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Dead Snow

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Writers: Stig Frode Henriksen
Tommy Wirkola

Starring: Charlotte Frogner
Orjan Gamst
Stig Frode Henriksen

Studio: Euforia Film
Barentsfilm AS
Miho Film
Yellow Bastard Production

Synopsis:

TormentedFilms.com has just seen a gem of a Scandanavian Horror film. Dead Snow brings to life Nazis and mixes them with everybody’s favorite foe- the zombie.

A group of medical students decides to spend their Spring Break in Norway skiing the hills outside of Oksfjord. With enough food, drink, and company to last them all quite a while, a strange visitor shakes them to the core. He tells them a story of the old Nazi occupation of the area. They used the area as their own personal land of rape, pillage, and murder. Before the end of WWII, they frantically gathered up as much gold and treasure as they could.

For some reason, the locals didn’t like this, and did something about it. They revolted, overtaking the soldiers and their captain, banishing them to freeze to death in the wilderness. Nobody ever heard from them again, and everyone assumed they had met the fate meant for them.

As the students get on with their reveling, they begin to notice that something is stirring in the woods, and nobody suspects the truth. They meet the undead Nazis bent on continuing their pillaging and consuming anything that strays into their path, not to mention reclaiming the gold they stole.

This slightly humorous tale of young people scared in the woods cuts into the fears that lurk in the trees after dark. Dead Snow met with some harsh reviews at Sundance, due to its less than stellar makeup and somewhat anemic gore, though there is the coolness factor of watching zombies tear chunks of flesh from young nubile Nords.

There are a few funny things thrown into the mix, perhaps as a way to lighten the mood and get you to identify with the protagonists, but most of them fall short and seem a bit out of character for the style. When the blood does get going, though, we get a bit too much digital animation, though that seems to be the norm these days.

Zombie enthusiasts will surely jump at the opportunity to catch this flick, but if you’re one of them, there’s something you need to know about the zombies. They’re not really zombies. At least not the way you expect them to be. Sure, they’re undead, but compare them to the zombies of Night of the Living Dead, and you’ll quickly discover they are a new breed of undead. They’re not incredibly decayed, and they’re interested in gold, not brains. Speaking of brains, these guys fight like they have one, they use weapons, and you don’t have to burn them to kill them. If that bothers you, don’t call them zombies. For the rest of us, we’ll stick to nomenclature that works.

All in all, Dead Snow seems to be just entertaining enough for a night with a bowl of popcorn or for a time out with friends at the movies, but if you’re looking for something to rival The Exorcist, Dead Snow falls short.

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Posted by rich
A Horror Guy