ninja iii : the domination is a 1984 american martial arts action horror film directed by sam firstenberg , and stars sho kosugi , lucinda dickey , jordan bennett , and james hong .

it is the third film in cannon films ' ninja trilogy anthology series , the first being enter the ninja , and the second being revenge of the ninja .

ninja iii : the domination

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ninja iii : the domination is rated r for violence and language . the running time is 1 hour and 32 minutes .
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i haven ' t seen ninja iii : the domination , but it has possibly the best name of any movie ever . and for that it deserves recognition .
ninja iii : the domination is a 1984 american action movie about a woman ( lucinda dickey ) who becomes possessd by the spirit of an evil ninja . the film costarred sho kisugi and jordan bennett . it was the third
…and it being horror - themed halloween month , we’d be remiss in not throwing a shout out to what was the most ambitious of the 80’s canon flicks , ninja iii : the domination .
people don’t give ninja iii : the domination enough credit . it’s a smart as hell release , blending two familiar genre , with ghostly possession and martial arts fights in equal amounts .
probably the greatest thing about ninja iii : the domination is no matter what you’re in the mood for , you’re going to get it . the movie covers almost every genre imaginable , and sometimes not on purpose .
barbarella 2 ? lady beastmaster ? no , it ' s not some michael ironside vs . the amazonian excalibur mash - up either . it ' s simply an oversexed italian poster for ninja iii : the domination !
thankfully there are “other” ways to watch this . but if gymkata can get a release , why not ninja iii ?
there are actually two other ninja films in this series , enter the ninja and revenge of the ninja , though none of the 3 have related storylines .
welcome to “bad movie night , ” a biweekly feature in which we sift through the remains of bad movies of all stripes : the obscure and hilarious , the bloated and beautiful , the popular and painful . this week we look at one of the most inexplicable movies of the 1980s ( no small feat , that ) , ninja iii : the domination .
well , ignoring the part about how the movie gave me nightmares , imdb lists ninja iii as horror . it does not list predators ( or predator ) as horror .
welcome to the 83rd episode of the cinefessions podcast ! this week , branden , ashe , and marc continue the scream factory arc with a review of ninja iii : the domination ( 1984 ) . you can help us decide which film we’ll review in week five of this arc ! just answer the poll question to your right in the sidebar , …
also like revenge of the ninja it ' s also awesome . i love sho kasugi ninja movies .
it ' s quite a thing , ' ninja iii , ' less a movie and more a buzzfeed list of 23 things only ' 80s kids will remember .
but the more of the film that i watched , the more i realized that if i was going to have to unknowingly watch a film that wasn’t american ninja iii , at least i was lucky enough to have this truly bizarre ninja film as its stand in . besides , how often do you get the chance to watch a movie that channels the exorcist , ghostbusters and footloose all in one beautifully wrapped ninja package . as an extra added bonus ninja iii : the domination was directed by sam firstenberg . who also directed the first two american ninja films , and as an extra added bonus of pop culture knowledge , and directed breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo as well . your mind is blown , isn’t it ?
ninja iii wasn’t actually a sequel to enter the ninja and revenge of the ninja , but it certainly tied - up the triumvirate of movies that really cemented ninja films as the dominant martial arts exploitation sub - genre of the decade . sadly , it was never topped in budget , artistic ambition or general fimmaking effort during the craze . the films got cheaper and cheesier until the genre was all but surrendered to turtles and kicking kiddies .
i know i am alittle late on posting this . as for this review is over a year old at this point . i was the biggest ninja fan as a kid . i grew up in the 80’s so with the invention of the vcr found a world of ninja movies in the early 80’s . enter the ninja was the first american ninja type movie . . it is still freaking awesome ! so flash forward to today . i am sitting at work and thinking about ninja iii the domination for some strange reason . there was something i guess that still bugging me to this day . why was it called ninja iii ? from what i can tell there was never a ninja 1 or 2 ? i just can’t figure it out . was it because there were 3 um ish ninjas in the movie ? because the chick really wasn’t a ninja . . she was just possessed by a ninja . . ok i am glad i have gotten that off my chest .
this japanese market poster for ninja iii : the domination “heroes” sho kosugi amidst a jumbled mess of images from the film . while not the greatest of layouts , a poster like this hangs in a theater lobby as an enticer for things to come . the audience is there , captive , milling about or waiting in line for snacks , so you have them on the hook already , you can get away with this sort of density .
ninja iii : the domination is a movie that can’t be reviewed , it can only be experienced . preferably in a large group and with copious amounts of alcohol . from the opening moments of a ninja exciting his cave like cave at dawn to hunt and kill a man trying to put in a quick 9 - holes before work you know you are in for something special . sure it is never explained just why the ninja felt the need to kill the man , his wife and 30 , 000 guards , nor is it explained how the ninja has super strength , you simply have to just go along with it .
then , when i thought ninja iii : the domination couldn’t amaze me any more , it pulls out the big guns . christie wipes out a platoon of cops , goes head to head with her nemesis yamada , and when he ( yamada ) discovers the ninja he has been chasing has inhabited the body of a woman he lets her go . he then concocts an ingenious plan to meet christie at an abandoned temple in the hills . there yamada forces the black ninja’s soul out of christie’s body and back into his own . but what yamada doesn’t know is that the black ninja has the power to turn the monks who live in the abandoned temple into , i can’t believe i am saying this , zombie ninjas !
sure enough the wrong print had been sent to the theater , a print for a film that had been released a full five years earlier . oh i was angry at first . how could a projectionist not have known the difference between ninja iii and american ninja 3 ? it should be perfectly obvious , right ? right ? !
here’s where that whole idea started , 1981’s genre - launching enter the ninja .
greater than the conundrum that is ninja iii : the domination , is probably the nostalgia that surrounds it . it is a reminder of the days when you would pick a movie at a video store based on the box art and description . you may be stuck watching it at a sleepover , and there was no chance of turning it off because it cost $ 3 to rent it . it is a reminder of the days when you simply couldn’t move on to the next film streaming . it is a reminder of when you just had to give in and commit yourself to something and hope for the best . if you remember ninja iii or even just want to relive those days , then grab a v8 and some special friends and give it a watch .
the possessed christie hunts down and kills the police officers responsible for killing the evil ninja . her boyfriend billy ( bennett ) , who is one of the officers involved , becomes suspicious and joins forces with a good ninja ( kisugi ) to defeat the evil ninja ' s spirit .
it’s also just great to finally see this film in such a pristine , even enhanced state . the mgm cable channel print of ninja iii wasn’t nearly as detail - revealling as this new transfer , especially viewed on blu . i noticed for the first time lucinda dickey is wearing a really bad wig in all the mountain location scenes , which were evidently shot after she started filming breakin’ with a shorter , more pat benatar - inspired haircut . and yes , she did ninja iii first , a revelation from the commentary .
an evil ninja attacks a golf course , killing many people . the police arrive , and the ninja attacks and kills many of them . eventually the police manage to outnumber and surround the ninja , shooting him . the dying ninja escapes and runs into telephone linesman christie ( dickey ) , and puts the evil eye on her . christie takes the ninja ' s sword . later , christie is in her apartment when her arcade machine comes to life and hypnotizes her . the sword flies out of the closet and into christie ' s hands , and she becomes possessed by the evil ninja ' s spirit .
the delicious desert that was domination was part kosugi ninja vehicle , part exorcist , with a little flashdance thrown in and a thick , sugary frosting of 80’s cop revenge cliches topping it all . sho kosugi wore the jubei eyepatch , lucinda dickey avoided another breakin ‘ sequel and got to do some kooky effects scenes , and there were possibly the best staged ninja battle scenes we saw before getting ahold of the real stuff from japan later on .
they were liberated to try something different with the ninja construct and go in more of a hybridized direction . with allusions to prior ninja movies , horror tropes , and even dickey’s involvement with the
there are 12 or so warriors in this painting for the deadly silver ninja , which is actually more than the ninja scroll poster . the artist , however , uses foreground and background to center your attention on three of those warriors – the hero , the hot chick and the exotic masked villain .
in the cemetery scene , the evil ninja can be seen sliding down a rope from the trees . she is wearing heavy gloves to protect from rope burn , then the gloves disappear .
