when the raven fly death be come . in this stark and brutal and gloomy tale of unrelenting vengeance . a celtic christian boy family in ireland be wipe out in a viking raid and with his old sister carry off into sexual bondage . when he become a man and he track down the band of exile all the way to iceland where they await the death of their enemy and king harald of norway . one by one he patiently stalk each member of the band and cunningly turn their barbaric superstition and brutish nature against them . the authenticity of the icelandic setting and the grubbiness of the actor lend veracity to this depiction of this dark period in scandinavian history in which the blood feud last for generation . this film have a strangely compelling beauty thread through it dominant theme of violence beget violence in a self perpetuate cycle .