- It didn't actually take place in World War 2, the zombies have just survived their curses from then til today.
- Really lame soundtrack, think Swedish Nickelback
- Like most modern zombie movies, they changed the zombie folklore
Now, the time frame situation doesn't bother me that much, but I still think it'd be pretty freakin' sweet to have a movie taking place during WWII! Imagine the chaos! Brain hungry creatures limping around the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day Invasion? Wow, that'd be a zombie movie. But alas, I must wait...
The soundtrack basically sounded like it was played by bands who were friends with the director, but hey, this movie was clearly not made for much money so what're ya gonna do? For me it didn't match, but it clearly works for someone. I know a number of Europeans and most of them seem to be into that kinda music, maybe that had something to do with it. Maybe not...
Here's the thing I really hated: zombie bites in Dead Snow don't turn people into zombies. Of all the things I've seen changed in a zombie movie (running zombies in 28 Days Later which actually is also in this, vegetarian zombies in Day of the Dead), this has been my least favorite. Having said that, they did manage to have a hilarious scene where a dude thinking he was going to turn into a zombie after being bitten cut off his own arm with a chainsaw, cleansed it by lighting a gasoline fire on a dead Nazi, only to have his dick bitten off immediately thereafter.
The B-movie effects were aplenty and I loved it. There's of course the one awesome guy that everybody looks up to who drives a snowmobile and prefers his solitude (he gets ripped into five pieces). There's the movie geek who quotes Temple of Doom and gets laid in a port-a-potty. One chick survives a fall of a few hundred feet and then gets swiped with an axe to the neck by her own boyfriend. All of it wonderful.
And let me just say this... A Zombie Movie that's not in English but rather a badass sounding language like Swedish... mint.
4.5/6 for me!
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