Frostbiten (2006)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Anders Banke

Writers:

Daniel Ojanlatva (written by) and
Pidde Andersson (contributing writer)

Release Date:

24 February 2006 (Sweden)

Genre:

Horror | Comedy

Tagline:

One Month 'Til Dawn...

Plot:

Vampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten.

Plot Keywords:

Patient In Coma | World War 2 | Christian Icons | Ukraine | Pill

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Petra Nielsen	...	Annika
Carl-Åke Eriksson	...	Professor Gerhard Beckert
Grete Havnesköld	...	Saga
Emma Åberg	...	Vega (as Emma T. Åberg)
Jonas Lawes	...	Robert
Niklas Grönberg	...	John
Gustav Johansson	...	Joel
Linnea Jonsson	...	Cissi
Nour El-Refai	...	Cornelia
Jonas Karlström	...	Sebastian
Måns Nathanaelson	...	Lukas
Mikael Göransson	...	Jacob
Anna Lindholm	...	Mona (as Anna Lindholm Rosendahl)
Malin Vulcano	...	Ukrainian vampire
Sara Arnia	...	Kajsa Falk (as Sara Arnia Bredefeldt)
Erik Dalin	...	Sander
Thomas Hedengran	...	Doctor
Björn Andersson	...	Dr. Nilsson
Kristian Pehrsson	...	The Shape
Per Löfberg	...	Beckert (Young)
Karl Penser	...	Hannes
Eric Lagergren	...	Aksel
Patrik Karlson	...	Udo
Jens Olsson	...	Karl
Anders Carlsson	...	Rauni
Hubertus Buchinger	...	Jochen
Mikael Tornving	...	Police
Kenneth Waara	...	Police 2
Elin Gustavsson	...	Coma Patient (as Elin Kattler Gustavsson)
Aurora Roald	...	Maria
Eva Westerling	...	Cornelia's Mother
Isidor Torkar	...	Cornelias pappa
Helena Thornqvist	...	Kvinna utanför pub / Woman utside pub
Joar Löfberg	...	Rune
Anders Johansson	...	McQueen
Måns Nilsson	...	Rufus
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linn Bülow	...	(uncredited)
Ulla Lyttkens	...	Head Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by
Anders Banke

Writing credits
Daniel Ojanlatva		(written by)
Pidde Andersson		(contributing writer)

Produced by
Natasha Banke	....	associate producer
Göran Lindström	....	producer
Magnus Paulsson	....	producer
Karl Penser	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Anthony Lledo

Cinematography by
Chris Maris

Film Editing by
Kiko C.C. Sjöberg

Casting by
Anders Banke
Jonas Karlström

Production Design by
Malin Kihlberg

Costume Design by
Paola Billberg Johansson

Makeup Department
Martina Nilsson	....	key makeup artist
Eva Von Bahr	....	makeup designer
Charlotte Wolke	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Christian Hallman	....	unit production manager
Peter Kimay	....	unit manager
Peter Kimay	....	unit manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fredrik Boklund	....	second unit director
Peter Kimay	....	chief assistant director
Martin Munthe	....	second unit director

Art Department
Göran Banke	....	construction coordinator
Pär Cederlund	....	assistant carpenter: Ystad
Hans Ekbladh	....	carpenter: Ystad
Emil Eriksson	....	carpenter
Harry Johansson	....	carpenter: Norrbotten
Sven-Olov Marklund	....	carpenter: Norrbotten
Malin Mässing	....	set dresser: Ystad
Miriam Myrtell	....	set dresser: Ystad
Kristian Parten	....	carpenter: Ystad
Fredrik Persson	....	deconstruction carpenter: Ystad
Emma Skoog	....	set dresser: Norrbotten
Hans Velander	....	property master (as Hans Modig Velander)
Kaj von Appen	....	deconstruction carpenter: Ystad

