Dead Snow(2009)
2009 · Tommy Wirkola · 88 min
Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.
Horror · Comedy
6.01.3k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Dead Snow scares
You'll feel more like you're at a rowdy midnight movie than watching something scary. It moves fast once the action kicks in, with characters getting picked off in increasingly over-the-top and bloody ways, all played with a wink. The zombie Nazi soldiers are relentless and violent, but the tone stays gleefully silly instead of dreadful, with buckets of cartoonish gore played for laughs. It's a great pick if you want gross-out fun with friends, not something that will actually unsettle you.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Dead Snow rates psychological 1/5, visceral 4/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 10 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, cabin-in-the-snow setup gives way to escalating chaos that turns nonstop and frantic by the back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is Dead Snow?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Dead Snow rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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