even with ninja assassin making some waves and the g . i . joe films putting big - budget ninja action in theaters , no one before scream factory saw the audience potential for the now 30 year old material . kudos to them .
a ninja ( david chung ) goes on a rampage at a golf course .
scream’s release is a stunning transfer of from what i recall is a complete print . the picture is just gorgeous on bluray ( the stills here don’t do it justice ) , and the accompanying dvd copy is nothing to sneeze at either . i’d call it miles above any previous release , but that’s not saying much as the last time ninja iii was on home video it was a full - frame vhs .
the body of a sexy aerobics instructor is invaded by the evil spirit of a dying ninja . at first , changes in her behavior is limited to having strange interactions with an arcade game , doing sexy things with v8 juice , and being attracted to an unusually hairy police officer . but soon enough , she ' s systematically killing , ninja - style , the officers responsible for the ninja ' s death , and can only be stopped by another ninja !
the american ninja films follow a simple , hard working soldier ( dudikoff ) who just so happens to be the only american ninja , like , ever . you would think this would go to his head , but no . he keeps his head down and follows orders until invariably an evil villain set on world domination kidnaps his lady friend and unleashes an army of ninjas to kill our intrepid hero . i’m fairly certain american ninja 2 differs only in that his best friend is kidnapped , as well as a host of marines , instead of his girlfriend . also the evil ninjas are color coded .
an evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave , by possessing an innocent woman ' s body .
i find myself unable to trust anyone who isn’t pro - ninja . that’s like saying you’re anti - the godfather .
japanese posters for an american ninja . . . gotta wonder what the home crowd thought of these weird yank flicks .
why are there no current , big budget ninja movies ? i’m surprised one hasn’t been released in the past few years ; or am i missing something ? someone like chris evans , ryan gosling or keanu reeves is the new american ninja .
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the body of a sexy aerobics instructor is invaded by the evil spirit of a dying ninja . at first , changes in her behavior is limited to having strange interactions with an arcade game , doing sexy things with v8 juice , and being attracted to an unusually hairy police officer . but soon enough , she ' s systematically killing , ninja - style , the officers responsible for the ninja ' s death , and can only be stopped by another ninja ! written by brian j . wright
you see once the black ninja ( chung ) is gunned down by a horde of cops , he vanishes into the ground , only to escape where he runs into christie . christie , shocked at finding a ninja , then dances with him for a few moments , more then long enough for the dying ninja to impart his soul into her . and this is when the film gets really weird .
after the evil ninja comes out of the lake he is soaked from head to toe . in the next shot , he continues to fight police officers and is bone dry . see more »
read great blog reviews at internal bleeding and where the long tail ends , and see and read all sorts of keen kosugi - ness at the excellent fan site sho kosugi : the ninja .
the 80’s ninja boom was represented piss - poorly in the dvd era ( which yes , i’m referring to in the past tense ) , but it seems no film was relegated to limbo longer than this third chapter in the kosugi / canon partnership . there were mostly full - frame and “open matte” releases of revenge of the ninja , rage of honor , the american ninja flicks , dumped out with little effort and even less fanfare , but for who - knows - why the dom never made even that cut .
but there’s more to it . golan - globus movies often fuck up the thing it never even occurs to other movies to not get right – like establishing shots , basic editing , and dialogue recording , all of which are weirdly inept . like much of their work , ninja iii is permeated by a general feeling of this is how you make a movie , right ?
composition can also save a much simpler layout . take a look at the original u . s . market poster for american ninja :
the lengthy opening act is amazing , but the rest of the film isn ' t as engaging .
anyway , ninja iii . we begin with two startlingly incongruent scenarios , juxtaposed nonetheless : a ninja in a cave , digging out throwing stars , arrows , and swords , intercut with some dude going golfing . their paths cross when our ninja shows up to crush a golf ball in his hand before murdering everyone on the green . it’s one of funniest action scenes you’ve ever seen ( unintentionally , but still ) , with hilariously overdone foley work and fight choreography so stiff it makes elaine benes look like ginger rogers . and it seems our ninja is an indestructible one , so the sequence goes on for a realllly long time , with one death blow after another making no difference , until he’s finally shot dead by several cops . or is he ?
i’m betting if storm shadow and snake eyes get enough of a reaction in the gi joe movie that we’ll start seeing ninja movies again . and despite his diminutive size , ray park really does seem like he would make a perfect american ninja .
welcome to vintage ninja - - dedicated to old ninja movies from japan ' s 60 ' s boom to the 80s american exploitation craze and beyond , with a ton of vintage toys , comics , and sharp pointy stuff thrown in for good measure .
: a utilities worker and part - time aerobics instructor encounters a dying ninja and is entrusted with his sword . however , the weapon is a conduit through which the ninja’s evil spirit takes possession of her body and mind . based on what i can only assume was a true story .
seriously , what the hell am i looking at here ? ninja scroll is certified classic , and anime movie posters don’t have to rely on photographic assets as their basis – the sky is the limit to the creativity of the illustrators involved . yet what we have here is an absolute abortion .
painted poster ( later the vhs box art ) to the tadashi yamashita vehicle the shinobi ninja , easily the most redundant title of the 80 ' s . it ' s a japan / hong kong co - pro , but that painting is of a very american ninja suit , right out of your average karate depot . anyone know what language this is or market it ' s for ? polish ? pakistani ?
after a peace loving japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate , a master ninja emerges .
nowhere near as effective , as the artist possibly wasn’t up to the task of portraying richard harrison more face - on . red ninja on a tight - rope isn’t nearly as effective as big - ass - ninja - head , but the swirling dragon just screams ‘martial arts movie’ so this ends up working in spite of its inferior execution .
) . action and adventure films were ( and continue to be ) the genres least resistant to retreads , and low - budget franchises were no more insulated from the phenomenon than their big - budget brethren . fortunately , the “ninja trilogy” films from the golan - globus era of cannon films handled this in the best way possible , by keeping a few recognizable elements ( e . g . the ninja archetype and sho kosugi ) and turning over the characters , stories , and settings . the results throughout this trilogy were stylistically distinct , tonally all over the map , and as
this is the one the fans have been waiting for . just hope the blu - ray version is somewhat decent .
and it’s a ninja movie , there’s especially no excuse for this when you have sooooooo iconic a central character type .
not hard to do . you can see this is a ninja film from 50 yards away , and it works .
mafia vs . ninja is hardly the classic ninja scroll is , being a heart - worn - on - its - sleeve exploitation flick . but what the marketers of exploitation films know is how to draw the eye and deilver a quick , effective image that get’s someone to cue - up at a theater or grab a rental off a video store shelf .
although i am , along with your father , a card carrying member of the anti - ninja / pro - alien brigade , i enjoyed this review immensely .
two things going on here – cash in on the big - ass - ninja - head , and feature your expensive imported star , in this case franco nero .
one of the greatest ninja movies ever ! me and my older brother had ninja fever back in these days , pillow cases and towels tied around our heads , anything that resembled a sword , mom even found us some , what seemed to be , authentic ninja stars ! til this day we’re still curious as to where they disappeared to that first time we threw them ! . . oh well , still a classic !
