Dead Snow: DVD Review
Dead Snow
Rating: R16
Released by Madman Entertainment
Dead Snow (or Dod Sno to give it its foreign title) is a Norwegian delight.
It's the story of eight medical students who head off for a boozy weekend in a cabin in remote Norway for some snow, fun and sex.
However, their holiday's put on hold when a bunch of dead Nazi zombies attack - the undead are after some recently uncovered Nazi gold (quite how they'd spend it is a little beyond me).
To be honest though, Dead Snow isn't supposed to be rocket
science - it simply does what it says on the tin - zombies, c'mon
people what more do you need?
It's also a horror splatterfest which is quite humorous in plenty
of places - it also covers every single horror cliche in the genre;
the gang are a randy bunch - and movie nerds- and the ones who have
sex are the first to be picked off (didn't they see Scream?).
There's a crazy man wandering the land warning of danger in them
thar hills - yes, every single cliche is present and correct but in
a throwback way and an acknowledgement of what's gone before in the
genre.
The Nazi zombies themselves are a strange bunch with their motives
only really present at the end - but films like this don't lend
themselves to sustained analysis.
Dead Snow is tremendous fun, gore-tastic and black humour abound -
and even odes to Evil Dead..can't fault it- check yr brain at the
door(well the zombies would only want to eat it)
EXTRAS: Making of Dead Snow, Cast and crew at
Sundance, Make up and special effects featurettes
Rating: 7/10
