Dead Snow

Strongly inspired by Peter Jackson’s Dead-Alive (1992) and Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise (1981-1992), this was silly and fun with some outstanding levels of gore, ridiculous circumstances and a healthy dash of manic humor.What ever happened to nice cushy resorts? Working phones, indoor plumbing, people who you can call for help nearby… not here. A group of Norwegian medical students venture to an extremely remote arctic cabin for winter sports and party shenanigans. After learning the dark history of Nazi occupancy in the region, they discover a small treasure chest filled with gold coins that fuel Nazi zombies with murderous rage like the greedy Leprechaun (1993).A combination of a lively soundtrack, congenial energy and playful flirting of the characters, prepare us for the kind of entertainment fueled more by fun gasps than frightened screams.This gory film wears its Jackson-Raimi-flavored influence clearly on its sleeve. Once our zombies are introduced, some decent gore gags transpire—LOTS of intestines and head smashing and blood splatters, a head being ripped open and the brain plopping to the ground (like Dead-Alive, referenced additionally by Jeppe Beck Laursen’s Braindead shirt), some feisty applications of severed heads, chainsaw stuff (Evil Dead), and someone actually repels using intestines like rope!This movie was very entertaining, and very dumb—or maybe silly is a better word. I mean, it’s something of a horror comedy and I’m pretty sure the writers knew exactly what they were doing. But even in a genre littered with characters making poor decisions or events that make no sense or monsters “magically” appearing in the darnedest places and times, this movie ranks high in this territory. But not to its detriment really. This movie is much more about sheer mania and the lovely stark contrast between a bright red blood-splattered face against the blaring white of the arctic landscape; a LOT of blood and a LOT of white snow. As the gore ramps up, circumstances grow ever more ridiculous.I appreciate a good outhouse scene (e.g., The Hills Have Eyes II, Friday the 13th part V). Outhouses are places of vulnerability, claustrophobia, potential grossness and awkward humor. Drag a victim into the well below and, well, yeah—it’s gross. Even more so, I enjoyed how the gore continued to amplify as the film continued. Even when I thought it was already very bloody and gory, it subsequently reached Evil Dead (2013) levels of chunky massive quantities of gore such that the whites of one’s eyes practically glow against their gore-caked face. We even enjoy the utter screaming insanity of a chainsaw self-amputation.Written (in part) and directed by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead), I was happier with this film than I expected. I expected fun and dumb and probably mostly forgettable. What I got was silly and fun with some outstanding levels of manic gore. I’m now very excited to see part 2!

Quirky, gory and sometimes silly film about a battalion of zombie Nazi SS troops still lurking in the country's northern mountains many decades after World War Two ended in 1945. It's kind of a take-off on OUTPOST, which came out two years earlier, but it's not as good. Six Norwegian university students are spending their winter holiday at a remote private mountain lodge to ski, drink and fool around. On their first night they're attacked by a group of German SS ghouls who somehow never completely died at the end of the Second World War, when the Nazi occupation of Norway ended. One "old-timer" camping out in the mountains tells the students the story of the SS unit and vaguely warns them of the ghouls' legend several hours before he is killed and their cabin is assaulted. Later in the film, a couple of the students find a cave full of WW 2 German helmets, moldering SS uniforms and rusting military weapons. Written and directed by Tommy Wirkola (HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS).

A distasteful waste of time with every genre cliché and retreaded splatterfest plot hole thrown into it, just so Director Wirkola could give Nazi zombies their due. The film making is so bad, that not only does it sink to the Norwegian version of fart joke humor but also goes full pro NZ’s throughout a large chunk of the double feature. Hitler most likely danced with glee so fervently for his follower’s portrayal in the first two movies (especially with the movie’s acidity towards gays), that Wirkola has planned to resurrect him for the final chapter. This movie is the equivalent of your know-it-all cousin who is too dumb to realize that living in his mom’s house on wheels isn’t as cool as he would have everyone believe.

