Lordi to star in horror movie
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{{date|May 30, 2007}}

[[Image:Lordi performing at the ESC 2007.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finnish group Lordi perform Hard Rock Hallelujah at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.{{image source|Indrek Galetin}}]][[Finland|Finnish]] [[w:Hard rock|hard rock]] band [[w:Lordi|Lordi]] are to star in a horror movie called [[w:Dark Floors|''Dark Floors'']].

The film is written in English and began filming earlier this month and will premier in Finland late this year. The film has a budget of 3-4 million euros.

Lordi are famed for their [[w:monster|monster]] costumes and lyrical themes. The band, who won the [[w:Eurovision Song Contest 2006|Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] with [[w:Hard Rock Hallelujah|Hard Rock Hallelujah]], stated at the time they would like to star in a horror movie. They were one of a number of people promoting their films at the [[w:Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] this weekend; a "Finland Bar" was set up near the area.

[[w:Mr Lordi|Mr Lordi]], [[w:lead vocalist|lead vocalist]] of the band, said at the time "In a way it is traditional horror film, but a traditional modern horror film. It has monsters obviously in it... It has some twists in the plot, of course, it has some horrific scenes and a horrific mood, it is more like a psychological thing... Lordi goes to the twilight zone, that is pretty much (what) you can say." Lordi also performed at the Cannes festival.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Market+frenzy+surrounds+Lordi+movie+in+Cannes/1135227587212
|title=Market frenzy surrounds Lordi movie in Cannes
|author=Veli-Pekka Lehtonen
|pub=Helsingin Sanomat
|date=May 29, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/0522cannes0522lordi.html
|title=Finnish monster band Lordi at work on horror film
|author=
|pub=azcentral
|date=May 22, 2007}}

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Finnish group Lordi perform Hard Rock Hallelujah at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.Finnish hard rock band Lordi are to star in a horror movie called Dark Floors.

The film is written in English and began filming earlier this month and will premier in Finland late this year. The film has a budget of 3-4 million euros.

Lordi are famed for their monster costumes and lyrical themes. The band, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Hard Rock Hallelujah, stated at the time they would like to star in a horror movie. They were one of a number of people promoting their films at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend; a "Finland Bar" was set up near the area.

Mr Lordi, lead vocalist of the band, said at the time "In a way it is traditional horror film, but a traditional modern horror film. It has monsters obviously in it... It has some twists in the plot, of course, it has some horrific scenes and a horrific mood, it is more like a psychological thing... Lordi goes to the twilight zone, that is pretty much (what) you can say." Lordi also performed at the Cannes festival.
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