Chicago – Just as Edgar Wright’s “Shaun of the Dead” was a wonderful homage to the work of George A. Romero, I feel like Tommy Wirkola’s highly-buzzed Nazi zombie film “Dead Snow” is an ode to the work accomplished by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell in the films of the “Evil Dead” series. Not only is Ash, Campbell’s character, directly mentioned by a character in the film but the style, story, and even amputations are straight out of the ‘Cult of Ash’. Being inspired by horror greatness doesn’t always lead to quality itself, but this cult-hit-in-the-making nearly lives up to its gory ancestors and will clearly have a loyal following for years to come.
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
What’s scarier than normal zombies? Nazi zombies! With a plot that sounds spawned from too much Red Bull after a 24-hour midnight movie marathon, “Dead Snow” opens with a woman...
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
What’s scarier than normal zombies? Nazi zombies! With a plot that sounds spawned from too much Red Bull after a 24-hour midnight movie marathon, “Dead Snow” opens with a woman...
- 3/1/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This year is the year of the zombie. That Nazis are always a fine villain since they come with a u-boatload of nastiness behind them and wear some scary uniforms. It.s not surprising that those two should meet in the frozen wasteland of Norway. A group of friends are heading to the isolated cabin of Sara.s (Ane Dahl Torp) family. Her boyfriend Vegard (Lasse Valdal) is leading squeamish medical student Martin (Vegar Hoel), his girlfriend Hanna (Charlotte Frogner), horn-dog Roy (Stig Frode Henriksen), movie geek Erlend (Jeppe Laursen), and single girls Chris (Jenny Skavlan) and Liv (Evy Kasseth Rosten). Sara, the sportiest of the group, has decided to ski across country to get to the cabin and...
- 3/1/2010
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
The Norwegian Dod Sno,, or for North American horror fans Dead Snow, will release on DVD this week and the film is worth a second look. Dead Snow is one of the best foreign films to be released in 2009 and the film has been reviewed here (Dead Snow Review). From the review: "not since 'Shock Waves' has the use of Nazi zombies been given such effective attention" (28Dla). Now the DVD has some extras to start of the film's release with a bang. DVD features include a behind the scenes featurette, a special make-up effects featurette, and a short film entitled "Madness in the North." The film includes several other gems and, while the film is in Norwegian with English subtitles, the film blends over-the-top campiness with raw blood and guts. Have another look at the trailer below.
The synopsis for Dead Snow here:
"For eight medical students,...
The synopsis for Dead Snow here:
"For eight medical students,...
- 2/22/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Dead Snow (Død Snø)
Directed by: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Vegar Hoel, Charlotte Frogner
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Plot: A group of medical students travel to a secluded mountain cabin to spend a weekend engaging in drunken sex and winter sports. Unfortunately, the hills surrounding the cabin are full of Nazi Zombies! So that’s going to be a problem.
Who’s It For? If you like slasher films and don’t mind subtitles, this is for you.
Expectations: Zombies are badass, Nazis are evil, so Nazi Zombies must be on a whole new unimaginable level, right? Right?
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Vegar Hoel as Martin: Martin’s a medical student who’s afraid of blood, so you know that he’s going to have issues when the zombies show up. Hoel’s credible in his role but I never really liked him, or cared if he lived.
Directed by: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Vegar Hoel, Charlotte Frogner
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Plot: A group of medical students travel to a secluded mountain cabin to spend a weekend engaging in drunken sex and winter sports. Unfortunately, the hills surrounding the cabin are full of Nazi Zombies! So that’s going to be a problem.
Who’s It For? If you like slasher films and don’t mind subtitles, this is for you.
Expectations: Zombies are badass, Nazis are evil, so Nazi Zombies must be on a whole new unimaginable level, right? Right?
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Vegar Hoel as Martin: Martin’s a medical student who’s afraid of blood, so you know that he’s going to have issues when the zombies show up. Hoel’s credible in his role but I never really liked him, or cared if he lived.
- 9/11/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
[Spoiler Alert: I discuss the plot of the film in detail.]
Dead Snow does everything a splatter-zombie film is supposed to do. It gathers a group of young people in a remote spot, slowly unleashes an at first mysterious deadly force on them, picks off the characters one by one but backwards from the least to the most significant, and has the requisite number of bloody moments – eyes are squished, intestines are re-employed for interesting external uses, and jaws chomp down on writhing bodies. I haven’t read any reviews or production histories of the film but this polished, well-photographed effort has the flavor of a calling card film. It pleads, “I can put a coherent commercial property together so please hire me.”
All that being said, Dead Snow, along with other recent horror films, such as Drag Me to Hell and the numerous ’70s remakes, raises some interesting questions about the state of horror.
Splatter movies are perhaps the defining...
Dead Snow does everything a splatter-zombie film is supposed to do. It gathers a group of young people in a remote spot, slowly unleashes an at first mysterious deadly force on them, picks off the characters one by one but backwards from the least to the most significant, and has the requisite number of bloody moments – eyes are squished, intestines are re-employed for interesting external uses, and jaws chomp down on writhing bodies. I haven’t read any reviews or production histories of the film but this polished, well-photographed effort has the flavor of a calling card film. It pleads, “I can put a coherent commercial property together so please hire me.”
All that being said, Dead Snow, along with other recent horror films, such as Drag Me to Hell and the numerous ’70s remakes, raises some interesting questions about the state of horror.
Splatter movies are perhaps the defining...
- 9/5/2009
- by dkholm
Director: Tommy Wirkola.
Writer: Stig Frode Henriksen.
A Norwegian film that made its premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, "Dead Snow," is now approaching North American shores, with a limited release this summer. And not since "Shock Waves," has the use of Nazi zombies been given such effective attention. Twenty-nine year old Tommy Wirkola from "Kill Buljo: The Movie," fame, a satire of Tarantino's "Kill Bill," is the creative energy behind this newest zombie genre film. Not skimping on the gore and attempting a few scares along the way "Dead Snow," mostly stays in comedic tones. Also, while paying homage to 80s slasher films of the past "Dead Snow," manages to avoid the many pitfalls of blending horror and comedy through excellent film techniques while owning the many cliches of horror film classics. And these are not just zombies these are frozen Nazi zombies!
The story begins with eight medical...
Writer: Stig Frode Henriksen.
A Norwegian film that made its premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, "Dead Snow," is now approaching North American shores, with a limited release this summer. And not since "Shock Waves," has the use of Nazi zombies been given such effective attention. Twenty-nine year old Tommy Wirkola from "Kill Buljo: The Movie," fame, a satire of Tarantino's "Kill Bill," is the creative energy behind this newest zombie genre film. Not skimping on the gore and attempting a few scares along the way "Dead Snow," mostly stays in comedic tones. Also, while paying homage to 80s slasher films of the past "Dead Snow," manages to avoid the many pitfalls of blending horror and comedy through excellent film techniques while owning the many cliches of horror film classics. And these are not just zombies these are frozen Nazi zombies!
The story begins with eight medical...
- 4/2/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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