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Dead Snow (2009)

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Reviews Counted:61

Fresh:40

Rotten:21

Average Rating:6/10

Consensus: Though it doesn't cover new ground, Dead Snow is an entertaining mix of camp, scares, and blood and guts.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Jun 19, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Depending on the audience, the sub-sub-genre of the Nazi zombie movie could sound like the best or worst of cinematic offerings. But DEAD SNOW received rave reviews from audiences at Sundance,... Depending on the audience, the sub-sub-genre of the Nazi zombie movie could sound like the best or worst of cinematic offerings. But DEAD SNOW received rave reviews from audiences at Sundance, promising that this Norwegian horror comedy will be a favorite for genre fans. In the film, a group of friends think they’re in for a trip filled with skiing, drinking, and hooking up, but a defrosting band of Nazi zombies have something else in store for the vacationers. [More]

Starring: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal

Starring: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth Rosten, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Jenny Skavlan

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Screenwriter: Stig Frode Henriksen, Tommy Wirkola
Producer: Terje Stromsad, Tomas Evjen
Composer: Christian Wibe
Studio: IFC Films

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Nov 30, 1999

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French, Norwegian
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Norwegian
  • Subtitles - English
 
 
 
 

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Dead Snow reinvigorates the genre with zombies, gore and humor spilling off the screen in equal measure.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
11/12/09
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/22/09
Film Threat

The pre-credits opening - a hilariously self-aware, subversive chase scene scored to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" - stands as an easy comedic high point.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment Comment
10/17/09
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

It's a good season for zombies.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
10/09/09
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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We get so used to foreign filmmakers giving us original twists on genres like horror it's disappointing to be reminded that they can be banal and derivative too.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
09/25/09
Jim Slotek
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies

Every new zombie movie, however, has to be a little bit different than the one that came before it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be horrifying or much fun.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
09/25/09
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail
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It's almost endearing how little Wirkola disguises his thefts from the gore-fests of Raimi, Peter Jackson and George A. Romero.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
09/25/09
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Toronto Star
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There's a smidgen of kicky fun in the thing, but the craft varies wildly between clever and sloppy, the acting is rudimentary, and the Nazi element is truly arbitrary.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/11/09
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

disinter[s] the kind of gleefully big-and-bloody horror comedy showcased by films like The Evil Dead (1981) and Braindead (1992).

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
09/07/09
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Little White Lies

DEAD SNOW does everything a splatter-zombie film is supposed to do.

Full Review Source: Quick Stop Entertainment | comment Comment
09/05/09
D.K. Holm
D.K. Holm
Quick Stop Entertainment

...gorehounds will undoubtedly be willing to overlook the movie's various flaws once the admittedly stellar third act rolls around.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
09/05/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Gore hounds will enjoy the comic mayhem and picturesque blood splatter on the virgin snow.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/20/09
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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The sprightliest movie about mowing down revenants with a chainsaw that you are are ever likely to see.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
07/31/09
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Terrifically fun - gleeful gore.

Full Review Source: Windy City Times | comment Comment
07/21/09
Richard Knight
Richard Knight
Windy City Times

The Norwegian Nazi-zombie movie Dead Snow is quite the jolly mountain holiday, pitting a group of medical students against a battalion of undead, unpleasant and unstoppable German soldiers hellbent on ruining a perfectly good Easter vacation.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/17/09
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Features multiple beheadings and I think at least half the characters actually see their own intestines. It's not for the faint of heart, but it is often very, very clever.

Full Review Source: Movie Retriever | comment Comment
07/17/09
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
Movie Retriever

This splatter film is set in Norway, but rest assured, it sticks with the formula.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/17/09
Walter V. Addiego
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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If Mystery Science Theater 3000 had never existed, Dead Snow would have had to invent it.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 2 Comments
07/16/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Those undead baddies, allegedly flash-frozen since World War II, are kind of unique, but they don't make up for the sense of déjà vu one feels watching the rest of Wirkola's bloody vacation-from-hell-athon.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/01/09
Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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"Zombie Nazis" sounds like an unbeatable combination, but it turns out to be one of those great ideas that cannot sustain itself purely on the concept alone...

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
06/29/09
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique
 
 
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