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| Ingrid Bolsø Berdal plays Jannicke, a holidaymakin snowboarder turned badass ball-breaker. |
At a glance:
In conjunction with the release of Oren Peli's
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) in which features
Fritt Vitt lead Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, let's revisit this successful Norwegian flick that proved enough to form the basis of a survivor horror trilogy. The
official website is still up today! The story? Same old genre retread built around a bunch of attractive young people trapped in an abandoned hotel in the snowy mountains with an unknown killer on the loose.
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Ingrid lookin like hot prey at the Amanda Awards
where she took Best Actress for this role.
That's the Norwegian Oscars, you philistine. |
Bad news on the doorstep:
We've seen it all before. If you're a horror movie fan that has been numbed by the
Hills Have Eyes series, the
Halloween series, the
Scream series, the
I Know What You Did Last Summer series,
the
Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, the
Wrong Turn series - then jog on because it's painfully predictable, with a slow buildup to boot. This movie got the attention it did perhaps only because it was a Norwegian product that was actually so similar to American slashers in that mould (read: that it was technically on par with them). There isn't much locational detail either, somethin that would've added curio value to it. Even the soundtrack, which was admittedly pretty decent, was in English.
Perennial wonderment:
Will we ever see better ice-set horror movies than
The Thing (1982) and
The Shining (1980)? Please drop me a comment for recommended viewin. Hmm that reminds me, I still ain't watched my copy of
Bikini Girls On Ice (2009).
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| "Fuck me, there goes my new nails." |
Reminds me of:
See long list above. By the way, the region is called Jotunheimen and that makes me think of a painted pussy.
Most memorable line:
None.
Amacam joker, berapa bintang lu mau kasi?
Committed performance by the cast but unfortunately nothin terribly compellin here. Watch the sequel - it bears the rare cinematic distinction of bein actually better than the first movie. Must be a Norwegian thing - it sure never happens in Hollywood.
Bonus material:
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Director & scribe Roar Uthaug empowers Ingrid Bolsø Berdal.
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