Thursday 12 November 2015

DO'B: Institutional Context - Død Snø [Dead Snow] (Wirkola, 2009)




Død Snø [Dead Snow] (Wirkola, 2009)

Notifiable Production Information
  • Tommy Wirkola’s Død snø is a Norwegian zombie thriller produced by Miho Film, Yellow Bastard Productions, and Dutch director Harald Zwart.
  • Released January 9th 2009
  • Budget of $800,000
  • Box office of $1,984,662
  • First zombie film produced in Scandinavia
  • Wirkola made the decision to dress the zombies as nazis to give the film a historical setting.
  • Wirkola inspired by traditional zombie films in which characters were cursed and became zombies.
  • 3 make-up teams were employed to mass-produce zombies.

Distribution Techniques
  • Distributed by Euforia Film
  • Dubbed from Norwegian into English for mass market.
  • Premiered at Sundance Film Festival
  • Received an impressive 66% on critiquing forum Rotten Tomatoes
  • Limited release in United States
  • Released on DVD 23 February 2010
  • Trailer boasts beautiful landscapes and the gruesome undead
  • Advertised as a film starring Norwegian model Jenny Skavlan and famous actors Bjørn Sundquist and Charlotte Frogner


Other Films by Tommy Wirkola:
  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - 2013
  • Dead Snow [2]: Red vs Dead - 2014
  • Kill Buljo - 2007

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