This Norwegian zombie splatter-fest offers hardly a shred of originality. I'm sure if you're reading this then you probably have already seen a slew of other crazy cannibalistic cinematic feasts with dead in the title. A few examples include: Night of the Living Dead, Dead Alive, Shaun of the Dead, and The Evil Dead. So is Dead Snow really worth your time? Hell yes it is! Why? These zombies served under the Fuhrer himself. That's right folks were talkin about Nazi-Zombies here.
A group of med students spending the weekend at a secluded cabin stumble upon some cursed gold, and the undead master race will stop at nothing to get it back. That's it. That's the plot, but lets be honest folks you didn't come here for plot, you came here for carnage and in that respect Dead Snow is a goose stepping good time.
You get the classic means of dispatching the undead: Shotgun, sharp instruments, etc. but you haven't lived until you've seen a zombie get mowed down then ground to a pulp by a snowmobile. The chainsaw and hammer decapitations are very messy and impressive as well. There are even a few nasty and dark little twists in the style of The Descent. Let's just say that if you go on a kill crazy rampage be careful where you swing that ax.
The humor manages to flow about as much as the blood does. After getting bitten on the arm the victim decides to saw it off. What do you think happens when the same poor guy gets bitten in the crotch the very next scene? I also loved that the dorky movie fanatic gets to nail the hottest chick of the group... in a freaking outhouse to boot.
Dead Snow is a great little find for zombie fanatics and gore hounds, everyone else will most likely be less than impressed. It is quite possibly one of the best ways to mix the supernatural and the Third Reich, until Werewolf Women of the S.S. becomes a reality that is. B+
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