Annika and her daughter Saga has just moved to a small community in Norrbotten where Annika is going to be working at the local hospital. It's cold, constantly dark and Saga ain't too happy with her new home that lies above the polar circle. At her first day in school, she meets Vega and they instantly become friends with Vega inviting Saga to a party. Meanwhile, a teenagers has mysteriously disappeared along with that other blood-drenched incidents starts to disturb the community. Annika is happy about starting her new work where she meets Professor Beckert who conducts genetic research, and was the main reason to why Annika applied for the job in the first place. But she soon finds out that there are strange things going on at the hospital and that Beckert is not exactly the man he first appears to be. And Saga is soon to witness some gruesome acts herself as she attends a party with heaps of soon-to-be vampires.
First off I must say that this might be one of the best vampire flicks to come out since the 80's, and I was truly thankful for that it didn't have any of those sissy-looking gothic type of vampires in it that so often seems to be the case with vampire films in general. The greatest idea behind this movie and what makes it a perfect vampire film is that it takes place in Norrbotten, Sweden, where it's completely dark for months of the year. It's strange that no one has thought about that before since it's obviously the best enviroment a vampire could ever wish for, and what it also serves is that no vampires can be killed by the break of dawn like in so many other films.
Since I so far have just said positive things about the movie, I think I will stay on that path, because Frostbiten sure has a lot of great things in store for its viewer. Sweden's not a big country when it comes to making movies, and definitely not when it comes to horror films, and therefore it was somewhat a delight to see that they could accomplish such a great film as Frostbiten. Basically, everything in the film looks very good, the make-up is terrific and so is the CG. Usually, I'm quite often very negative when it comes to the use of CG, but whenever they use it in this film, it's just great and makes things look really good. The CG itself looks flawless and whenever it's used it never feels like they should've tried to accomplish something similar without the use of computer effects, but instead you almost invite it since it looks so good and does a lot for the movie.
 Another thing that does a great deal of work for the movie is the enviroment of cold and dark Norrbotten, which looks grim, frosty and goes hand in hand with the whole horror theme. The film also has a pretty good amount of blood-splatter and gore to offer for its viewer, as well as some really cool horror scenes that delivers the creeps. First and most I would definitely say that Frostbiten is a horror flick, but a horror flick that has a lot of humour in it. Some stuff works truly well and creates laugh out loud moments, and while some stuff might have a too strong teen mentality to it, most of the humour stuff comes off as very good. The dialogue is well-written and the actors do a fine job delivering it to create some humour which works for most parts.
What I really came to like was that even though the film had a lot of humour, it never held back on the blood and the horror, but combined comedy and fright in an excellent way, something that is quite hard to accomplish. Story-wise you'll most likely find yourself to get sucked in because it's pretty captivating as well as it is truly easy to watch, and the fact that it is fast-paced and never really has a dull moment obviously helps a lot. I don't feel like complaining today so that's not gonna happen, and I believe that even if the movie has a few minor flaws, it's an original film and I can promise you that you never have seen anything quite like it.
If you're a horror fan and have a sense of humour you should most definitely hunt this one down. Films like this doesn't come along too often and this movie has instant cult classic written all over it. Give it a shot because you'll most likely have a great time watching it.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Frostbite
MOVIE YEAR: 2006
DIRECTOR: Anders Banke
WRITING CREDITS: Daniel Ojanlatva, Pidde Andersson
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
CAST: Petra Nielsen, Grete Havnesköld, Emma Åberg
COUNTRY: Sweden
RUNTIME: 98 min
RATING: 8/10
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