Decent zombie flick, entertaining.
344950
For a low budget film this was pretty well done.  Plot line of how it starts was well thought out.  A few flaws here and there, but nothing that would keep you from being entertained by this zombie flick.  Worth a watch, better than most low budget zombie flicks.
I just couldn't get over how much the lead character looked like a young Adrian Paul (Highlander) and did a decent job too.
3318774
Fast and furious zombie fun!!

1) ACTING: The acting in this zombie opus was pretty good. While the viewer is forced to deal with the usual stereotypical characters, (the cool dude, the dork, the hot chick, etc.) the actors, for the most part, made their respective characters pretty realistic. However, I must mention that I thought a number of the actors looked a little long in the tooth to be playing high school kids.

2) PRODUCTION: I think this is where there will be a lot of dissention between viewers. The blood and gore is plentful, and the action is fast and furious. The movie is filmed with a grainy film resolution, which combined with the jerky, fast moving camera movements and angles, made more that one scene difficult to see. The jerky, hand held camera movements did not bother me to the point of nausea, but I did occassionally wish for a NON shakey moment, just so I could focus my eyes. The zombie make up was minimal and looked more like individuals running around covered in blood. I appreciated all the homages to other movies that I noticed. It IS a zombie movie people, and a lot of zombie movies have already been done, so the chances of seeing something that we've already seen is pretty high. My biggest disappointment was the ending. The surviving heroes are on the run, they hit a dead end, (no pun intended) and...fade to black appears with "To be continued..." WHAT?!?!? If this was a tv show when next week I would be seeing the next part, or if the sequel to 'Automaton Transfusion' was already sitting in the can, waiting to be released in a month...okay. But to have an indie movie end like this when there may be no definite sequel in sight is a terrible way to end.

3) ZOMBIES: Nothing really new here is brought to the genre, just more of the shamblers and runners that we've come to love.

4) THE CAUSE: Military experiment gone awry...sigh

5) NUDITY: A few breasts appear.

FINAL:
I enjoyed this movie. I have heard and read a lot of reviews where you either hate it, or love it. While I didn't "love" it, I did think it was a fun visit to the zombie genre. When you realize that the director made this movie for such a low amount of money, you have to give props where props are due. Hopefully, there will be a sequel to this movie, so that we can find out what happened to the survivors, and maybe some Hollywood types will give the director some ample cash for a serious budget.

RATING: 3.5 out of 5
3894009
Contrary to what a few posters have stated, I actually found this movie to be an easy and fast paced watch.  You really don't have to wait too long for the action to get started.  However, the repetitive nature of going out into the woods, looking for missing counslers/campers, and getting killed in the process does get rather predictable.  Luckily, it's a short movie and the movie's final act gets into full gear just as I was about to get tired of watching the same sequence of events.

Although some of the death scenes aren't too shabby, the effects aren't really good enough to make it believable - Which inadvertantly makes the majority of the movie a "so cheesy it's funny" kind of affair.  The acting falls into the same kind of ideal, but that doesn't mean that there isn't some fun to be had in watching this movie.  Actually, I think it's a fun watch as long as you don't take it too seriously...just like most cheesy horror movies of the 80's.
3396625
Not scary, kinda predictable, but overall a fun film.
2015365
Why do we watch Zombie movies in the first place? We do it for the blood, the guts, the gore, and for the opportunity to escape reality for just a bit. In this case we escape into the "Dead Snow" for about an hour and a half of healthy blood squirting zombie fun. When watching "Dod Sno", be prepared to see some excellent B movie scenes. Ignore some of the minor goofs in continuity, a few plot holes that a main character could fall into, ignore those, and you will enjoy this movie just fine.

Leading off the movie is a hunting scene, reminiscent of the beginning of "Jaws", the girl who ventures out on her own, is running thru the white Norwegian snow, over hills, down snow paths spotted with trees absent their foliage, like running thru barbed wire. The Zombie Nazis soon made short work of our introductory character, Sara. Our anti-heroes, four male and three female medical students driving in separate care to rendezvous with each other in a cabin out in the middle of nowhere. The rest of the movie is somewhat predictable, lonesome cabin, no cell coverage, creepy stranger appearing with a warning, people going missing, reminds me of a "Scooby Doo" episode.

