#Film cold prey movie

Director Roar Uthaug keeps the tension taut as one by one his hapless characters find themselves alone in various parts of the building, gradually realizing that they're being stalked. Made to look old and disused, it has plenty of long, dark hallways, creepy basements, and other cobwebby nooks and crannies that are just right for a mysterious killer to lurk around in. The secluded hotel itself is an awesome actual location that helps to give this familiar story its own unique feel.

#Film cold prey movie

All of this occurs within the first fifteen minutes, so it's clear that this movie is wasting no time moving things right along. Jannicke, quickly asserting herself as the most useful member of the group, sets the broken bone herself and then spies an abandoned hotel in the distance where they can hole up for the night. It only takes Morten about a minute to break his leg, and, wouldn't you know it, nobody can get a signal on their cell phones. While everyone else is crowding into packed ski resorts, Eirik whisks the gang off to a remote mountain location for some snowboarding, despite recent news reports of a rash of skier disappearances in the area (like, around 110). There's the hero couple, Jannicke and Eirik, who are responsible and level-headed the make-out couple, consisting of cute, immature dude Mikal and dumb-blonde babe Ingunn and finally, the fifth-wheel loner Morten, who playfully admits to having an intense love affair with his own hand.

The gang of young victims-to-be follows the same template as, among other films, both versions of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. It's familiar stuff, and quite predictable, yet it still manages to be a fun and entertaining spookhouse ride. Another throwback to the old stalker-slasher tradition, the Norwegian thriller COLD PREY, aka FRITT VILT (2006) concentrates less on graphic violence and gore than simply trying to keep us on the edge of our seats.