If I have to give you one disclaimer about Dead Snow, it would be this: Not for the squeamish. As I‘ve stated before, I’m a fan of what Scandinavia has contributed to the film world. Rare Exports, Troll Hunter—they’re definitely imaginative. Dead Snow is no different.

Just when you thought you wouldn’t be able to tolerate another movie about a group of young people who take a trip out to a secluded cabin without attaching a drinking game to the highly predictable story structure and ensuing scenes of sex and brutal death, Dead Snow comes along and changes the game. Sure, there is a mysterious man with great knowledge of the area who offers an ominous warming that foreshadows the entire plot. Sure, this story does follow a group of medical students who head out on a ski trip to a secluded area of Norway. Sure, there are a few couples, a promiscuous girl, and a chubby guy for comedic relief. And yes, the group makes terrible decisions about how they should survive an extremely risky situation, ones that are marred by unnecessary risk and that make you tear your couch pillow in half. Still, there is one unique thing about Dead Snow: Nazi zombies. Actually, make that two things: Nazi zombies and an extreme level of gore that makes you reevaluate the human anatomy. I never though someone could get their long intestine caught on a tree branch, keep running, and have it unravel like a spool of thread.

No one in this movie is safe from a horrible and painful death. Not the hot girls, the level-headed bachelor, or the comedic relief. In fact, Dead Snow makes sure to tear these characters limb from limb just to confuse you. Really, these Nazi zombies are insane. Of course, some of them are dimwitted and slow while others could run track and hold the attention of entire Ivy League lecture halls; although, this sort of inconsistency with villains and evil creatures is nothing new.

There is nothing happy in store for this group of medical students. There are some pretty sweet fight scenes and a smattering of dark humor. Other than that, most of the film is smeared in blood and guts.