"If it weren't for those darn kids!" the Nazi zombie Colonel, grunted in German, blood oozing from his mouth, necrotic flesh pulling away from his teeth.

Let me warn you right here and right now. DO NOT TURN OFF THE MOVIE! If you do, you will miss getting to know our sex crazed, beer drinking, medical students, and some genuinely impressive zombie killing scenes. Watch for the many movie references, director Tommy Wirkola threw in to this movie. My wife and I had fun after the movie counting them all up.

Vegar Hoel as Martin, a blood squeamish medical student on Easter vacation, is along with friends, for a week of sex, alcohol, and fun in the snow. Obviously learning to cope with the sight of blood is an area of growth for Martin. The main cast, Stig Frode Henriksen as Roy, Charlotte Frogner as Hanna, Lasse Valdal as Vegard, Evy Kasseth Rsten as Liv, and Jeppe Laursen as Erland, have experience in less than a dozen movies. Director Tommy Wirkola, can say the same.

No doubt, this movie has some issues, such as images in the trailer are not in the movie, continuity issues, and a few story holes, but don't let that get in the way of this fun movie. While watching "Dead Snow" I noticed how tense my body was, knowing that our heroes are going to get it.

You will not learn anything new about zombies, nor will you find any deep meaning to this movie, however, this is a terrific foreign film offering from Norway.
1010083
Moderately entertaining action flick. Moves a little slow to connect the story line but overall found it worth the viewing.
431011
It was a good realistic movie, not the garbage they are making today with all the vampires & gory killing zombie crap.
38127
For what it was, it was entertaining. Got me to chuckle a couple of times. Superbad meets Zombieland.
2897957
Funny. Good movie to put on if you're hanging out watching movies because it doesn't take a lot of brain power to watch and isn't as gross as some zombie movies. Also if you like this check out "Dead Snow", once you get past reading the subtitles have a good laugh at the zombies and how they go about killing.
728314
I loved the book, and couldn't wait for the movie. What a disappointment!  The movie is just a hint of the book. In fact, I'm hard pressed to find any of the book in this movie.  But once I accepted that, I enjoyed the movie as decent entertainment. The special effects of the running, marauding zombies are very believable and you do get a sense of the worldwide pandemic. The acting is solid, Brad Pitt is very good in his role. The movie gets better with a 2nd or 3rd viewing.
2920524
I first watched this on the Syfy Channel so I knew exactly what I was getting, a passable zombie flick that follows the usual plot devices.  Three friends leave the relative safety of their remote cabin for supplies in a nearby town.  They are immediately beset by voracious zombies lurking in the area.  As luck would have it, two of them are saved by a roving band of survivors on their way to Catalina.  Soon enough, they are also joined by another small band of survivors.  The bulk of the movie concerns their `adventures' with zombies as they make their way to a supposed survivor camp out west.  Their number increases and decreases when necessary to add an "ah" factor when one of their rank and file bites it.  Unfortunately, few of the characters are around long enough to acquire personalities.  Most maintain a `body count' only status throughout.  This aspect didn't bother me as I wasn't expecting anything that would require great thespian talent amongst the mostly unknown actors involved.

I liked this movie because everything in it was predictable (okay, the CGI zombie tigers were another matter altogether).  It's basically just a time waster and when paired with a much better zombie flick would serve as a decent appetizer to get you in the mood for a second or third feature.  It's definitely going in the collection with no allusions that it's anything other than what it is.
3316669
As I sat watching this movie I realized that these people did a lot with nothing.  The effects are decent, the story is pretty ok.  Typical zombie attack, angst amongst the survivors, one gun 3 bullets and an abandoned house.  We can not forget the zombie rabbit either.  The film is exactly what you would expect from a low budget horror movie with a little extra in it.  As stated, the makeup effects are quite good, the fact that the zombies are really hard to kill reminded me of return of the living dead and there is a semi story.

