History Film / DeadSnow

* HeyItsThatGuy: Both Ane Dahl Thorp (Sara [[spoiler: who dies in the beginning]]) and Bjørn Sundquist (the stranger) are amongst Norway's most famous actors, leading to this trope for Norwegians. In addition, Stig Frode Henriksen has appeared in other productions by the same director, including the ''KillBill'' parody ''Kill Buljo''.

* CanYouHearMeNow:

''Dead Snow'' isn't quite your typical zombie film, if that wasn't already apparent, and it switches between horror and humor much like ''EvilDead 2'', which appears to be an important inspiration for this tale of gore and guts.

** The LockAndLoadMontage is lifted directly from the ''EvilDead'' franchise, complete with the whooshing camera zooms.

* LockAndLoadMontage: Roy and Martin raid the tool shed, resulting in one of these that is straight out of the ''EvilDead'' series.

** Erland references ''Film/EvilDead 1'' and 2, ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and several other films with a similar set-up to this one.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Well, it sort of worked.

* {{Ghostapo}}: Almost literally.

''Dead Snow'' isn't quite your typical zombie film, if that wasn't already apparent, and it switches between horror and humor much like ''EvilDead 2'', which appears to be an important inspiration for this tale of gore and guts.

* CanYouHearMeNow:

** This is lampshaded by GenreSavvy film buff Erlend right at the beginning.

* ChekhovsGun:

* DuctTapeForEverything: Duct Tape For Makeshift Bandages!

* GenreSavvy:

* {{Homage}}:

* OhCrap:

** Erland wears a shirt with the poster for PeterJackson's ''Film/BrainDead''
** Erland references ''Film/EvilDead'' 1 and 2, ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and several other films with a similar set-up to this one.

* SoundtrackDissonance:

* TrashTheSet: They built the cottage for this film. The molotov cocktail then burns it down. The charred remains where the treasure box is found is actually the leftovers of the cottage.

* TheBadGuyWins

** Erland references ''Film/EvilDead'' 1 and 2, ''Film/FridayThe13th'' and several other films with a similar set-up to this one.

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]

ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Well, it sort of worked.

** Hanna's demise might seem familiar to fans of ''TheDescent''.

* TheBadGuyWins

** Erland wears a shirt with the poster for PeterJackson's ''BrainDead''
** Erland references ''EvilDead'' 1 and 2, [[FridayTheThirteenth Friday the 13th]] and several other films with a similar set-up to this one.
** Erland quotes ''IndianaJones'' when he sees the gold: "Fortune and glory, kid."

* [[ChekhovsLecture Chekhov's Lecture]]: During their trip up to the cottage, the male students talk about how you should spit to determine which way to dig yourself out of an avalanche. Later, Hanna, who was not a part of that conversation, gets buried in snow. Snot dangles from her nose, telling the audience which way is up. She ultimately digs herself back out, though it's unclear whether she figured it out herself or just got lucky.

* IncrediblyLamePun: The film's tagline; "Ein! Zwei! DIE!"

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The English version at times

* ChekhovsGun: The coin Martin places in his pocket [[spoiler: which dooms him in the end.]]

* ClosedCircle: The students park their car a while away from the cottage - the student who is a [[GenreSavvy movie buff]] [[ConversationalTroping correctly identifies the situation]]
* DeathByMaterialism: The zombies are after the gold hidden in the students' cottage. [[spoiler:The final guy is undone by the fact that his girlfriend stole a coin and hid it in his pants]].

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Although the exact mechanics are not explained, the Nazi zombies are strongly implied to be Type R zombies, driven by greed and at least partially intelligent.

* ShoutOut: Several, many of them from resident movie geek, Erlend.
** Hanna's demise might seem familiar to fans of ''TheDescent''.
** Coupled with GratuitousEnglish, "[[IndianaJones Fortune and glory, kid.]]"

