Could there be any more natural bedfellows than zombies and Nazis? As the Dutch 'Worst Case Scenario' rots in indie fundraising hell, we can look to Norway to find investors with the balls to exploit National Socialist iconography for a few cheap scares. The story is simple. Very simple. A bunch of twenty-something medical students vacationing in the desolate frozen wastes of northern Norway find the region infested with vengeful undead Nazis. That's it. The screenplay follows the genre template to a T, and the lack of experience of both cast and crew is obvious (save for the fantastic Bjørn Sundquist). The movie is inspired a little too much by Romero and Evil Dead, but I'm a sucker for anything Scandinavian, and though the characters are purely generic idiot place-fillers and the Nazi-zombies don't make an appearance until the halfway mark, the film is somehow held together by the inherent coolness of its premise. It doesn't hurt that the special effects are straight from the DIY school of Tom Savini (augmented with lamentable CGI blood splatter – ugh) with gut munching and intestine fondling galore. Just when your interest is flagging, another flesh ravaged zombie in full SS regalia appears on the horizon and the heart flutters true love. It's just a shame that it wasn't filmed in grainy 16mm to complete the grindhouse authenticity. Admittedly, the appeal may be limited, but for those of us desperate for a renaissance of the no- holds-barred, politically incorrect mashups of seventies grindhouse, 'Dod Sno', or at least its second half, won't disappoint.
