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  DEAD SNOW 2: RED Vs DEAD (DØD SNØ 2) (2014) Norway/Iceland/USA/UK 1hr 40mins Director: Tommy Wirkola "I know it sounds like a cliche but that's what happened" - Martin "I have two kittens... don't hurt me!!!" - Glenn Inventive and entertaining director Tommy Wirkola is back, still channeling his inner Sam Raimi and with a bigger budget to bring us DEAD SNOW 2: RED Vs DEAD!! After a quick recap of the previous movie DEAD SNOW (2009) the sole survivor Martin (Vegar Hoel) escapes Herzog following a vicious fight in the car where Martin manages to sever Herzogs right arm letting it fall into the foot well of said car. Falling asleep at the wheel he crashes and wakes up in hospital. The recap shows the fact that in the first movie Martin was forced (in true Ash Williams style) to cut off his own right arm with a chainsaw. When he comes round in hospital the doctors inform him that they were able to reattach his arm after the crash, revealing to Martin that they

 DEAD SNOW (DØD SNØ) (2009) Norway 1hr 32mins Director: Tommy Wirkola "How many films start with a group of friends on a trip to a cabin with no phone signal??" - Erlend "We should have gone to Sunny Beach, like I told you!!" - Roy A group of medical students head to a cabin high up in the snowy mountains of Øksfjord for a little rest and relaxation before their exams. The cabin belongs to Vegard (Lasse Valdal),  his friends Roy (Stig Frode Henriksen), Erlend (Jeppe Beck Laursen), couple Martin (Vegar Hoel) and Hanna (Charlotte Frogner), Liv (Evy Kasseth Røsten) and Chris (Jenny Skaulan) leave the car and walk to the cabin. Vegard goes ahead on his snowmobile to get the cabin ready. Vegards girlfriend Sara (Ane Dahl Torp) left the day before on ski's and is supposed to be meeting them there. On arrival the guys quickly settle into messing about in the snow and drinking. They answer a knock at the door thinking it is Sara (who has still not turned up yet) but fin

 This is it undead fiends... month 2 of my SEND MORE PARAMEDICS reviews and we are onto the album that cemented the band firmly into peoples minds. To many it was the album that brought them forward to a wider audience and due to the anthemic nature of some of the tracks got them on the bill with US touring bands THE OFFSPRING and AVENGED SEVENFOLD on the UK/European legs of their tours. Without further ado I bring you the mighty... THE HALLOWED AND THE HEATHEN (2004) 1. The Hallowed (0:53) 2. Bokor (2:03) 3. Driven To Destruction (2:35) 4. Desert Of Skulls (3:50) 5. Zombie Crew (3:46) 6. No Fucking Joke (2:52) 7. Half Life (2:56) 8. I Can Feel Myself Rotting (0:29) 9. Burning The Body (3:30) 10. A Necklace Made Of Teeth (3:33) 11. The Time Before I Turn (4:07) 12. Cranial Blowout (1:56) 13. Easy Meat (3:20) 14. The Heathen (1:05) Released on IN AT THE DEEP END RECORDS in February 2004. THE HALLOWED AND THE HEATHEN begins and ends with haunting instrumentals, the tracks inbetween being