The Virgin Spring (1960)

The Virgin Spring (Jungfruk’llan) (1960) Set in creepy 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy land-owning parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter from the dead girl’s parents, who, discovering the truth about their erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revenge. ??L.H. Wong Awards: 6 wins & 2 nominations totalWorldwide Gross: $1,528