12/30/2013

First Trailer for 'Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead' Packs a Punch


A few years ago Tommy Wirkola made a bloody splash at Park City with his Norwegian horror-comedy, Dead Snow, and the zombie-filled flick went on to be something of a cult hit. Wirkola went on to direct the similarly wonky Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and after it skyrocketed to $225M(!!!) worldwide, he revealed it was time to revisit the undead followers of Hitler. Now with Sundance right around the corner he's set to debut the sequel, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, and the splattery-good first trailer has just hit.

Featuring a lot of gruesome footage from the first film, along with plenty of nasty "SPLATS!!" as brains and limbs hit the icy ground, there's also a fairly hilarious plot that begins to emerge. The lone survivor of the undead Nazi attack, Martin, comes to learn that doctors have fixed the arm he lost in the fight, but it wasn't a human arm they gave him. Oops. Fortunately it grants him some amazing powers, which he'll need to survive the zombies' return to complete their mission.

Silly? Damn straight, but I'll be trying to check this one out in a couple of weeks. Check out the trailer and full synopsis below.


Dead Snow 2 - Bande Annonce by Daily Movies Switzerland

PLOT: If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you’d have to assume that things couldn’t get much worse. In Martin’s case, that was only the beginning.

Picking up immediately where the original left off, Dead Snow; Red vs. Dead wastes no time getting right to the gore-filled action, leaving a bloody trail of intestines in its wake. Director Tommy Wirkola returns to the helm with a vengeance, coming up with more inventive ways to maim and dismember than you ever thought possible. Combining wry humor with horrific worst-case scenarios, this follow-up to the 2009 Midnight classic is sure to shock the weak-of-heart and delight even the most hard-core fans of the horror genre. Colonel Herzog is back, and he is not to be fucked with.