Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola revives an obscure zombie movie footnote – Nazi Zombies – and lets them loose on a band of horny chicks and movie nerds trapped in the Arctic wilderness.
Fun, funny and unabashedly bloody... with a sly sense of humour and a seemingly endless supply of fake blood and guts.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2009
Dead Snow 2008
Død snø
Horror fans may be feeling a little 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 unapologetic 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 a bunch of horny chicks and horror movie nerds end up in a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness and then... well, you know. The film prides itself on ticking every 80s cliché, from the pop culture riffs to the crazy dude who talks about impending doom, to the idiotic characters having inappropriate sex, to, most important of all, the wildly inventive and disgusting gore Fx. Yippee! Its commitment to being dumb bloody fun makes it one intoxicating and funny euro-grue brew. — AT