The premise of Dead Snow goes a little something like this: A group of med students decide to spend their Easter Break in the mountains - skiing, drinking, and partying. They head out to a cabin owned by Sara (one of the students, who is supposed to meet them there) and get right to it. What they don't know (yet) is that the surrounding area was the site of a macabre WWII battle between Norwegian civilians and Nazi soldiers.
The civilians managed to
kill many of the soldiers, running the remaining survivors off into the cold terrain to freeze to death. Or at least, that was their intention. Unfortunately for our group of hapless students, the Nazis return with a vengeance - as murderous ZOMBIES. Now, the clan of kids must wield whatever defenses they can (chainsaws, guns, hammers, axes, etc.) to battle the undead army.
Allow me to speak frankly for a moment. Horror movies set in the winter are AWESOME. Why? Seriously, what could be a better backdrop for crimson blood and gore than a blank canvas of pearly-white snow? Oh, and speaking of blood - the special effects department for this film used A LOT. Like, 475 quarts of it. Winter also creates a great sense of isolation, hopelessness, and desperation - all essential motivations in a horror movie. This promises to be a gruesome, hilarious, and epic bloodbath. If for some reason you choose not to go to the screening, at least view the trailer. At 1:53, when the zombies emerge over the hill, well - that's just great filmmaking.
This film was released January 9th, 2009 in Norway, and has since gained global interest. It was nominated for 4 "Scream Awards" (including Best Fight-To-The-Death scene!), and was featured as an official selection for both the Sundance, and Fantasia film festivals. Horror fans (and those curious about the genre), I urge you to get your tickets for this one - it plays Wednesday Night at The Plaza Theater at 11:15PM. It is swedish audio with english subtitles, and is rated R.
Ein! Zwei! Die!
