelandic horror film directed, shot, and scored by Elvar Gunnarsson, who the screenplay with Ingimar Sveinsson. It stars Gunnar Kristinsson and Vivian D. Ólafsdóttir as a couple whose dreams of opening a bed and breakfast in the Westfjords come to a halt when she lays an egg containing a baby, after which an ancient demon escapes from under the basement.
The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival on, where it was nominated for awards in the Dark Matters and Narrative categories. It also won Best International Film at the MidWest WeirdFest.