Review by quende

I watched this movie without expecting too much since I had heard that it's not very good and since I didn't expect too much I wasn't very disappointed either. Why I watched it anyway was because it's the first Swedish vampire movie and being Swedish of course that's exciting and the other reason was that it was shot in my old hometown and I wanted to see if I recognized any of the locations. Which I did, the school scenes were shot at my old school.

So what can I say about this movie? That it had a lot of potential and could have been very good if done in another way. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be scary, gory or funny and that's the main flaw. If the focus had been on either making it a really scary horror movie or a vampire comedy I think something good might have come out of it. But it didn't because Frostbiten is a weird mixture of horror and comedy which unfortunately isn't working.

I also feel that the location isn't used as good as it could have been. Northern Sweden during the winter is cold and dark with snow, snow and more snow. There's also lots of wilderness and big forests. The perfect setting for a really creepy horror movie. But did we see any of that? No. Most of the film was set indoors with the climax of the film being another teenage party turning into a blood bath, which is terribly unoriginal. That could have worked if the focus was on comedy but since it wasn't (at least I don't think it was) it just turned cliché.

And the acting? Well some of the actors did good but for every good one there was one terrible. And the accent? I used to live in the northern Sweden and the way most of the actors talked and tried to imitate that accent is NOT the way people actually talk up there! If you're not from the northern Sweden you probably won't be bothered by that but if you are you'll find it silly and annoying.

So what was good about this movie? Well since I'm Swedish I can't trash a Swedish vampire movie completely. For me the thing I liked best about it just is that it's Swedish because there are no other movies like this here. As far as I know this is the first ever vampire movie made in Sweden and because of that it deserves a watch. It's quite entertaining as long as you don't expect too much of it. Another good thing was the special effects. I have nothing to complain about there.

Do I recommend this movie? Sure. Just don't expect to be scared or laugh a lot. It's OK in it's own way but nothing mind blowing.