This is, without a doubt, my favorite Norwegian zombie movie.Loosely based on the draugen folktales, the plot involves Nazis who were killed for robbing and terrorizing the people who lived in and around Oksfjord. Ever since then, the Nazi undead have been on the lookout for their missing loot, seeking to reclaim it wherever it's found. In this case, part of their `treasure' is in a box beneath the cabin of a woman, Sara, who's waiting to meet a few friends there for Easter vacation. The hostess doesn't show up but her 7 friends do. Before you can say, having an outhouse is a really bad downgrade in a vacation home; the bodies start to pile up. This film is equal parts humorous and horrifying. I liked it for its audacity and style, choosing to ignore its lack of originality. It is, after all, just another variation of a slasher/splatter flick where a group of people are isolated in a cabin and picked off one by one. There's also the obligatory creepy guy who reveals the history of the area to the unsuspecting campers. This film also relies heavily on jump scares (very effective but not entirely original). I did love the use of Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King during the opening sequence. I also love that one of the characters, Roy, picks up a hammer and sickle to attack the Nazi zombie horde (very ironic). I've watched this movie twice, listening to the original Norwegian language with English subtitles. It is incredibly fun and has a prominent place in my collection. (I purchased it based entirely on the cover art on the DVD and I'm glad I took the chance. It's a great `find.')The director/writer of Dead Snow, Tommy Wirkola, also wrote and directed Hanzel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. He is also involved in making the sequels to both films. I am of course anxiously waiting for Dead Snow: Red VS Dead to come out on DVD (it is currently still in theaters abroad).

Loved the second one so finally had to see this one. Subtitled so be ready to read but is a very good movie. I loved it but renting was perfect since i dont need to see it twice. The second one is in english and an excellent movie that i have watched a few times. Comedy-horror.

Wirkola deve essersi ben pastrugnato con gli splatteroni raiminiani e jacksoniani e studiati a memoria (forse troppo)Notevole l'incipit notturno con il pezzo di Beethoven e alcune idee non male (il covo dei nazi, l'oro ambito e nascosto) e il comandante Herzog ha un carisma necroforo davvero notevolePoi, dopo una prima parte dove poco succede ma che ho preferito per attesa e senso di minaccia incombente, Wirkola si scatena nella splatterfeast da cartoon, tra intestini che schizzano (usati come corde o che si attorcigliano agli alberi), arti che volano, cervelli sparpagliati, teste che si spappolano, corpi strappati, motoseghe all'opera, autoamputazioni, cauterizzazioni, schizzi, imbrattamenti e bagni ematici-non solo-, infilzamenti, enucleazioni e macelleria alla Tex Avery)Non che impazzisca per questo genere di film, ma qualche momento e davvero divertente e sbotta nella risata liberatoria (la testa del soldato nazi usata come fosse un pallone, la falce e il martello, il soldato zombi sulla motoslitta che piglia in pieno il ramo di una pianta, la molotov lanciata alla c di cane che dà fuoco alla baita), altri sono dementificio puro (i due chei richiamano i nazi zombi a suon di pentole e mestoli e chiamandoli con appelattivo colorito sugli "omosessuali", per poi preoccuparsi se si sono offesi, l'inutile scena di sesso tra il ciccione cinefilo e la ragazza nel gabinetto, e il bagno nella m di quest'ultima, che manco il GianBurrasca di Alvaro Vitali)Tamarrate inevitabili (la motoslitta, Vegard novello Ash, la mitragliatrice) e pagliacciate come se piovesse (ma era da metterlo in conto)Di contro, Wirkola , azzecca alcuni momenti cattivi e feroci che centrano il bersaglio (Liv che vede i nazi zombi pasteggiare con le sue interiora, la ragazza uccisa per sbaglio dal suo fidanzato, Sara che si rompe la gamba cadendo nell'incipit) e altri trasmettono un filo d'angoscia (Hanna sotto la neve, le SS che sbucano dal manto nevoso e resurrezioni che nonfinisconopiù)Forse gli zombi più stupidi mai visti in un film (che contrastano con la figura possente e malvagia del comandante Herzog), messi lì come birilli da fare a pezzi (che hanno la visuale simil Baby Killer, si muovono veloci come vampiri e ruggiscono che manco L'ultimo squalo, scelta quanto mai discutibile)SFX mediocri (il make up degli zombi nazi non e il massimo), cartooneschi e , a volte, annacquati dalla CGComunque non ci si annoia (anche se l'atmosfera innevata sà di fritto) e il finale con l'unico sopravvissuto (braccio amputato), la scatola dei preziosi, la macchina e la monetina, e ben strutturato visivamente.Nulla di nuovo dai fiordi, ma la passione c'è e il ludibrio non manca, per tornare ai fasti ottantiani di certo cinema demenzial-goryDa sturbo Evy Kasseth Røsten, norvegesina davvero notevole e arrapante (a lei spetta la fine peggiore)Buono il dvd targato BIMFormato: 1.85:1Audio: italiano (5.1), norvegese (5.1)Sottotitoli: italianoCome extra teaser e trailer originaleDurata effettiva: 1h, 27m e 52s

