Cold Prey (2006)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Best movie ever!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

"Fritt vilt" is a Norwich movie which has to do with a group of friends who are going on a snowboarding vacation in Jotunheimen. There they are forced to take as shelter an abandoned hotel because on of them broke his leg and he can not move, and they can not go back because their car was too far away. They find out that this hotel was closed for many years due to the disappearance of the managers son who is still missing.I liked this movie very much because of the plot and the story of it and because of the nice images of Jotunheimen. I also liked it because of the interpretations of Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Viktoria Winge and Tomas Alf Larsen.Finally I have to tell you that I strongly recommend it because it's really worth seeing.

Lucky for me for being a Horror freak, as it has really helped me get over my phobia of foreign cinema. Beforehand I hadn't been able to get over the language barrier. This has been my first taste of Norwegian Horror, and I must say I liked it!Frit Vilt is a classic Slasher with a fairly common background story - youngsters go on ski vacation (to a far and desolate place, obviously), one of them gets injured, they find an "abandoned" cabin and use it for shelter, enter Slasher, let there be blood. No points for originality. Also, one of the cheapest cheats were used (can't call for help on account of cells having no signals, as according to most of the Horror genre there is no place in the world with cellular reception, and that always lowers a film's level for me.However, I was pretty impressed with how director Uthaug managed to take an unoriginal story and an unoriginal sub-genre, and still make a pretty decent film! The characters are interesting in their own unoriginal way, the Slasher was pretty neat, and the soundtrack was awesome! The Nords always did know their music!All in all, the Slasher sub-genre really isn't one of my favorites, as it has very little to show after we've seen it all in the classics (Friday the 13th and such). And still, I found myself really enjoying the film. Being a Slasher film made the road pretty obvious, and I still found the way the characters walked it to be interesting. After the many Slashers already done, it's not easy at all to make a good one, and Frit Vilt is a good one! Could have used a nice twist though. Looking forward to the sequel!

The Cold Prey movies have been suggested to me for a very long time. I have had many people tell me how great they are and how much I would love them. So I finally decided to check them out and im glad I did but not as impressed as I was told I to would be.As "Cold Prey" starts you get the feeling you are watching the same thing you have seen in countless other slasher films, and that feeling is correct. This film really doesn't do anything to stand out from all the other slasher films out there. The fact that it takes place in the snow was interesting but its not like this is the first horror film to do that.The main things a slasher flick needs to be great is a good killer, like-able characters, and a nice pace. Id say this movie had 1 1/2 of these things. The killer was great, whats not to like about a pick axe wielding psychopath. The characters were meh, Morten Tobias is rather like-able but other than that the characters are rather un exciting. The pace is the movie's main downfall. Things really do take a while to take off.I think the main thing that disappointed me about this was all the hype around it. This was built up to me to be this great slasher movie when honestly its just you average run of mill kill a bunch of young adults flick, well made but still average. Worth watching if you are a fan of the genre but don't buy into the hype. 5/10Note: With all this said, I thought the Sequel was excellent.

I Saw This Movie Yesterday And I Must Say This Movie Scared The Hell Outta Me.........This Was My First Norwegian Movie So I Saw This MOvie Wid English Subtitle.............But to Be Frank YOU won't be Needin Subtitle Coz The Movie Will Keep You Going With It............The Suspense Is Created Till The Last Scene Of the Movie..............I Am A Big Fan Of Horror Movies And This Movie Has Sure Booked Its Place In the Top 50 Best Horror movies Of Mine.........For Me It Was A GR8 Horror Movie Luvd It.............MUST WATCH.......ITS For People Who Like To See Movie's Where A Group Of Frnd's Are Trapped In A Place And Their Survival...........