) plays christie , a telephone company technician / aerobics instructor who stumbles upon the dying body of an evil ninja . he hands her the magic sword he used to hack up a bunch of golfers before being shot by police . no sooner does she have the sword than strange things begin to happen . christie abruptly displays impressive fighting skills . the sword takes itself out of the closet and floats to her . she develops an intense , unexplainable hatred for police officers . ( this is especially inconvenient after she begins dating one . ) yes , the evil ninja ' s spirit has possessed her body . a second ninja soon arrives on the scene to chase it from inside her .
great use of the flag , simple fight scene with two figures . all fine . but the ninja is sort of hidden here and it’s a very stiff arrangement . clearly a studio posing and not a fight scene .
but what really sets the film apart from your standard ninja fare is the utterly insane possession angle . curious at christie’s radically shifting personality , her impossibly hairy boyfriend billy ( jordan bennett ) takes her to lo pan ( james hong ) to try and discover just what is wrong with her . luckily , christie is not a green eyed chinese girl , but a solid gold dancer so he has no interest in her . but he does discover that a ninja is lurking inside of her , and thus quickly dismisses the unlikely couple from his abode before he angers the spirit ninja .
he ' s the ultimate killer . she ' s the perfect weapon . see more »
poor christie keeps having goofy flashbacks to her ninja possessor’s near - death , which lead to her blacking out and avenging his murder . most of the people he sends her after are those cops who filled him with bullets , which is a real unfortunate coincidence for her fella , since this means he’s constantly bringing his girlfriend around his buddies , whose faces trigger the blood lust of the spirit of the ninja who’s possessed her . but hey , every couple has shit to work through . once he figures out what her deal is , he takes her to a wise asian medicine man for an exorcism , but it doesn’t take : “only a ninja can destroy a ninja , ” he’s told . she does the best she can , at one point turning on the radio and trying dance the spirit away , but the sword emerges from the closet and smashes her stereo . ( you would too if you heard that song , but i digress . )
this might be my favorite so bad it ' s awesome film of all time . like many pre - teen children of the 80 ' s repeat viewing of revenge of ninja spawned a ninja phase of my childhood . man i thought sho k . was badass back then . jet li could wup him with both legs in a cast ! this movie has insane crossovers that include flashdance , the exorcist and the lee van cleef ninja tv show . ugh . but as a friend of mine says anyone can get a good movie made it takes true genius to make a film that starts with a ninja surviving 17 shotgun blasts long enough to take over the body of arobics instructor to get revenge . wow . while previous commentors have metioned the sword flying out of the closet on the string no one has yet metioned the powerful love scene . where the sexy leading man cop takes off his shirt to reveal a mane of backhair . the fun never ends . rent this ! ! ! ! ! !
christie ( lucinda dickey ) , under the influence of a dead ninja , is laser - scanned by an arcade game . i’m sorry , i don’t know what i just wrote either .
the american ninja franchise has a very special place in my heart . a place that you may not , and can not , sully no matter how hard you might try . anna hasn’t even seen this place because she is crafty and i have been unable to trick her into watching any of the films . but what are american ninja films ? i’m so glad you asked .
the aisle seat critic , mike mcgranaghan , is a member of the online film critics society .
on a remote caribbean island , army ranger joe armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines , which leads him to the lion , a super - criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass - produced an army of mutant ninja warriors .
let’s look at some quirky foreign movie posters , testament to the global nature of the 80’s craze .
and more than that , their schlock also shares a keen lack of self - awareness – a distinct feeling that no one , at any level , had any idea how badly they were failing . so in that exorcism scene , as lucinda dickey goes full - on linda blair , growling in japanese , her shabbily - substituted dummy pulling full 360 flips , shouting “you cannot stop me , i am a ninja , ” what’s most striking is that they really seemed to think they were terrifying us . they have no idea this is funny . but ninja iii has more laughs than the last four farrelly brothers movies combined , and maybe that’s not what they were aiming for , but that’s what they achieved . who am i to begrudge them their success ?
seriously . eight to ten thousand of you read this site every month , you’re all ninja freaks and you’ve all been a pissed off as i am that the 80s craze films never got the deluxe send - up . now that one has , we need to mobilize , buy the hell out of it and show the other labels what they’ve been missing out on .
here , an artist uses the limitless opportunity illustration affords to pose and arrange subjects to create a vastly superior version of essentially the same scene . average joe american shinobi still reads as an exciting yank action star , but at the same time the ninja is a lot more prevalent . you’ve got movement , dynamic tension , intersecting lines . this is a fight scene !
a one - man army comes to the rescue of the united states when a spy attempts an invasion .
might be the most “cannon” of cannon films’ 1980s output , and this special blend is one of the big reasons its popularity persists three decades later . many will dock it points for its dated visual effects and inconsistent cohesion to the possession plot - line ( when christie pours v8 down her cleavage and has the hots for a dude with terrible back - hair , is it * the ninja spirit * doing these things ? ) but doing so misses the point . at its core ,
thankfully i had an ace up my sleeve , for you see my elder sister worked at the very movie theater that would be showing american ninja 3 , and she didn’t care what i watched . sure she thought it looked stupid ( an opinion i chalk up to her being a girl ) but she wasn’t going to waste any effort in stopping me from watching the film . so there i was , at the first showing on opening day , totally excited to watch the latest , greatest american ninja film . but then something totally unexpected happened .
on the soundtrack , despite the fact that those fighting are clearly missing their punches . a more apt descriptor for
meanwhile in japan , the rebooted kamui hits anime . love the weird dimensions of this piece , great layout .
what christie ( lucinda dickey , star of breakin’ and breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo ) doesn’t know is that we have secretly replaced her subconscious with an evil ninja ( david chung ) . oh sure , during the day she will go about her business of teaching aerobics and dating swarthy policemen none the wiser to what lurks inside her . but at night she turns into a soulless killing machine . can anyone stop her ? and can the one eyed ninja yamada ( shô kosugi ) save her from herself ?
is there anything cooler then a ninja ? fun fact , while growing up i used to wish for the day a ninja would be in the transformers cartoon , and while the transformers / gi joe crossover comic satiated this desire somewhat , it really wasn’t what i was after . just like when spider - man guest starred , these shameless cross overs diluted both of these great franchises rather then amplifying them . and while storm shadow and snake eyes were great and all , they were no substitute for michael dudikoff .
after just completing his training at a ninja school , an army vet travels to the phillippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war - buddy ' s property . he must also . . . see full summary »
now imparted with the strength and evilness of a super strong evil ninja , christie begins to date hirsute men that she hates , beats up a roving rape gang and even begins to systematically kill the individual cops who were responsible for the ninjas death . whether it be in a hot tub or at a funeral , she is a one woman killing machine .
somehow combines a now unstoppable ( and un - stealthy ) ninja killing machine with an exorcism motif lifted straight from horror , and gratuitous aerobics sequences ( showing off the talents of lucinda dickey , flush from recent success in breakin ' ) .
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a struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break - dancers . together they become the sensation of the street crowds .
by the way , the spirit of the ninja has also possessed her apartment ( these things just can’t respect boundaries ) , and the household objects within it : her fridge , her phone , even a stand - up arcade game , which spews fog and shoots laser lights at her . so in the afterglow of her vegetable juice - soaked tryst with officer sleazebag , a windstorm takes over her apartment . she goes to the closet , picks up his sword , and… well , if i told you they altered her eye make - up , would it surprise you ?
all the great elements of cannon films in one masterpiece . you get the star of breakin ' 2 electric bugaloo fighting ninjas .
is a little light on quality action but it’s an easy thing to overlook against the backdrop of a ridiculous plot , wacky effects , and several deloreans’ worth of 1980s film tropes . tonally , it’s a strange concluding chapter in cannon films’ unofficial ninja trilogy , but i love it with the emotional warmth normally reserved for a cute dog or a boglin still in the box . recommended .
the big extra on the new release is a commentary track with director sam firstenberg and stunt coordinator steve lambert , which at times is just superb , but at others suffers a bit ( for our purposes ) from being hosted by a horror guy and aimed at other horror guys . a discussion of kosugi’s eyepatch never touches on the traditional portrayals of jubei yagyu nor sho kosugi’s connection to sonny chiba and the japan action club . we’re ninja geeks , we want to hear that stuff , even if it’s solely prompted by the moderator .
i can ' t believe you reviewed this movie . i would have been about 11 - years old when this movie hit the theaters . my mom took me to see it . that opening had been the most bad - ass thing i ever saw and i told everyone i knew about it . i also believed that line used in the trailer ,
only a ninja can destroy a ninja .
i thought it was fact . surely no other form of martial arts could compete with ninjutsu . didn ' t they see this movie after all ? there was no question in my young mind . i tried to hunt down this movie before only to find it had never been released onto dvd . glad it ' s finally made its way , even if it ' s a little late for the 80 ' s nostalgia bandwagon . someone posted it on youtube sometime ago , i don ' t know if it ' s still there , but i had to settle for that . the movie hasn ' t aged well and is pretty cheesy . of course , it was in its day too . even the younger me felt the ending was just getting to over the top . didn ' t the bad ninja corkscrew himself into the ground and cause an earthquake ?
the kuji - kiri are the ninja ' s nine levels of power . they are 1 . rin - strength of mind and body . 2 . kyo - direction of energy . 3 . toh - harmony with the universe . 4 . sha - healing of self and others . 5 . kai - premonition of danger . 6 . jin - knowing the thoughts of others . 7 . retsu - mastery of time and space . 8 . zai - control of the elements of nature . and 9 . zen - enlightenment . see more »
the purpose of this poster is to relate the hero shot of kosugi ( in a jubei yagyu - like get - up that would be familiar to japanese audiences ) to the images of the clearly american film . they’re showing as much of the hollywood stunts , effects and production values as they can , peppered with an american white girl .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
also , i took a gaggle of screen shots from this movie . i just may post the entire gallery for all the world to enjoy .
some will succumb to the nightmare . others will finally wake up . watch the teaser trailer for # suspiria , in theaters november 2 . urltoken
the plot builds to a dramatic – and dramatically wild – finale that mixes martial arts extravaganza with supernatural thriller . you ' ve got to see it to believe it . perhaps the best way to describe the pleasure of
not a label with a large martial arts back catalog , not an asian cinema - friendly label addressing the east’s influence on the west , but a horror label clinging to the dom ‘s kinship to the exorcist and poltergeist . scream factory was nearly apologetic on social media to its black t - shirt clad fangoria / chiller crowd for pushing the envelope of their mission at hand , but the fan base was surprisingly positive at the announcement . horror blogs reviewed it with the requsite so - bad - its - good slant [ groan ] , and younger audiences are for the first time finding this staggering time capsule of 80s trash culture — aerobics - sploitation , chess king sweaters and nagel prints galore . all is good in the world…
review : an evil ninja arrives from japan and wreaks havoc on a golf course until the police pump him full of bullets in a sandtrap . with his last energy , he throws a smoke bomb and under its cover crawls into a phone company van driven by pretty telephone linepers… ( more )
) must rescue him . or was that the plot of the fourth film ? no matter . now of course i was still to young to watch
the term “so bad it ' s good” has often been used to describe a certain type of movie . i don ' t think the designation applies to
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i’m certain this took you a long time to write between the countless orgasms .
the age of physical media will have now come and gone with no box sets , no deluxe extras , no mind - blowing deleted scenes or making - of docos ( save for a business - oriented piece on how the octagon came together ) , nor any nostalgic interviews with very alive - and - well stars like sho kosugi and sons . ( enter the ninja and pray for death only recently became available either streaming or dvd - on - demand sans deluxe treatment . )
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it ' s a childhood favorite , and left me giggling the whole way through .
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anyone who grew up in the 1980 ' s will remember cannon films . the company made a long string of low - budget movies , most of the exploitation variety . ( they occasionally ventured into bigger budgeted entertainment , producing a couple of sly stallone films ,
i just wish it had come 5 - 8 years ago and with interviews of kosugi and dickey , packaged with all of canon’s other ninja movies in black box that lights up from within , spews smoke and plays dramatic theme music while you power - up .
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it didn’t help that i watched the film three times over the weekend either . every time i tried to sit down and write it pulled me right back into its delicious web .
but wait there is more . christie , now struggling to maintain her grip on her soul , must now have a spiritual battle with the ninja ( who’s ethereal presence is represented by his floating sword ) . and how does she defend herself from his advances ? she , wait for it , dances . that’s right , as her apartment turns against her , as smoke billows out of her closet and as a katana blade advances upon her christie decides to shake her money maker for all it is worth , knowing full well that a ninja could not resist her streetwise moves . that is until he resists her streetwise moves and fully takes over her body .
a developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center . the local breakdancers try to stop it .
this film packs so much weird fun . with the exception of its insane book - ends ,
i enjoyed the movie . very well packaged . will buy more from this seller thank you .
coming in the next day or so , more weird movie posters , this time featuring illustrations and paintings of sho kosugi ( regardless of wether or not he was actually in the film ) .
my guess is the flying boy is a korean version of the ' watari ' or ' sarutobei sasuke ' sort of adult - killing boy heroes . would love to see this weirdness . . .
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now on the subject of clutter , it’s not always a bad thing . take these for example :
american soldier , obviously very skilled in martial arts , single - handedly takes on mercenaries in the philippines .
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i finally bit the bullet and tracked down a vhs copy of this film from amazon last year ( along with another oldie , treasure of the four crowns ) . then , last week , i saw they were selling a dvd version , which i bought . unfortunately , it looks to be from a vhs version from overseas . the sound is crap as is the picture quality ( plus it features some foreign subtitles ) , but the price was right on sale and it’ll hold me over until i get impatient for an official release . would be nice .
maybe its largely overlooked because it’s had no life beyond the vhs era . why ! ? ! ? ! ?
let’s look at some way better posters , mostly from movies nowhere near as good or important as the above .
i ' m not knocking it though - it ' s awesome in its cheesy 80s way . i don ' t think you could come up with a more 80s plot if you tried ; it ' s about a ninja who possesses an aerobics instructor to get revenge on the cops who killed him - the only thing that ' s missing from this
80s movie bingo
is a subplot about drug smuggling . but they make up for it in the details ; there ' s a hot tub , v - 8 juice , a giant ugly clock , lots of pastel clothing , an out of nowhere sex scene . . . in short , there isn ' t a frame of the film that you can look at and not know for sure that it was from an 80s film .
it never got a straight us dvd release , but the new blu - ray for it is multi - format .
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i don’t know who that el santo - looking weirdo is , but i’m interested , because this poster is so well composed i know where to look . i can see what’s important there – muscly kung - fu dude , go - go girl without pants , strange meance hovering over both – with little effort . even the long 4 - word title comes across right . you can catch a sideways glance of this poster and know it’s a martial arts film about a silver ninja . win !
two anti - terrorist agents are assigned to free a busload of american schoolchildren in the philippines who are taken hostage by terrorists .
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my budgets are modest and the visual assets at my disposal don’t often do the trick on their own – in short , i rarely have a home - run image landing on my lap , and have to get creative and conceptual to catch people’s eye .
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the main bonus feature is an audio commentary from director sam firstenberg , who is refreshingly candid about his movie ' s strengths and weaknesses , and stunt coordinator steve lambert . a still gallery of nearly 100 fun behind - the - scenes photos is also included .
when an aerobics instructor and her new police detective boyfriend make the beast with two backs , you can ' t help but notice that his is disturbingly hairy . that is just one of the many disorienting elements that make this such a wacked - out experience .
another fantastic bonus is firstenberg’s own photo collection , with some behind - the - scenes stuff none of us have ever seen before .
it distills the 80s down into diamond - hard pellets , dumps them into a shotgun , and unloads both barrels right in your face .
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or did it suffer from its mixed pedigree ? it certainly lies more in the ma genre than horror , and you don’t see it listed alongside the exorcists and poltergeists in books or articles about retro possession cinema . maybe there’s too much kicking and stunt work and not enough outright scares ?
also going to guess that these shinobi - fied ladies aren ' t actually in this film , and that rather than a genuine 3 - d spectacle , it ' s a run of the mill hong kong kung - fu flick from the 70 ' s . awesome poster art though .
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this movie has a special place in my heart not because it’s an awesome movie about ninjas that can kill an entire police force and crush a golf ball with his bare hands . no , it’s where some of the scenes take place . i’m born and raised in phoenix , so seeing the opening scenes i couldn’t believe what was shown on screen ! papago park ! sure not many people will recognize the location , but for me , it adds another layer of cheese and enjoyment to the film . i’m glad that showtime decided to run that movie a few times , have it recorded on vhs !


cold prey 3 ( norwegian : fritt vilt iii ) is a 2010 norwegian slasher film , it is the prequel to the highly successful cold prey ( fritt vilt ) , and cold prey 2 ( fritt vilt ii ) .

it is directed by mikkel brænne sandemose and starred nils johnson in the leading role .

cold prey 3

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a prequel to the norwegian slasher cold prey , which also spawned a sequel in 2008 .
with great success comes sequels ; no other nordic horror franchise made it to two , or even one . cold prey 3 is as historical as it is average .
collins’ crypt : movies i love : cold prey ( fritt vilt ) | birth . movies . death .
cold prey 3 distribution in the rest of the nordic region , and internationally , has not been decided yet , but the film will eventually be available in all relevant territories .
letter of 3 june to norman capener ; quoted with thanks to sophie bowness .
bioluminescence is a
cold light .
cold light means less than 20 % of the light generates thermal radiation , or heat .
wwe studios president michael luisi will oversee cold prey for wwe and will produce along with la scala . marius haugan will executive produce .
creative commons namensnennung - keine kommerzielle nutzung - weitergabe unter gleichen bedingungen 3 . 0 deutschland lizenz
today the third chapter of the cold prey saga was released on dvd and bluray in norway . the three movies are also coming out as a collected set in boxes .
maybe someone here can help me out , you guys are pretty knowledgeable . are there any overseas blu - ray releases of cold prey 2 and 3 that have english subtitles ? i looked through blu - ray . com , but the only film that had them was the first one .
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i bought all cold prey movies on blu - ray in summer . since german is my second language i had no probs reading those german subs . all three look great in hd btw .
it doesn’t matter whether or not you’re familiar with this nasty norwegian tale , if you’re a fan of the slasher subgenre , you’re more than likely going to find cold prey to be extremely rewarding .
exclusive : wwe studios has acquired the exclusive english - language remake rights to the norwegian thriller franchise cold prey and has sealed a deal for an option to purchase the screenplay casey la scala is writing .
minutes of the 16th and 17th meetings of the fine arts advisory committee , on 3 sept . 1940 and 4 march 1941 .
according to amazon , shout factory is releasing 2 on dvd in april . maybe 3 or bluray options will be in the cards !
i just really want these movies on blu ! . . . or at least part 3 on dvd so i can complete the collection .
anyway , cold prey iii is definitely a step down but still good enough . enjoyed those amazing outdoors shots and backwood - ish setting / plot , and the fact that the movie was taking place in the late 80s .
if those character descriptions sound familiar , and if you think you have a pretty good idea what their individual arcs will be , it ' s because ragnarok obviously draws heavily from established adventure movie tropes , much the same way that the cold prey series worked within horror conventions , and then did its best to subvert them . ( that ' s not surprising , since producer martin sundland served in that capacity on the cold prey films as well . )
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other fish , such as a type of dragonfish called loosejaws , use bioluminescence to search for prey . loosejaws have adapt ed to emit red light ; most fish can only see blue light , so loosejaws have an enormous advantage when they light up a surrounding area . they can see their prey , but their prey can ' t see them .
has anyone at least found part 3 on dvd with english subs ? love to have it on blu but would settle for dvd at this point .
bioluminescence is used by living things to hunt prey , defend against predator s , find mates , and execute other vital activities .
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it doesn’t matter whether or not you’re familiar with this nasty norwegian tale , if you’re a fan of the slasher subgenre , you’re more than likely going to find the picture to be extremely rewarding . it’s violent but not offensively so , easy on the eyes ( save for the more graphic moments , like the shot in which tobias has his flesh super glued together ) , creepy , highly impacting and , of course , a fantastic introduction to the promising berdal , who for the record has already surfaced in a series of genre pieces ( hansel & gretel : witch hunters , chernobyl diaries and cold prey 2 amongst the handful ) since shooting cold prey . when all is said and done , cold prey does precisely what a horror movie is supposed to do , it entertains , quite a bit .
cold prey 3 was director mikkel sandemose’s first feature film . i know that many directors cut their teeth with horror films , but that is not mitigating circumstances here . the first two movies were very promising but there is no excuse for sloppyness in the third installment . a nice try , but average at best , even though any theatrical horror film , even this one , stands out compared to most other scandinavian horror films in comparison .
so , while cold prey 3 won ' t set the world on fire with brilliance , it ' s a pretty good entry into the slasher genre . it ' s not retro ( and that although it ' s taking place in the 80s ) , it ' s not lazily ironic , it ' s not pretending its audience is full of idiots , it ' s suspenseful - what more could i ask for from a slasher movie made in 2010 ?
cold prey 3 ( original title ; fritt vilt 3 , meaning something like “open season” ) is a prequel to the first two movies , and takes place in the late 80s . a group of teens are hiking into the mountain to spend a night in the wilderness , and finds an abandoned hotel , much like overlook hotel in the shining , but with more dust and rats . the girls don’t like the vibes of the place and decide it’s better to sleep outside , so they find a place by a lake . of course , some big guy in dirty old clothes wants to kill them ; the mountain man we know from the first two movies .
yet watching the unlikely adventure hero sigurd try to balance the competing interests of family and work - - to be more accurate , a personal obsession - - is one of the pleasures offered by ragnarok , directed by mikkel brænne sandemose , making a 180 - degree turn from the horrors of cold prey 3 to a movie suitable for general audiences . john kåre raake ' s screenplay takes off from the discovery and excavation of a ship from viking age a little more than a century ago .
alfred barr , letter to the manchester guardian , 3 sept . 1952 . report on progress to the 54th meeting of the british council’s fine arts committee , tuesday , 9 dec . 1952 .
sandemose prefers classic thriller techniques to jump scares , and while there ' s no shying away from violence , blood and downer endings on display , cold prey 3 is not at all interested in gore for gore ' s sake ( that was already one of the better features of the first two films in the series for me ) . done well - and this film does it well - it ' s usually more exciting to watch people trying to avoid getting slaughtered than watching an assortment of creative kills .
i’ve long campaigned for this nugget of foreign gold . you’re not likely to find all that many who follow the cold prey franchise closely , but those that do follow , follow with unwavering dedication . when it comes to modern slasher films , few rival this norwegian effort . scream is right there in the mix , as is ti west’s the house of the devil . outside of those two pictures , nothing recent quite holds up . and that’s a massive statement given the caliber of filmmakers in the business these days . it should be a clear indicator that cold prey rests with the big dogs at the top of the heap .
letter of 3 july from herbert read to the british council ( lilian somerville ) , included in the report on progress for the 48th meeting of the fine arts committee , tuesday , 11 july 1950 .
cold reception ( 氷の村の少女 kōri no mura no shōjo maiden of the ice village in the japanese version ) is chapter 8 of fire emblem fates in the conquest version .
when i first heard that they were making a third
cold prey
movie , which pre dates the first two showing a back story on the killer , i was actually quite pleased , as we only saw glimpses in the first two . i am a big fan of the first two and wrote glowing reviews for them rating them 10 and 9 , but this one i only rate 5 , because quite frankly i was really disappointed . okay the beginning opened up quite well , when we finally get to see what happened to his parents and the way they treated him , but that was over in 10 minutes and then it cuts to a group of teens camping in the nearby woods . i was hoping the third would somehow capture both positive aspects of each film , but sadly , cold prey 3 turned out to be your pretty standard backwoods slasher that we ' ve seen several times before . another complaint is that this one is set in summer time which kinda defeats the object of being called
cold prey
there ' s even a clichéd scene where some of the characters decide to go skinny dipping in a lake , which seems to be some sort of requirement in backwoods slashers for some odd reason . speaking of characters , none of them are likable , in my opinion . with the little development we ' re given for each person , it leaves us with little reason to care whether they ' ll somehow survive through the ordeal . all in all
cold prey 3
isn ' t a particularly bad film , as a stand alone it would have been pretty good , it just lacks the brilliance the first two , so i hope it ' s now come to an end .
norway doesn ' t exactly have a history that i ' m aware of horror films – let alone slasher flicks ( although , like buses , there ' s another coming in 2008 called rovdyr seemingly inspired by its good show at the norwegian box office ) – so i was keen to see cold prey after it garnered a rash of very positive reviews on the web . i expected to like it a lot , but despite being well shot this snowbound effort ultimately left me a little cold .
year 1 children have taken part in the introduction to the golden mile initiative . they loved jogging around a marked track to see how many laps they could complete in 3 minutes . it was thirsty work !
isolated , snowbound locales make for great slasher movie locations , from satan ' s blade ( 1982 ) , to iced ( 1988 ) and most recently shredder ( 2003 ) . however , the main inspiration for roar uthaug ' s cold prey ( both in structure and pacing ) is clearly stanley kubrick ' s the shining ( 1980 ) . herein lies the film ' s greatest weakness : whilst i ' m all for a slow burn when it comes to establishing characters and background , cold prey meanders when it should be rushing and although well constructed never quite hits the levels of hysteria ( and sheer entertainment value ) you ' d expect from the best of the subgenre .
much to my surprise , cold prey 3 turned out to be a pretty fine film . sure , it ' s still a full - blooded slasher with all that entails , but it seems as if its new creative team - neither director mikkel braenne sandemose nor the two screenwriters lards gudmestad and peder fuglerud had anything to do with what came before - spent a bit of thought on how to use the standard elements of the slasher movie ( and a few bits and pieces of the backwoods horror film ) without making a slasher movie by the numbers .
guilbaut , serge . how new york stole the idea of modern art : abstract expressionism , freedom , and the cold war . chicago : university of chicago press , 1983 .
cold prey follows a group of friends who decide to ski out of bounds and are forced to take shelter when a storm hits , finding themselves imprisoned in an abandoned ski lodge along with a maniacal killer . the story has been described as a cross between the grey and the revenant and really centers on a strong female character who reaches the limits of physical and mental endurance .
while i appreciate the review ( i loved the first two films , and have no interest in seeing the prequel now ) , i must point out that the original title fritt vilt translates to
open season
, as cold prey is just the retitling for the west . so the change of locale effecting the title is less of an outright mistake and more of an unhappy oversight .
although the two first cold prey movies have been released as both dvds and blurays before , all three movies are from today available as boxed trilogy sets in both formats . the content of the discs are the same as previous individual releases . today is also the launch date for the third movie’s individual release in both formats . extras include five featurettes , available on both the dvd and the bluray .
it ' s the end of the 80s , so quite some time before the occurrences in cold prey and cold prey 2 took place . the first group of young ones ever to get slaughtered by the franchise ' s killer ( oops , spoiler ) is making a short camping trip to the woods around the empty hotel of ill repute . they had initially planned to stay inside the hotel for the night , but at least one of the girls , siri ( julie rusti ) has a finely developed sense for the creepy , and doesn ' t want to stay there . in a surprising twist never before encountered in the history of slasher cinema , her friends aren ' t total douches and listen to her ; this film not taking place in the winter like its predecessors probably makes that decision a bit easier .
cold prey was hailed as one of the best modern norwegian horror movies and the most successful franchise of its kind . la scala recently wrote , produced and directed the remaining for sony and produced amityville : the awakening , which will be released june 30 . that film stars jennifer jason leigh and bella thorne through dimension . la scala also was an executive producer on the adam fields’ produced cult favorite donnie darko .
cold prey 3 is a prequel to the first movie . it was seen by 80 . 000 norwegians on its opening weekend , which are good numbers for norway . 152 . 000 people were drawn to the movie in theatres alltogether , while more than 500 . 000 people saw the two first movies in theatres . the two first movies sold more than 237 . 000 disc units as well , not counting rentals and on - demand viewing . not including disc sales of the third movie , which started today , the franchise has earned 90 million crowns ( about 16 million dollars ) over the years , a considerable sum in one of europe’s smallest countries . it is also rare that a norwegian movie is followed by two sequels .
i found part 3 online too . i think my subtitles may have been better as i don ' t recall having any problems understanding the movie . anyway i quite enjoyed it . personally i didn ' t find it to be much of a step down from the first two .
and what of the brilliant location of the original ? a desolate , abandoned hotel deep in the snow covered mountains of jotunheimen . well , its in the film for all of two minutes . the group are heading there , you see , but within two minutes of arriving decide its too run down and swiftly decide to sleep in the fucking woods ! so long , awesome location , then . its like having a busload of kids head to camp crystal lake , only to settle for a motel when they find the accommodation lacking ! whoever thought this was a good idea should really rethink they ' re career choice . not to mention that the film is called cold prey 3 . the reason for this title , is that the location is supposed to be
the rspb’s investigations department publishes an annual report on all wildlife crime . the most recent edition , for 2013 , documents 164 cases of shooting or destruction of birds of prey in which the evidence points strongly towards the actions of gamekeepers .
one does not go into the third entry into a slasher franchise that until now had even in its best moments ( that would have been the second half of the first movie and no part of the second ) distinguished itself by giving disturbingly generic ideas a pretty sheen of professionalism expecting great improvements in quality or ideas ; in fact , after the mess of regurgitated , badly connected clichés that was cold prey 2 , i went into this prequel expecting to be annoyed by it .
many marine species use a technique called counterillumination to protect themselves . many predators , such as sharks , hunt from below . they look above , where sunlight creates shadows beneath prey . counterillumination is a type of camouflage against this predatory behavior .
i can ' t really recommend cold prey to those looking for something a little more frenetic and energetic , though i wouldn ' t go so far as to bury it underneath a snow bank , either . the best i can say about the movie is that its chilling , snowy atmosphere is well - handled , though in a negative reversal of that , said atmosphere takes its toll on the film ' s already - long running time . there were moments during the film when i desperately wanted the film to speed up a hair or two ; some of the setting accentuation could ' ve been excised in favor of getting to the point , and as we all know , an effective slasher film has two very important points among a dozen : suspense and murders . cold prey ' s killer is showcased via an odd editing choice : we see a boot here , and an arm there , but never enough of him to generate any real sense of fear or suspense . and , since his identity turns out to be perfunctory , you begin wondering why they went to the trouble of keeping his visage hidden . to give the film its due after the criticisms , it is , like i said before , well - shot and atmospherical , and the victims - to - be are a sympathetic bunch , and there are a few moments of sublime , gothic dread , but after all is said and done , cold prey left this reviewer searching for a warm blanket , and a better movie !
first of all , its a prequel . yep , a prequel . you know how us horror fans just love our prequels . there ' s nothing more satisfying than having our boogeymen demystified by some hack director edging for a quick buck . leatherface has a skin problem apparently , myers is a redneck , and freddy was a fucking gardener before he got kentucky fried and inexplicably decided to hang out for all eternity in a boiler room . now its the turn of cold prey ' s iconic killer to be dragged through the gutter . and it only gets worse .
obviously , the slasher flick is both blessed and cursed by conventions – and is not exactly known for its innovations . hide and seek theatrics are always fun , and cold prey certainly does have its moments . however , the only thing that really jumps out as ingeniously gruesome is the scene where the final victim - to - be has to pretend to be just another cadaver to escape the unwanted attentions of the killer . the fact that it ' s topped off with a ho - hum , ambiguous ( read lazy ) ending doesn ' t really help matters .
we also studied victorian toys in our classroom with mrs sales . we had to guess what some of the toys were and how victorian children would have played with them . after lunch , we took part in a drill outside with reception class and year 2 - it was very cold !
the most famous predator to use bioluminescence may be the anglerfish , which uses bioluminescence to lure prey . the anglerfish has a huge head , sharp teeth , and a long , thin , fleshy growth ( called a filament ) on the top of its head . on the end of the filament is a ball ( called the esca ) that the anglerfish can light up . smaller fish , curious about the spot of light , swim in for a closer look . by the time the prey sees the enormous , dark jaws of the anglerfish behind the bright esca , it may be too late .
we were so excited when ray from kielder water birds of prey centre brought some of his birds to visit us at school . he showed us several different breeds of owls and a vulture . some of us got a chance to handle them and we all learned lots of amazing facts about these wonderful creatures .
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oh sweet jesus . where do i begin with whats wrong with this film ? cold prey and its sequel were excellent examples of the slasher movie . those two films were about as tight as slasher movies get unless they ' re being directed by john carpenter in 1978 . the first one was , for all intents and purposes , the first horror film to come out of norway , and it was pretty much a perfect example of how this sub - genre can be made to work in the right hands . it had it all . an amazing location , that echoed the shining ' s overlook hotel , a cast of very capable actors , a
this project was dropped on the outbreak of war , and the planned exhibition was shown at hertford house ( the wallace collection ) instead in may–june 1940 . see the minutes of the 14th meeting of the british council’s fine arts committee , 3 sept . 1940 . the german artist , arno breker , won the grand prize at the 1940 venice biennale , though in the absence of russian , french , and british participation .
yet since then , raptors have shown remarkable powers of recuperation . despite allen lambert’s worst efforts on the stody estate , his two victim species – sparrowhawk and buzzard – have strongly recovered from historical lows . sparrowhawks have tripled in number , while the buzzard population has increased at least sixfold and is now britain’s most abundant bird of prey .
the plot is simplicity itself . well , to actually say that cold prey has a plot would perhaps be a gross exaggeration ; not that it meant it would be a bad film ( after all , the original halloween ' s leanness in that department is one of its many strengths ) . five friends in their early 20s head off into the wilds for an afternoon of snow boarding : a couple who are hot for each other , ingunn ( viktoria winge ) and mikal ( endre martin midtstigen ) ; another couple , with commitment problems eirik ( tomas alf larsen ) and jannicke ( ingrid bolsø berdal ) ; as well as their goofy companion morten tobias ( rolf kristian larsen ) .
comedies and children’s movies often produce sequels ( the olsen gang series made it to 8 in sweden and 14 in norway and denmark , and spin - offs for children as well ) but for a mainstream horror franchise to reach three movies is unheard of in the nordic region . the cold prey series was not the first homegrown horror films up here , but they were perhaps the first movies to mimick their american counterparts 100 % , which made them digestible for large crowds of ( i am guessing ) teens not used to hardcore horror , and now they were offered something almost as cool as the foreign slashers . perhaps they were joined by their parents , who were curious on this new phenomena .
the lancers are the units that the player should prioritize first , as they will head for the villages and start calling for more reinforcements if they get onto the village tile . even though they only have a movement of 3 rather then 5 , killing them is required to stop them from calling for reinforcements . one lancer is near the village just north of the south - eastern village , and the other one is next to kilma .
birds of prey are controversial precisely because it is in their nature to kill other animals . they are climax predators , sometimes competing with us at the top of the food chain for prey such as grouse or pheasant . yet they also possess beauty , drama , majesty , charisma ; and more than almost any other wild creatures they symbolise our wider relationship with place . their free - flying presence among us , circling over moor or mountain or woodland copse , expresses a kind of hope that modern britain can be something more than a functional estate , managed to suit ourselves . the killing of raptors is a crime , but it is also a failure to imagine a landscape as being about anything other than property or money .
to underpin their claim of good behaviour , gamekeepers can point to the astonishing rise in the fortunes of some british raptors over the past half - century . birds of prey were among the last of britain’s avifauna to receive legal protection , not least because they were so detested by game interests . it wasn’t until 1962 that the law was amended to extend protection to the sparrowhawk .
. not so for these plucky assclowns though . they happily wander the woods , day and night , wearing only t - shirts in what should be sub zero cold . they even go skinny dipping . i ' ve rarely come across anything this stupid , even in the slasher genre . it wouldn ' t be so bad were it not that this ungodly mess follows such excellent and respected movies .
without giving too much away , there is a psychotic killer on the loose ( this is a slasher flick after all – although , if you watch the making of that comes with the british dvd you ' ll not hear it referred to which makes me wonder if there was a little bit of embarrassment from cast and crew on that point ) . the film opens with what appears to the murder of a young boy , buried in snow . this is followed by a montage of news clips about missing skiers and tourists over the years , as well as establishing that the boy in the prologue went missing from the hotel . cold prey ' s protagonists discover the luggage of missing people hidden behind the kitchen , as well as newspapers with headlines screaming ' hotel of evil ! ' ( although it ' s never explained why ) .
this is only a cold prey film in name . its obviously been released under this title to make easy money , don ' t be fooled into thinking that the heart and intelligence that went into the first two films has carried over . this whole thing stinks of cynical cash cow . i ' m pretty mad about this , as alongside halloween , black christmas and the burning , the original and its sequel are at the top of my all - time slasher list . so here ' s what you do , you avoid this shit like your sanity depends on it . after all , why taint the memory of all the great work that came before it ? its just a shame some things cant be unseen , but thankfully , its so damn dull that i ' m forgetting its existence already . thank the gods of horror for small favors .
at root , the campaign to halt the killing of wild birds of prey touches on issues that are historically embedded in english society . resistance to what is viewed as wider social interference in their private liberties is a long and impassioned cause for the landed interest in britain . modern conservationists seeking a quick fix in matters of raptor politics would do well to reflect on the campaign for a general right to roam in our countryside .
britain had survived the war with its economy in ruins , but its reputation intact , and offered a successful model of a functioning democracy . much of the planning for postwar european reconstruction was undertaken in london , which had offered asylum to exiled governments from countries that had been overrun by the nazis . it also served as a forum in which allied ministers of education could plan new forms of european collaboration . the creation of the united nations in 1945 and its offshoot , unesco , in 1946 , was partly the outcome of those earlier wartime discussions in london . 3
“this new measure is designed to be a further tool in the box to tackle the illegal killing of wild birds , ” said scotland’s environment minister , aileen mcleod . “it’s a very light - touch form of regulation . the scottish government is committed to bringing an end to the illegal killing of birds of prey . my predecessor paul wheelhouse was clear that if the current measures do not put a stop to this form of wildlife crime , we will not hesitate to bring forward further proposals . ”
it is hard now to conjure up in words a sufficiently overwhelming image of the postwar european continent , with its destroyed cities and economies and its starving , uprooted peoples . the redrawing of boundaries after the second world war led to untold hardship , but also called for international cooperation and exchange . the idea of europe came to acquire new meaning and attraction , as an antidote to the various forms of nationalism to which the continent had fallen prey in the course of the previous century and a half .
by bringing a de facto end to the shoot at langholm , the harriers were harming the gamekeepers’ livelihoods . yet langholm also demonstrated the effectiveness of an innovative practice , whereby breeding hen harriers could be supplied with alternative prey ( domesticated mice or day - old chicks ) . “diversionary feeding” was proved to reduce harrier predation of grouse by more than 87 per cent , and is now practised on some progressive estates . it has done little , however , to undermine a widespread perception among shooting estates that hen harriers are just plain bad for business .
there is a much darker side to shooting pheasants . only a month before my visit to raveningham and just 12 miles from the estate , a gamekeeper called allen lambert was sentenced for killing ten buzzards and a sparrowhawk . the 65 - year - old had a lifetime in the profession . at his workplace on the stody estate in norfolk he was caught with a bagful of dead birds of prey , along with a “classic poisoner’s kit” , including syringes and the banned pesticides aldicarb and mevinphos . it was the worst incident of illegal raptor poisoning recorded in england .
p1 : tragic start - p2 : dragon blood - p3 : surprise duet - p4 : fight or flight - p5 : bold approach - p6 : herbal remedy - p7 : father & liege - p8 : a great hunt - p9 : saizo vs . saizo - p10 : hunter & prey - p11 : a long grudge - p12 : sweet dreams - p13 : truly talented - p14 : after the end - p15 : hidden bravery - p16 : abducted - p17 : two defenders - p18 : nutty family - p19 : great heroism - p20 : ultimate power - p21 : bright smile - p22 : abrupt clash
game interests are also an important factor in upland land values , because an estate is costed according to the sum of its wildlife take . a brace of grouse – that is to say , each pair of birds that is expected to be shot on that land in future seasons – is judged to add between £3 , 750 and £5 , 000 to the property’s market price . the actual number of grouse also determines what clients pay as a daily rate for shoots . today , the average charge for a brace of grouse stands at £200 plus vat ( for pheasants , it is £30 ) . it means that on a moor where 100 brace are shot , the price for that day is £24 , 000 . there are , however , routine claims that clients , many of whom are wealthy foreigners , are paying anything up to £100 , 000 for a single day’s sport on our upland moors .
much of the fault of this film lies in the writing ; the generic teens - in - the - woods - being - slashed concept is just one thing . on the same line , the characters are more generic than before , more or less one - dimensional psycho fodder waiting to be impaled or hacked . the norwegian nature is used as a backdrop , but the snowy mountains are not ( it’s not even cold ) , and neither is the hotel . it could be anywhere that has a couple of old cabins . and the violence and kills… . well , there’s a handful of gory scenes , but much of it is obscured , edited too fast or not used to its full potential . one expects sloppy writing in the third movie ( i have not even mentioned the plot holes and the artificial dialogue ) but maybe they could have given us some great gore as compensation ?
it was a cold morning in rural east norfolk , two weeks before christmas . a cordon of beaters – men wearing country clothing and waving red flags – thrashed the undergrowth . a bird soared into the sky and even i felt an adrenalin surge . i have studied and written about wildlife for more than 40 years but this was the first shoot i’d attended . by the close of the morning , i understood better some of the motivations – the unpredictability , the anticipation – that have made the pursuit of game birds one of the most enduring and important factors in the shaping of the british countryside . who knew what would burst from that final patch of cover ? sometimes only a scattering of hysterical blackbirds or pigeons clattering out the tops ; once a chinese water deer in an enormous headlong drive ; occasionally woodcocks , ghosting through like liquid shadows ; finally and tantalisingly high came the pheasants .
serge guilbaut , how new york stole the idea of modern art : abstract expressionism , freedom and the cold war ( chicago : university of chicago press , 1983 ) . that new york should have “stolen” the idea of modern art in quite the way that guilbaut imagined may be something of an over - simplification . throughout the 1950s , there was a push - pull between european and american influences on british art , with only a gradual tilt towards the latter , as the decade progressed . many british artists and the majority of artists on the continent , and in countries with traditional links to france , still looked to paris for cultural leadership until some time after 1960 . see alan bowness , in relation to the second biennale des jeunes in paris in 1961 : “biennales notwithstanding , it begins to look ominously clear that paris is no longer the place to go to for what is new in modern art . ” the observer , 8 oct . 1961 .
the british council for relations with other countries , as it was initially called before the abbreviation of its name to “the british council” , was set up in 1934 , as the uk’s belated riposte to french cultural promotion and the axis powers’ more blatant cultural propaganda , in a period of mounting national and international rivalries . it could present itself , like the bbc , as operating at a distance from government , but usually pursued its objectives with the discreet , but effective , support of local diplomatic missions . in wartime , its sphere of influence had been severely curtailed by the scale of nazi conquests ; however , after 1945 , with the onset of the cold war , it treated expansion into newly liberated europe as a top priority , as the entire region had been , in the words of the economic historian , r . h . tawney , “the chief source and breeding - ground of the world’s afflictions” . 7 by march 1947 , the british council had established “representations” in no fewer than twenty - two european countries ( east and west ) . 8
the stylistic debate over figuration versus abstraction was a notable feature of the 1950s , and is reflected in thwaites’s comments . however , there were also arguments within the modernist movement itself , between those who were trying to reach out to a new public and those who were perceived to be more hermetic in their concerns ( often associated with varying degrees of geometric abstraction ) . many artists , like moore , who had belonged to the beleaguered avant - gardes of the 1930s , now sought to break out of their self - imposed—or - induced—isolation , by experimenting with more “accessible” styles and large - scale “public” work that courted social and social democratic engagement . sculpture parks , open - air sculpture displays , and sculpture commissions , formed a part of what became a widespread movement to build new audiences for modern art ; to provide public amenities ; to promote urban regeneration ; and , on occasion , to offer restitution for the ravages of war . the first international open - air display of sculpture on the continent took place in a wooded park at sonsbeek on the outskirts of arnhem ( the netherlands ) in summer 1949 , and was repeated at three - yearly intervals thereafter , until 1958 . it was directly inspired by the london county council’s first outdoor exhibition in battersea park the previous year , and had similar aims . as was common , artists were grouped by nationality , and a recent cast of henry moore’s three standing figures was sited ( like the darley dale stone originals in battersea ) in a prominent position on top of a gentle mound , with trees behind ( fig . 3 ) .
this essay suggests that henry moore , barbara hepworth , and a new generation of postwar british sculptors associated with the catch - phrase , “the geometry of fear” , were able to profit from the new networks that were created after the war and to speak to a wider and often more receptive audience than they ever had at home—first , in war - torn europe , then farther afield . they gave expression to many of the hopes and fears of the age , and their message was magnified , in part , through the activities of the british council and the personal charisma of two dominant figures : henry moore , already hailed as britain’s leading sculptor by the end of the 1940s , and his supporter , the writer and critic herbert read . the background to this was provided , first by the campaigns against modernism of the previous decades , then by the ideological battles of the cold war , whose frontier was drawn through the middle of occupied germany and austria . to a certain extent , the sculptors were able to capitalize on a sense of common identity , as britain emerged from wartime isolation—hence the commonly held view that a “school” had appeared where none had existed before . still more significantly , perhaps , this was the period when the modernist canon was being comprehensively re - examined , redefined , and extended for a large public .
the mountain man was a child born with a birthmark covering one of his eyes . for four hours after his birth he was considered stillborn , with a death certificate even being made for him . when he suddenly started breathing , he didn’t even cry , he just lay silently . he lived with his parents , who owned and ran a hotel high in the mountains . his father , gunnar often abused him ( most likely because of his deformity ) and didn’t even consider him his son . the boy’s mother , sigrid showed great affection towards her son but did not attempt stop the abuse caused by her husband . one day , gunnar descided to get rid of his son and chased him into a ditch in the snow before he started to bury him alive . sigrid just cried beside her husband as he attempted to kill their child . several days later , after they had reported their son missing , both parents were murdered by the boy in revenge , he first stabbed sigrid repeatedly in the stomach as she attempted to embrace him and then stabbed his father in the back of the neck after he leaned down next to his wife’s body . after their deaths , the boy wandered around in the cold until he was taken in by a hermit named jon , whose brother einar was a police officer . jon helped the boy cover up the murders by getting rid of the bodies and hiding him from the police .
again , it’s nothing new in the plotting department . someone is killed and no one notices because they think they’re locked in their room after an argument . a guy goes for help and evidence is discovered later that he never made it very far . and ( spoiler ! ) the last one alive is the smarter of the female characters . but they get all the details and specifics about these things right , and that’s what makes it memorable . for example , the girl that they think is just sulking in her room is presumed to be upset over a fight she had with her new boyfriend , who was pushing her for sex . after she’s dead ( unbeknownst to them ) , the guy learns from our heroine that the girl was a virgin , and wanted things to be special ( i . e . not in a cold room on a 40 year old mattress ) , which not only makes her death sadder , but also gives the “final girl” a less prudish , typical personality . usually in these things , the final girl is the one with the sexual issues , so it’s nice to see that not only are the roles reversed , but that she is able to harmoniously resolve the situation and humanize not one but two of the others . too many modern horror movies with characters in this age group are curiously obsessed with having the group constantly at odds or seemingly not even liking one another , with their various personal issues with each other ( i . e . the cheating boyfriend ) being their only bit of development , so i particularly enjoyed that these folks , while not without some heated moments , are good friends and operate without drama . even the injured guy – you’d expect him to be an obnoxious ass , but he’s pretty chill about the whole “broken leg” thing and doesn’t get all emo about being the only one without a girlfriend .
curse you , indiana jones ! the bullwhip - toting , fedora - wearing , hard - loving professor created unrealistic expectations for all cinematic archaeologists who have followed in his footsteps .
thus , the gentle , mild , soft - spoken sigurd , a tall and slender family man who is still coping with the loss of his wife , hardly seems the type to chase after a viking myth about the end of the world , especially with his two children in tow on a supposed
family vacation
in the desolate , far north finnmark region on the border between norway and russia .
the film places sigurd in the position of being the primary archaeologist continuing work on the remains , but this is where his personal obsession gets in the way of his job . he ' s convinced that items found among the remains are actually runes spelling out
ragnarok ,
and further exploration might shed light on the myth . financial backers dismiss sigurd ' s conjecture as foolishness right out of hand , and he loses his museum position .
sigurd ( pål sverre hagen ) may speak softly but he has an iron will , and he ' s determined to follow up on his leads , bringing along his early teenage daughter ragnhild ( maria annette tanderød ) , at an age where she misses her mother , resents her father , and doesn ' t hesitate to make her feelings known , and his young son brage ( julian podolski ) , who is completely on board . they meet up with allan ( nicolai cleve broch ) , a fellow archaeologist ; elisabeth ( sofia helen ) , allan ' s comely research assistant ; and leif ( bjørn sundquist ) , a crusty local guide .
ragnarok is not trying to subvert but to celebrate ; it ' s as though the kids in 1985 ' s the goonies were accompanied by adults on a wilderness adventure . and there are other , spoiler - ish elements that distinguish ragnarok , beyond everyone speaking norwegian .
the film does not reinvent the wheel , but it maximizes the experience of riding it , embracing stereotypes and shining them up so they look new all over again . it adds up to a fun family adventure , with norwegian style and a welcome edge , something even indiana jones in his prime could never quite achieve without a lot more bickering .
review originally published during fantastic fest in september 2013 . the film opens in select u . s . theaters on friday , august 15 , and will also be available to watch via various video on demand providers . visit the official site of distributor magnet releasing for more information .
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