* SoundtrackDissonance: The supremely gory zombie brawl is set to the insanely upbeat and cheerful [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7YjvlAP2MM "Min Dag I Dag"]] (Today's My Day)

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: During their stand against the Nazi!Zombies, Roy wields a [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn hammer and a sickle]].
** He actually does this on purpose. Check out the look of anguish/ irritation on the Zombie's face just before he cops it.

* ZombieGait: Averted, the zombies range from "slightly slower than a human" to "[[OffscreenTeleportation slightly slower than The Flash]]"
* ZombieInfectee: Apparently averted; at least two of the guys get bitten and don't show any signs of zombification. [[spoiler: Martin]]'s plan to save himself from this fate is just gutwrenching though...
** Lampshaded, too:
--->'''[[spoiler: Martin]]:''' "Oh no. Oh no. You remember what Erlend said? Don't get bit. Whatever you do, don't get bit. I'm going to turn into..."
--->'''Roy:''' "Isn't your grandfather Jewish? They're not going to recruit someone who's half Jewish."

* [[ChekhovsLecture Chekhov's Lecture]]: An odd case: During their trip up to the cottage the male students talk how to correctly identify up and down in case they are buried by an avalanche (the answer is to spit - since gravity will influence where the spit lands). Later Hanna, one of the female students (who were not present when this was discussed), is buried in snow, with snot dangling out of her nose so the audience can tell which way is down. She gets out, but it seems more to be there to make the audience wonder whether she will figure it out, than for the character to use it.

* DeathByMaterialism: The zombies are after the gold hidden in the students' cottage.

* DuctTapeForEverything: Duct Tape For Makeshift Bandages! [[MillenniumTrilogy This seems to be a habit of Scandinavians.]]

* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler: Martin]] - cruelly, it turns out to be entirely unneccessary, as these [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Zombies Are Different]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: Human skulls do not work that way!

* NotUsingTheZWord: Movie buff Erlend rightly identifies the zombies - being GenreSavvy. [[spoiler: [[DeathByGenreSavviness He is killed off in the same scene]].]]

* OhCrap: The look on Martin's face after he [[spoiler: cuts off his own arm with a chainsaw to save himself from a zombie bite]], only to be [[spoiler:bitten in the crotch immediately afterwards]], is just pricelessly pathetic. Later on, his FamousLastWords: "Oh, fuck."
** Not to mention Martin's and Roy's reaction after "Arise!"

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]

'''''Dead Snow''''' (''Død Snø'' in Norwegian) is a Norwegian Zombie horror-comedy movie from 2009. The plot concerns a group of young medical students who go to a small secluded cottage in the mountains for their [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Easter]] vacation. [[HilarityEnsues Drunkenness, lechery and silliness ensue]] - until a lone wanderer comes by, telling the grisly tale of a detachment of Nazis who, in the last days of [[WorldWarII the war]], stole everything not nailed down and fled to the mountains, where they perished in the cold. Of course, [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom The Wanderer]] is [[CassandraTruth entirely ignored]], and leaves. Before long, though, the med students find themselves fighting for their lives against zombies... [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazi zombies]].

'''''Død Snø''''' (translated ''Dead Snow'') is a Norwegian Zombie horror-comedy movie from 2009. The plot concerns a group of young medical students who go to a small secluded cottage in the mountains for their [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Easter]] vacation. [[HilarityEnsues Drunkenness, lechery and silliness ensue]] - until a lone wanderer comes by, telling the grisly tale of a detachment of Nazis who, in the last days of [[WorldWarII the war]], stole everything not nailed down and fled to the mountains, where they perished in the cold. Of course, [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom The Wanderer]] is [[CassandraTruth entirely ignored]], and leaves. Before long, though, the med students find themselves fighting for their lives against zombies... [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazi zombies]].

''DeadSnow'' isn't quite your typical zombie film, if that wasn't already apparent, and it switches between horror and humor much like ''EvilDead 2'', which appears to be an important inspiration for this tale of gore and guts.