Dopo il clamoroso successo della serie televisiva "The walking dead" (roba da 15 milioni a serata in America su pay tv...) non si contano più i film a tema usciti negli ultimi 2-3 anni (alcuni persino italiani, a cominciare dallo stracult "Eaters").Questa è una delle pellicole migliori che abbia visto (diciamo che le ho viste quasi tutte...per la maggior parte scarse, ma agli zombi non riesco proprio a resistere...): un'idea portante geniale (zombi nazisti stile voodoo), location delimitata (non è la solita apocalisse planetaria...) ritmo, scorrettezza politica e poca voglia di prendersi sul serio. Gli attori reggono bene la parte e gli effetti speciali (molto artigianato con un pizzico di computer grafica) sono davvero ben fatti per un low budget.Romero (quello classico) è e resta su di un altro pianeta, ma nella miriade di zombi-movie usciti di recente, questo è davvero uno dei pochi titoli che merita (già il fatto che la trama non si dimentichi dopo un paio di giorni è un segnale inequivocabile di qualità superiore...).Decisamente consigliato.

Visto un paio di anni fa ho deciso che dovevo averlo. Questo è l'unico film di zombie che mi sia mai piaciuto! Ironico, divertente, splatter e allo stesso tempo abbastanza spaventoso... La storia di alcuni ragazzi in un luogo isolato che lottano per la propria vita contro creature mostruose non è sicuramente nuova, ma per come è portata avanti in questa pellicola sono sicura che piacerà a molti. Un film che è già un cult!

Oh man is this movie bad! But for a night with your buddies after quite a few beer, you’ll get some laughs ( but only if your not sober, Ha!

Ce film est qualifié du genre de l'horreur comme révélant des faits totalement faux, contournés et exagérés dans lesquels des images sanguinaires et terrifiantes passent plus comme improbables et comiques ; seulement voilà, les nazis, à l'époque de la seconde guerre, ont cependant, effectivement et réellement, brûlé des victimes innocentes autant en Russie, qu'en France ( Oradour-sur-Glane ) ou encore en Tchécoslovaquie à Lidice et dans les Abruzzes en Italie en conséquence de représailles sur la population ayant repoussé le fascisme de Mussolini. Les scènes, dans lesquelles les corps sont découpés avec cruauté, sont filmés de manière à provoquer l'épouvante sans cependant faire croire que ce genre de faits peuvent exister ou avoir existé en réalité; or, des corps vivants de prisonniers ont réellement été dépecé et décapité dans des sortes de laboratoires dans les camps concentrationnaires sur lesquels toutes sortes d'expériences aussi horribles qu'absurdes ont été pratiqués...