Review of Dead Snow (2009) by Chris O — 09 Jan 2011

The whole concept of nazi snow zombies sounds completely ridiculous, and after seeing Dead Snow or Dod Sno, I can safely say that it still is. However, if you manage go into the film expecting gore, a few laughs and NAZI SNOW ZOMBIES, then you'll be in for a treat.

The plot is one that most of the cinema-orientated will be incredibly familiar with. A group of medical students go for a skiing trip to a cabin in the Norwegian wilderness, with nothing else in mind apart from frolicking in the snow and getting drunk. However, once they arrive, a strange man appears at the door, telling them of a story of how during Nazi occupation, the soldiers in the village nearby were run out of town and got lost in the mountains. None of the students take him seriously, until they are surrounded and torn apart by the undead nazi zombie hordes that reside in the neighbouring mountains!

The story is by no means revolutionary, original or even new, but the snowy landscape makes the setting a little more interesting than the standard city or farm seen in every other zombie film. The acting is perfectly fine, and the casts manages to create a good enough amount of comedy moments and surprisingly a good amount of scary scenes too. As the film progresses however, the fear is lost and the zombie deaths just become more and more absurd as the film descends into its climax. If you are in the right frame of mind, this isn't a bad thing, as many of the fight scenes are inventive and quite repulsive, everything you want from a horror.

So, if you are looking for a bit of fun horror, then definately give Dead Snow a go. The film isn't perfect, but it doesn't make the mistake of taking itself seriously at all, so it manages to function to a satisfying level.

8/10.