Nightmare Variations

It’s been a good year for Scandanavian horror films. First, we had “Let The Right One In
, which washed the horrifying stench of Twilight out of my head.

Now there’s Dead Snow, a gory, humorous riff on Zombies. a film that begins with Hall of the Mountain King, plagiarizes Evil Dead, Friday the Thirteenth and a million other films, and should credit After Effects as  Makeup Artist. Please watch this clip from near the end, and tell me if it isn’t everything you’re looking for in a Zombie Flick:

I’ve always loved Solomon Kane more than Conan. There’s just something Cooler about the avenging Puritan, With his mashup of sorcery and swashbuckling. And this looks pretty good, if derivative: