Sunday, February 28, 2010

Dead Snow by Tommy Wirkola



Category: Non-English

So obviously this is kind of my "return post" and the movie I saw was Dead Snow, heard a lot about this movie and probably you have too. The selling factor being - Nazi Zombies.

As per the movie, during World War II several Nazis were posted in Norway at a particular mountain. After they treated the villagers like hell things changed and after a revolt they were driven back to the mountains. However their greed for the wealth they had amassed living in that village knew no bounds. To the point that they are back now to kill anyone who encroaches on it.

Enter some teenagers who are holidaying on the weekend in a friends cabin. The friend gets eaten alive at the start and most of them end up becoming a meal as well. These zombies don't convert anyone as one of the characters observes, "They're not looking to team up!". The movie has some funny moments but in general lacks a real feel to it. It comes very close to becoming a really good horror/comedy film but falls a few places short. These places sadly are visible.

Recommendation level: 2.5/5 Ah, a Zombie movie after a while for me. But I can't just give it a higher rating. Catch it on a weekend when you have nothing left to do but watch Norwegian Zombie movies.

1 comment:

  1. haha, what a coincidence. I watched this movie on friday. and i pretty much agree with everything you wrote. it starts off very well and actually is scary until the bloodfest starts, from where I mostly just laughed until the end :D

    my fav part must be when the old geezer dies, really nice scene with him spotting the legs of one zombie standing in the snow when another one charges him and sliths his throat. scary shit!

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