Dead Snow (DVD) Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

This is my all time favourite zombie film, and i love dawn of the dead so its no mean feat! It has rekindled my love for Norway which has only brought me Alpen before this, and i am not a breakfast man! This is a brilliant crazy film, with some of the best gore scenes ever! What separates this from other zombie films is that these are not ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review