Review of Dead Snow (2009) by Alessandro V — 01 Oct 2010
I remember when I saw the trailer: at first I just thought it was somewhat funny with a great premise, but in the end, when they slaughter a bunch of nazi-zombies with some classical music in background (call me an ignorant, but I don't know the name of the song), I get an eye-orgasm. I know I had to see this movie.
The movie kicks off with a chase-scene scored with the classic piece "Hall of the mountain king" (see, me know me cultural stuff), which pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the film. I admit that it can be considered kind of slow in its pace after that, but it works for me, because after that its pretty much full mayhem forward. Emphasizing on the mayhem-part, because it features some really mindblowing gore (pun intended).
The movie is also quite aware of itself, which I always like about horror-comedies. It brings a few nods to the whole slasher-genre, and movies in general, with the character "Erlend" who is a movie-nerd. It also tips its har towards the "Evil Dead"-series and, at least from my point of view, Edgar Wright's movies.
All in all, it takes a great concept and runs with like crazy. And that's a winner in my book.
This review of Dead Snow (2009) was written by Alessandro V on 01 Oct 2010.
Dead Snow has generally received mixed reviews.
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