Cold Prey (2006)

5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.

Director:

Roar Uthaug

Writers:

Thomas Moldestad (story), Martin Sundland (story)

Stars:

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen

5 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal	...	Jannicke
Rolf Kristian Larsen	...	Morten Tobias
Tomas Alf Larsen	...	Eirik
Endre Martin Midtstigen	...	Mikal
Viktoria Winge	...	Ingunn
Rune Melby	...	Fjellmannen
Erik Skjeggedal	...	Gutten
Tonie Lunde	...	Mor
Hallvard Holmen	...	Far

Storyline

Jannicke, Morten Tobias, Eirik, Mikal and Ingunn are on a snowboarding vacation in Jotunheimen. They are forced to take shelter in an abandoned hotel when Morten Tobias breaks his leg and their car is too far away for them to reach within nightfall. They quickly discover that the hotel was closed in the seventies due to the disappearance of the managers' son. Unknown to them, someone is still living in the hotel, and getting home, or even surviving the stay, isn't as easy as they believe.

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Plot Keywords:

characters murdered one by one | masked murderer | mysterious murderer | psycho murderer | psychopathic murderer | 

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Taglines:

You'll Catch Your Death.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The hotel room in which Ingunn is killed and later the others hide in is room number 2 3 7. This is most likely paying homage to The Shining in which the notorious room number was also 237.

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Goofs

Towards the end when killer is ready to throw off bodies from the slay, Eirik briefly had his eye open and then shut in next scene even though he is supposed to be already dead.

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Connections

Edited into Cold Prey 2 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Kommer Nå
Performed de Stein Ove Berg
Written by Stein Ove Berg (as S.O. Berg)
Courtesy of Norsk Musikforlag
Copyright Control

User Reviews

Pretty creepy Norwegian slasher.

It's midwinter.Five youngsters are heading for the Jotunheimen mountain area to go snowboarding.On the slope,one of them has a bad fall and breaks a leg.There is no sign of any other people around and their mobile phones are out of range.They catch sight of a mountain hotel in the distance and decide to find shelter there.The hotel lies emtpy and silent,obviously closed down years ago.The phone lines are dead and the youngsters realize they have to spend the night in the hotel.Unbeknownst for them there is somebody else in the building-somebody thirsty for their blood...Pretty eerie Norwegian slasher with truly creepy looking killer.The director Roar Uthaug manages to create few moments of suspense and terror.There is very little gore and the motivation of the killer is fairly silly,but if you want to be scared give "Cold Prey" a look.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Cold Prey

Filming Locations:

Jotunheimen, Norway

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,885,577

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fantefilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 97 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1