Dead Snow (2009)

January 9, 2009 (NO) • Horror, Comedy • 88m

Overview

Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.

Director

Tommy Wirkola

Writers

Stig Frode Henriksen, Tommy Wirkola

Top Billed

Vegar Hoel

Keywords

nazi undead norway zombie wintry

Where to watch

Free / Included

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Top Billed Cast

Vegar Hoel

Martin

Charlotte Frogner

Hanna

Stig Frode Henriksen

Roy

Lasse Valdal

Vegard

Evy Kasseth Røsten

Liv

Jeppe Beck Laursen

Erlend

Jenny Skavlan

Chris

Ane Dahl Torp

Sara

Bjørn Sundquist

Turgåer

Ørjan Gamst

Herzog

Steinar Kaarstein

Nazi Zombie (uncredited)

Tommy Wirkola

Dying Zombie (uncredited)

Crew

Tommy Wirkola

Director

Steinar Kaarstein

Makeup Effects

Geir Tore Kirknes

Carpenter

Shino Kotani

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Kjetil Omberg

Executive Producer

Tom Erik Lie

Boom Operator

Harald Zwart

Executive Producer

Dan Erik Heggelund

Pyrotechnician

Magne Ek

Executive Producer

Espen Zubi

Grip

Henrik Karlsson

Compositor

Per Steinar Hoftun

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Cato Lauvli

Foley Artist

Espen Horn

Executive Producer

Ørjan Gamst

Storyboard Artist

Ingrid Lill Høgtun

Supervising Producer

Ghislain Rio

Colorist

Erik Ødegård

Matte Painter

Steinar Kaarstein

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Jan-Erik Gammleng

Supervising Producer

Samuel Karlsson

Compositor

Olav Skogøy

Visual Effects Camera

Magnus Pettersson

VFX Artist

Tom Joelsen

Visual Effects Production Manager

Odd Helge Haugsnes

First Assistant Camera

Fredrik Arntzen

Compositor

Anders Grundström

Lighting Technician

Espen Nordahl

Compositor

Martin Hykkerud

Production Assistant

Nikolai Lockertsen

Matte Painter

Atle Holtan

Steadicam Operator

Sveinung Svendsen

Production Assistant

Benedicte Tverbak

Assistant Camera

Monica Østbø Østgård

Visual Effects Production Assistant

Morten Moen

Compositor

Otto Thorbjørnsen

Compositor

Cato Lauvli

Assistant Editor

Mathis Mathisen

Second Unit Director of Photography

Maria Elisabeth Angell

Production Assistant

Christian Wibe

Original Music Composer

Tomas Evjen

Producer

Martin Stoltz

Editor

Terje Strømstad

Producer

Liv Ask

Production Design

Kristoffer Jørgensen

Stunt Coordinator

Morten Jakobsen

Set Decoration

Linn Henriksen

Costume Design

Kristin Hellebust

Visual Effects Producer

Benedicte Aubert Ringnes

Production Manager

Janne Røhmen

Makeup Artist

Sveinung Svendsen

Still Photographer

Gudmund Saksvik

Makeup Effects

Bryan Jones

Visual Effects Supervisor

Gisle Tveito

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kjetil Flateby

Hairstylist

Kjetil Trøan

Supervising Sound Editor

Kenneth Olaf Hjellum

Script Supervisor

Ragnhild Prestholt

Makeup Effects

Stig Frode Henriksen

Writer

Tommy Wirkola

Writer

Matthew Weston

Director of Photography

Elisabeth Lusie Haugan

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Collection

Dead Snow Collection

Dead Snow

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Reviews

Andres Gomez

⭐ 4/10

June 16, 2014

Just, a complete joke ... but not very funny.

Dark Jedi

⭐ 7/10

September 28, 2015

Given my Scandinavian origin and being a bit of a fan of all kinds of science fiction, fantasy, action and horror movies I of course had to have Dead Snow in my collection. Last Saturday me and my son got around to watch it.

Dead Snow is a pretty classical teenage-group-gets-into-big-mess-with-supernatural-beings kind of horror movie. In this particular case a group of teenagers goes for a hike in the Norwegian mountains where they camp in cabin. Not very original of course but what the heck, it is a zombie horror movie so…

One thing that makes the movie a bit original is that it is not so totally over the top with foul language and insane consumption of all kinds of drugs as the standard Hollywood crap. These teenagers actually behave fairly normally drinking a few beers and having a good time. Well that is until the mysterious stranger, who is in the movie just to set up the mood, shows up and tells his story about a unusually cruel Nazi officer and his men. Of course we all know where things are going from there…

Here the movie starts to follow the usual recipe for these kind of movies. Naturally one of the teenagers needs to take care of some natural needs and separates himself from the rest of the party. Then follows the obligatory boy and girl having sex scene. This time in a old-fashioned Scandinavian “skithus” separated from the actual cabin. Anyone who has ever used one of these (I have and they stink) would know that you have to be pretty horny, drunk or both to have sex in one of those. Anyway, that was one less teenager in the party.

Slowly the zombies become more frequent and the dire situation the party is in becomes more and more evident. As the zombies become more frequent so does the gory sequences and eventually the movie turns more into a comedy than a horror movie. I have to say that the Tommy Wirkola have little to learn from his Hollywood counterparts when it comes to horror movie violence. Body parts, external as well as internal, flies around like there was no tomorrow. Which for most of the characters involved is exactly the way it is.

On the whole this movie was one part classical horror movie and one part comedy and I found it quite entertaining but you have to be into these kinds of movies to feel that way of course.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$800,000

Revenue

$2,166,797

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Dead Snow (2009)

Stig Frode Henriksen, Tommy Wirkola

Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

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Collection

Dead Snow Collection

Dead Snow

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Reviews

Andres Gomez

Dark Jedi

Recommended Movies

Fury

Schindler's List

Life Is Beautiful

The Pianist

Status

Original Language

Budget

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