Dead Snow (DVD)

You'd think the idea of Nazi Zombies would be easy enough to sell; with the right satirical bent and wealth of crazy setpieces, it should be easy to make a good film about, but here, the results are strangely rather mixed, due to some pacing issues and some overly self-conscious, almost masturbatory film referencing. The film depicts seven students who are hanging out at a cabin in Norway, where they meet a mysterious hiker (Bjørn Sundquist), who in forms them that they are in mortal danger. There is a curse haunting the are stemming from WWII's German occupation of Norway, where the citizens of the small town eventually formed a revolt against the Nazis, ...  Read the complete review

Dead Snow or Død snø as it's known in its native tongue is a Norwegian horror comedy film, directed Tommy Wirkola whose previous work included a film called Kill Buljo, a satire of Tarantino's Kill Bill. As I've mentioned before in previous reviews the horror and comedy genres are very similar to each other, and with a little bit a tweaking (or bad directing) a scary scene can become funny and vice-versa. Wirkola's film is full of predictable horror film clichés, but he's intended this to be the case. It's what you may call a smart horror film; the characters reminded me of those in the Scream trilogy of films, they know their horror, often referencing ...  Read the complete review

Everyone loves zombies being killed, whether it being through video games or the overflowing cauldron that is the zombie genre movie. Everyone hates Nazi's (you would hope) so it was only a matter of time before someone with appropriate funds decided to greenlight a project to bring these two things together - a frankenstein creature we can all enjoy! This actually isn't the first film to involve Nazi Zombies. Back in the late 80's, Thailand was reponsible for breeding an extremley odd rarity entitled Ginseng King, a film that included a Nazi Zombie. However, unless you're a horror geek and socialise in the right circles, you have probably heard of this, much ...  Read the complete review

Recipe for Good Zombie Pie: Take several fresh young actors (enough to fill 91 minutes) Cool to near freezing on a weekend trip to a log cabin somewhere in Norway (well, Øksfjord, actually.) Heat the tempers of a platoon of undead Nazi Zombies by invading their personal space. Add a large dollop of humour. Wrap up filming with decent photographic direction. Consume with several beers. Right, enough of the pie analogy...it's not really going anywhere and I feel slightly queasy.... Dead Snow is a Norwegian film which follows the usual teenagers-versus-unspecified-hostiles-in-a-secluded-location-format. This time its ...  Read the complete review

The plot of this zombie comedy film is a predictable one, but it does not detract from the viewers enjoyment of the film and it also manages to bring its own original ideas. It follows the formula from previous successful films of the genres (zombie and black comedy), with a group of 8 medical students heading to a secluded cabin in the mountains of Norway for a ski trip. During the night a creepy late night visitor sets the back story for the group by telling of the evil Colonel Herzog and his sadistic platoon of SS troops who had raped and robbed the local village during the Second World War before escaping to the mountains with their looted treasure. After, ...  Read the complete review