Dead Snow Gets a Release Date

Its been a busy week in release date news.  Just yesterday, Goon informed us that the Night of the Demons remake will see theatrical release in the fall of this year but now comes word of a film release that's not a remake and that has plenty of buzz.  According to BoxOfficeMojo, the Norewegian Nazi zombie film Dead Snow will be seeing release in theaters on June 12th.  This news comes only two months after IFC purchased the rights to release the film after the Sundance Film Festival.  No word on how high of a theater count this will see release in, but I am sure it will be fairly limited. 

For eight medical students, Easter vacation begins innocently enough. They pack their cars full of ski equipment and enough beer to fuel their escape from everyday life to the snowy, isolated hills outside of Øksfjord, Norway. Once there, they receive a late-night visit from a shady hiker, who tells them a story about Nazi occupation of the area during World War II. After doing their fair share of raping and pillaging, the dreaded battalion faced a brutal and vengeful uprising by the citizens of the town. The soldiers who managed to survive the onslaught, including their dreaded leader Colonel Herzog, were driven into the hills by the angry mob, where they supposedly froze to death, never to be seen again. But if the horror genre has taught us anything, it’s that the raucous behavior and promiscuity of the younger generation always have a way of bringing evil spirits back to life.