Andy Gapin

I’ll get right to it, Dead Snow was simply amazing. It was incredibly well done from start to finish. I got the joy of seeing this in a small theater with a screen not much bigger than the one I use at home for my projector and in the audience was the director, Tommy Wirkola, who did a nice Q&A afterwards.

I feel like the whole Nazi zombie sub-sub-genre had been a bit neglected lately, so it was great to see someone bring it back in the most awesome of ways. When Tommy introduced the film, he said that he was trying to return to the gory, but comedic horror of years back. He accomplished this perfectly. The gore was great and there were guts everywhere. Most of the time, this was hilarious like having a dude’s head got ripped apart and his brain dropped to the floor. Think Evil Dead, Dead Alive, Bad Taste, and Shaun of the Dead all rolled up in one in a Norwegian flick with a lot of intestines, but don’t get the impression that this was a total ripoff either, there was more than enough originality to make this movie stand out within the zombie genre and possibly even put it at the top of all Nazi zombie flicks.

Tommy decided to go with fast zombies that could think and organize themselves which I usually don’t like too much, but it really fit with the movie. The zombies were bad ass, but then again, so were some of the characters towards the end. Everything fit together really well.

During the Q&A session, Tommy mentioned that there might be a sequel and even went into a little detail about what he envisions for the beginning of the film. He’s got some good ideas. Not only should you make sure that you see this movie, but you should also keep an eye on Tommy Wirkola. He’s been talking to some people around Hollywood and it seems like this could be just the first of many great things from him.

Rating: A