The Hyperborean

The Hyperborean is a Canadian comedy horror science fiction film, directed by Jesse Thomas Cook and released in 2023.

Plot

The film centres on the wealthy owner of a whisky distillery company who summons his family to help recover a case of whisky that the company lost over 100 years ago when the ship foundered in the Canadian Arctic, but unwittingly unleash an ice mummy because a dead sailor's body was preserved in one of the whisky barrels.

Cast

The cast includes Liv Collins, Tony Burgess, Jessica Vano, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Craig, Marcia Alderson, Justin Bott, Greg Collins, Justin Darmanin and Steve Kasan.

Background

It was the fourth feature film produced by the Collingwood Film Company, an independent production studio established in 2018 by Cook and Collins.

Release

It premiered in October 2023 at the Forest City Film Festival, where Cook and co-producer Samuel Scott also won the Pitch This competition for their future screenplay Turn It Up.

Accolades

Katie Ballantyne, Jonathan Craig, and Karlee Morse received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Makeup|Best Makeup] at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.