[2] The film was directed by Jannik Johansen, who wrote the screenplay along with Anders Thomas Jensen.

Her brother Jacob, who is a journalist, follows her ex-fiance to the Danish village of Mørke.

Upon these revelations, Jacob investigates whether Julie's ex-fiance is murdering women who are handicapped.

[7] Bodil Awards - 2006 Robert Festival - 2006 Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel directed the American adaptation of the film entitled Merciless.

[8] The Gold Circle Films project was rewritten in late December 2009 by Ed Dougherty[9] and was released in 2011.