For this year's MIFF, Laulita, Pierre, Matt and I decided to go see the Norwegian horror movie Dead Snow. A bunch of medical students visit a cabin owned by their friend for a weekend of snow fun and nookie. But in doing so, they awaken a terrible local secret - the snow fields surrounding the cabin is the site where a battalion of Nazis died. Nazis who had stolen the treasures from the local town and had run to the fields to escape. But they've been awakened from their grave and now they're angry! (Well, angrier.)
The really great thing about this movie is that it totally does not take itself seriously. I mean, it's got Nazi zombies. The filmmakers were clearly aware that this is not a scenario where you can be serious. This is completely clear from the trailer which should get you into the spirit of the film ;)
I don't think I ever laughed more at a horror movie. The actors are totally hammy but also serious when need be! There are plenty of amusingly self-aware one-liners, such as when the friends trudge off to the cabin and one of them asks "So how many horror movies start off with a group of friends goin to an isolated cabin?!" and they proceed to list some!
If I must criticise, there are some slow bits and it takes a while to get to the zombie action. There are also some moments of truly questionable taste that had the full theatre groaning in disgust - even for a zombie movie. Otherwise, if you get a chance to see this and want a barrel full of laughs with some fun zombie horror, this is your film!
7/10
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