Sometimes, folks, movie news is so epic that it can’t immediately be discerned whether it’s epically good or epically bad. All I know is that this is a big lump of something, though whether it’s a big lump of awesome or a big lump of suck will remain to be seen.
Seems that Will Ferrell (on the producer slot) and Tommy Wirkola (whose name you’ll recognize from zombie Nazi epic Dead Snow) have banded together to get working on a remake of the Hansel and Gretel story, along with writer Dante Harper.
A basic synopsis is now available, and it boggles my mind. Picture a funny version of The Brothers Grimm, and you’ll have a good idea what’s going on. Basically, fifteen years after the duo in question jammed a cannibal witch into a scorching hot oven to die, they’ve decided it’s time to take up a new line of work–witch bounty hunting. Apparently there’s a LOT of witches around, and it’s up to Hansel and Gretel to kill them off but good.
See what I mean? Good? Bad? It could go either way and do so on an unimaginable scale. But how will it turn out? We’ll have a ways to wait before we find that one out.
A trip to the snow becomes a horror vacation for a group of college students. Nazi zombies cause considerable hardship that is bloody frightening.
The limited theatrical release is June 12, 2009. Reportedl, a VOD release is occuring on the same day for those who rather watch the scary movie at home.
Dead Snow is a ticklish horror movie. I posted the original trailer some time ago when I found it on Twitch. If you want to compare trailers, click here for the original. Dead Snow has a unique way to depict the Nazi era — the Inglourious Basterds would’ve had a field day in this movie.
A Sundance 2009 entry, Dead Snow takes an excursion with a group of students on a snow trip. All is well until a hiker shows up at their cabin door with tales about Nazis occupying this snowy mountain side in World War II. The townspeople eventually revolted against their horrible oppressors and drove Colonel Herzog and his minions into the high mountains. The theory is the Nazis froze to death. But many years later, when these students show up with their lovemaking and drinking it brings the Nazis back to life. With all due respect, these students must have a lot of energy in their escapades to revive the dead.
Nazi zombies you say, eh? Well, the zombie movie genre has been in a slump as of late, with no newcomers really rejuvenating the stale subgenre, but Dead Snow looks to be quite the film. On STYD are nine new images from the upcoming film, as well as word that the zombie horror-comedy from director Tommy Wirkola has been accepted into the Sundance Film Festival.
The film has a group of ill-fated teenagers go to a remote place for a ski vacation, and as STYD points out, are not intended to return alive. They are to be eaten by Nazi zombies. Yes, you read that right: Nazi zombies.
Sometimes, folks, movie news is so epic that it can’t immediately be discerned whether it’s epically good or epically bad. All I know is that this is a big lump of something, though whether it’s a big lump of awesome or a big lump of suck will remain to be seen.