All in all really worth the effort put into the thing.  Was not as good as Hide and Creep but then again not much is but a really worth effort.
2253904
If you are a fan of the sort of science fiction / horror /zombies genre of films, then
you will probably like Crawlspace.  It has scenes reminiscent of a number of other
pioneer movies (Aliens, for example) A sort of standard set-up: group of futuristic
marines are sent into an unfamiliar and dangerous setting to eliminate the bad /
rescue any survivors.  Of course they aren't being told everything--what exactly
is the threat, who created it, are there any survivors, and will any of them survive?
Sit back and enjoy the show.  The acting doesn't have to be better than average;
the visuals are fun enough and the action rarely pauses.  Decent mindless stuff
and not excessively gory.
710118
<strong>La Horde</strong> (Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, 2009)

Another example of the "the less press a French horror flick gets in America, the better it is likely to be" syndrome, <em>La Horde</em> has all the hallmarks of a classic zombie flick, doesn't try to do anything too terribly stupid, and actually has halway-decent production values. While on the other hand, there's not a bit of originality to be found here, it's still a watchable little flick that may well have passed under your radar.

Plot: Rivoallan (Laurent Segall in his only screen appearance to date), an undercover cop, has been found out by the gang he runs with, and his friends have to go into one of France's most decrepit project buildings to get revenge for him--Aurore (<em>Amelie</em>'s Claude Perron), Ouessem (<em>La Vie en Rose</em>'s Jean-Pierre Martins), Jimenez (<em>13 Tzameti</em>'s Aurelien Recogin), and Tony (<em>Le Chambre de Morts</em>' Antoine Oppenheim), all cops, most of them with something to hide, up against gang leader Adewale (<em>Kingdom of Heaven</em>'s Eriq Ebouaney) and his younger, impetuous brother Bola (<em>Micmacs</em>' Doudou Masta). Everything seems to be going according to plan. Well, at least according to Murphy's plan, as the gangsters gain the upper hand. But things can always get worse, and they do, quickly. First, the Paris skyline, easily seen from the penthouse apartment where all this is taking place, starts lighting up with explosions, and columns of smoke rise. Then the inhabitants of the apartment realize what's happening--the dead are rising. Since they have presumably eaten everyone in the rest of Paris, they're starting to descend on the projects. (Even the dead, it seems, are snobbish foodies.) But worse, there is no shortage of bodies in the complex itself...

I didn't even get a chance in that short synopsis to mention my favorite character in the film, Rene (<em>Le Professionel</em>'s Yves Pignot), another survivor who lives in the building. He's nuts, and he's easily the best thing about the otherwise generic script (if you squint right, you can see traces of Judge Reinhold's character from <em>Beverly Hills Cop 2</em>, but these days that's an obscure enough reference most people probably didn't catch it). Now, "generic" is not necessarily a pejorative term here; if all you're looking for is some good old-fashioned fast-zombie action, <em>La Horde</em>, with its stable of solid actors and competent-if-not-inspired direction, will suffice very well as a turn your brain off and have a good time action film that brings the gore. I watched it in precisely that mode, and it satisfied me, in terms of wanting a generic zombie flick. If you want something that transcends, this is not the place to look, however. ***
3629795
Good action sequences.  Average story.  Watchable entertainment movie.
615241
Shaun and his mate Ed are losers who lead a pretty boozed out life after work at their local pub, The Winchester.  When everyone around them starts turning into zombies it takes them a while to notice how bad it is.  When they realise that the only way to kill or stop them is a blow to the head Shaun and Ed head off across London with a cricket bat and a stick to save Shaun's girlfriend and parents.

This movie is played for laughs - but its not so over the top that you can't relate to the characters.  It is a clever take off of Zombie horror movies that nevertheless does have its moments of genuine horror.  If you are fan of horror movies or camp B movies then you should watch this modern take on the genre.  It doesn't strike me as a typical British movie, but it is still one I enjoyed.
4828863
Far better than it has any right to, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse blends the awkward teen comedy with the zombie survival horror successfully.

The opening is a bit slow, introducing us to the three male leads and their normal lives, but once they encounter their first zombies (and team up with Sarah Dumont's "Denise") the pace picks up and flows pretty well right to the end of the film. The action scenes range from normal to really clever, the teamwork dynamics are surprisingly plausible, and everything feels realistic.
There are a couple of uncomfortable-to-watch parts, but they aren't more than about 40 seconds of the film, so I'm willing to forgive them. (And if I'm lucky, one day I'll forget them.)

TL;DR - Enjoyable, decent pacing, clever action scenes, and plenty of humor. Two or three "yuck" scenes.