Dead Snow
IFC Films | Release Date: June 19, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Cheery, silly, splattery, and respectful of its elders (and betters, particularly Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead"). Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Wirkola keeps the narrative taut, wasting not a frame; and he throws in funny moments. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
May have a dull title, but it's lively, idiotic fun, at least until it goes too far past "too far" into the realm of "far too far." Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
The pic reveals itself as a horror-action-comedy a la "Evil Dead," with amusing twists of fate and over-the-top gore. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Any horror movie with the moxie to play Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" during a zombie attack can't be all bad. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The concept doesn't go much further than the wardrobe department--that is, until a deliriously over-the-top climax finally rouses the film from its "Evil Dead"-mimicking stupor. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter Travers
If you tamp down your expectations -- those gaping plot holes are dangerous! -- there is a storm of scary fun to be had in this Scandinavian splatterfest. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Dead Snow, as you may have gathered, is a comedy, but played absolutely seriously by sincere, earnest young actors. Read full review
60
Village VoiceChuck Wilson
For more than half of this 90-minute film, director Tommy Wirkola plays things pretty straight--a mistake, perhaps, since the first half is pretty boring--but once the Nazi zombies start arriving en masse, he abruptly shifts to an "Evil Dead"–style zaniness, including the sight of a potential victim hanging off the side of a mountain while using a zombie's entrails as rope. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
As is often the case with movies of this type, the real stars are the special-effects team, which does some admirably disgusting work. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
This Norwegian zombie flick is perfect for those who just want a few good jolts and whole lot of gore. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
If you love the genre, you'll likely be engaged. But if not, there's not much point. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
This blood-soaked melodrama -- a far cry from most foreign films -- has been a festival favorite and might well develop a cult following, though it's far too gory to reach beyond the core audience. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
This splatter film is set in Norway, but rest assured, it sticks with the formula. The young people to be killed off are just as obnoxious as their counterparts in American gorefests. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Combining the undead and the Third Reich seems like a novel idea--the peanut butter and jelly of trash culture--but in fact Spanish exploitation legend Jesus Franco already got to it back in 1981 with "Oasis of the Zombies." Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
So Dead Snow fulfills one zombie-movie prerequisite. It's different. Read full review
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