Some crew use tents and others sleep in their vans.įrom the abandoned buildings to the tension between Alice and Emmy. The old mining town has no phone service, cutting them off from the world. Alice and her film crew are here to gather info, take pictures, and put together a portfolio to entice backers to finance her documentary. In 1959 when people went to check on family members they discovered the entire town abandoned except for a female stoned to death in the town square and a newborn child found in the school infirmary.

This is a suspenseful horror story with little to no gore that will give you goosebumps.Īlice Lindstedt, a filmmaker, is obsessed with stories surrounding an old mining town referred to as “The Lost Village.” Her grandmother’s entire family disappeared along with the town in 1959. Translated by Alexandra Fleming, Sten delivered a twisty horror that kept me reading into the wee hours. I love Roanoke type stories and decided to read The Lost Village by Camilla Sten. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice:

Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left-a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn-have plagued her. The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense.ĭocumentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl.