Despite its offbeat title that feels like it should be attached to an episode of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” “Koko-di Koko-da” is probably one of the creepiest and unsettling films that we watched in 2019. And in the new trailer, viewers will finally get a look at one of our favorites from last year’s Sundance.
“Koko-di Koko-da” tells the story of a married couple that goes camping for the first time after an unfortunate tragedy derails their lives for years. And on this first camping trip since the previous tragedy, the couple finds themselves stalked by a terrifying group of people, including an older man that keeps singing this horrible children’s song.
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The film stars Peter Belli, Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Katarina Jackobson, and Brandy Litmanen. “Koko-di Koko-da” is written and directed by Johannes Nyholm, who previously wrote and directed 2016’s “The Giant.”
In our review of the film, from last year’s Sundance Film Festival, we said, “Working as shock therapy of sorts, Nyholm’s pitch black fantasy is a statement on self-atonement, and metaphorical invitation urging us to grab the keys to the car of our lives and driving away from the pain and into a place where healing can begin.”
“Koko-di Koko-da” arrives in theaters on March 27.
Here’s the synopsis:
Elin and Tobias are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives. Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely. Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past and fight for their lives. Over, and over, and over again.