10 Zombie Horror Movies That Have No Right Being This Good

10. Dead Snow (2009)

Norwegian horror Dead Snow sees a group of eight medical students travel to a remote cabin for a carefree weekend of skiing and relaxation, where local folklore is rife with tales of a Nazi battalion who went missing there during WWII. The students begin disappearing and soon the survivors find themselves fighting for their lives against the zombified corpses of the missing soldiers.

Featuring chainsaws, heavy weaponry and Nazi zombies, Dead Snow is exactly what the people ordered. At a time when the Nazi zombies of the Call Of Duty series were as popular as ever, this was a shrewd move on the part of writer-director Tommy Wirkola. But, far from being a shameless cash-in on a current trend, Dead Snow offers the satisfaction of a straightforward premise, a well-judged balance of comedy and horror, and an awful lot of bang for your buck.

It may not be Shakespeare -- nor Dawn Of The Dead, for that matter -- but what Dead Snow lacks in substance it makes up for in pure, cacophonous fun, all wrapped in the B-movie thrills of blood, guts and ultraviolence.