What makes a good zombie movie? Most of the time, I'll walk away from this type of movie feeling it was a solid meh. A good zombie movie has to either be doing something really unique and different and/or be backed up by and very solid cast. Everyone seems surprised that I don't watch The Walking Dead. Well, that's why, the cast is terrible in that show. Let's be honest, the plot-line of a zombie apocalypse is not very interesting in of itself. It has to focus on the trials the characters have to overcome inside and out. So, where does the movie Dead Snow fit into this? Well, it doesn't. Remember that and/or statement back up there? Well, Dead Snow falls into the former of those two. It's fucking different.
The Norwegian film, Dead Snow, effectively shook up the western audience in 2009 after it's mild success in it's country of origin. I think it goes without saying for any film that depicts half of a severed head on the ground right on the poster, that it's balls to the wall, blood and gory-guts and this movie has no shortage of the good stuff.
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This movie is a wet dream of badassery. A bunch of assholes go off into the mountains and Nazi zombies commence fucking their shit up. What else do you need to know and furthermore, how can you go wrong? This movie has it all from hanging off of a cliff by a line of intestines and fist fighting a zombie at the same time, to snowmobiles with mounted machine-guns, to improvisational chainsaw weaponry. It's definitely the sort of movie where you're expected to turn your brain off and just let it happen and people often forget that and critique the shit out of movies like this which is all wrong, it's just a drive in, grindhouse. With that kind of film, there really isn't much that can be said about it without talking about individual moments. It's just a movie about Nazi zombies in the cold, secluded peaks of Norway.
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| Red shows up nicely on white |
So, gather some friends, find this movie, sit back and enjoy. It's one hell of a ride and I'd highly recommend it to any zombie fan.
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