Ein - Zwei - DIE!
DEAD SNOW
Tommy Wirkola, Norway 2009

Død snø. Regi: Tommy Wirkola, Norway, 2009. Manus: Tommy Wirkola and Stig Frode Henriksen. Foto: Matt Weston. Musikk: Christian Wibe. Medv: Charlotte Frogner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Jenny Skavlan, Bjørn Sundquist among others. Norwegian language, English subtitles. 35mm, colour, 1 h 30 min.

Dead Snow
Eight medical students go for their Easter vacation to the mountains around Øksfjord in Northern Norway. They are bringing skis, snowmobile and copious amounts of beer, so expectations are high for a pleasant vacation. Perhaps some of them might even get laid? Certainly, none of them are even considering the possibility of the mountains being crowded by flesh eating nazi-zombies who are craving for their brains. Suddenly, the cabin is surrounded by a battalion of German zombie soldiers, eager to rip them apart. A long night is ahead of them. Can anyone survive this painful ordeal?

Dead Snow features established actors and a very proficient technical crew. The special effects budget alone amounts to $600,000, more than any other Norwegian movie. 475 quarts of blood were used in the scenes where the Nazi-zombie soldiers arise from their graves and attack the non-suspecting medical students on their Easter vacation.

The feelgood-Nazi-zombie-splatter-comedy Dead Snow is a very different Norwegian movie indeed.

NFI/red.