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DEAD SNOW

  • Year : 2008
  • Country : Norway
  • Director : Tommy Wirkola
  • Running Time : 85m
  • Starring : Charlotte Frogner, Orjan Gamst, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel

If you liked

  • Evil Dead
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Re-Animator
  • Any 80s splatter

Horror fans may been feeling a litte satiated with the recent glut of zombie pics. I mean how many ways can you skin a cat (and eat it)? Two words. Nazi Zombies. This giddy Norwegian splatterfest was the midnight romp at Sundance, an utterly unapologectic throwback to the gory days of 80s zombie flicks. Director Tommy Wirkola previously made a homage to Kill Bill, so you know he wears his influences on his bloody sleeve. In Dead Snow we have a bunch of horny chicks and horror movie nerds ending up in a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness and then.. (well you know).

The flick prides itself on ticking every 80s cliche from; the pop culture riffs to the crazy dude who talks about impending doom, to the idiotic characters having inappropriate sex, to the most important of all, the wildly inventive and disgusting gore fx. Yippee! It's commitment to being dumb bloody fun makes it one intoxicating and funny euro-grue-brew.