Sound Department
Jonathan Edström	....	sound editor
Andreas Franck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andreas Franck	....	supervising sound editor
Henrik Lindvall	....	sound recordist: second unit
Mari Saastamoinen	....	sound assistant
Petra Sehlén	....	sound recordist: second unit
Rolf Tellander	....	sound mixer
Josef Tuulse	....	sound editor
Eric Westring	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Mattias Berg	....	special effects artist
Stephen Bettles	....	special effects artist: StevieFX, UK
Anders Bratås	....	special effects artist
Thomas Deutschmann	....	producer: special effects
David Ekström	....	intern
Thomas Feuk	....	special effects artist
Johan Harnesk	....	special effects
Per Steinar Hoftun	....	special effects artist
Shino Kotani	....	special effects artist
Love Larson	....	special effects artist
Staffan Linder	....	creature design
Kristoffer Ling	....	intern
Rickard Loman	....	intern
Kenneth Nyman	....	special effects artist
Mats Öhlund	....	special effects makeup supervisor
Max Patte	....	special effects artist
Kaj Steveman	....	special effects director
Anna Thome	....	special effects artist
Linda Wallin	....	special effects artist
Fredrik Zander	....	producer: special effects
Eline Kumlander	....	special effects artist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Evgeny Barulin	....	visual effects supervisor
Annika Björndell	....	visual effects coordinator
Fredrik Brännbacka	....	digital compositor: Mad Crew
Stefan Ek	....	effects animator: Farmland
Magnus Eriksson	....	digital modeler
Thomas Eriksson	....	systems administrator
Jonas Forsman	....	animator
Mattias Forsström	....	lighting technical director
Mario Fuchs	....	visual effects coordinator
Johan Gabrielsson	....	digital effects artist
Kim Hellgren	....	junior lighting technical director
Jan Johansson	....	digital effects artist
Martin Malm	....	digital compositor
Martin Malm	....	matchmove artist
Fredrik Mannerfelt	....	digital compositor
Daniel Norlund	....	digital compositor
Kenneth Nyman	....	digital modeler
Linda Öhlund	....	DS operator
Joakim Palmkvist	....	visual effects intern
Fredrik Phil	....	digital compositor
John Roxenhed	....	digital compositor: Milford film
Dmitry Shumkin	....	digital artist
Marcus Svensson	....	visual effects intern
Janak Thakker	....	lead animator
Janak Thakker	....	visual effects supervisor
Ilya Vostrov	....	modeler
David Wahlberg	....	digital compositor
Yafei Wu	....	digital effects artist
Fredrik Averpil	....	digital compositor: Farmland (uncredited)
Staffan Linder	....	animator (uncredited)

Stunts
Erik Dalin	....	stunts
Seth Ericson	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Man	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Anders Strömbäck	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Kristian Bergström	....	electrician: Norrbotten
Sebastian Cronholm	....	clapper loader trainee: Ystad
Philip W. Da Silva	....	clapper loader: Ystad
Robert Eriksson	....	electrician
Toby Farrar	....	gaffer
Nils-Erik Järvi	....	gaffer: second unit
Set Jonasson	....	grip
Marcus Lundin	....	clapper loader: Norrbotten
Mikaël Meisen-Dietmann	....	first assistant camera
Martin Munthe	....	director of photography: second unit
Anna-Maria Nildén	....	assistant to grip and electrician
Mattias Paulsson	....	assistant camera: second unit
Björn Söderlund	....	assistant electrician: second unit, Norrbotten

Casting Department
Christian Hallman	....	casting: principals

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lena Holmberg	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Magnus Gillberg	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Mikael Carlsson	....	executive soundtrack producer
Andreas Franck	....	music mixer
Andreas Frank	....	scoring mixer
Peter Fuchs	....	music scoring engineer
Allan Wilson	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Björn Söderlund	....	driver
Herman Waara	....	driver

Other crew
Marianne Ahrne	....	film consultant: Swedish Film Institute
Carin Anzelius	....	unit coordinator
Jenny Banke	....	office production assistant
Lennart Bengtsson	....	location scout
Andreas Bergman	....	location manager: pre-production
Maria Blomkvist	....	production manager: Norrbotten
Ewa Gerström	....	production intern
Susanne Goding	....	production intern
Måns Hansson	....	production assistant: Ystad
Teza Holmberg	....	production coordinator
Jurate Kaminskaite	....	production intern
Jonas Karlström	....	extras coordinator: Ystad
Greta Lund	....	craft service coordinator: Norrbotten
Greta Lund	....	production assistant: Ystad
Leif Niemi	....	production assistant: Norrbotten
Johan Nilsson	....	pre-production production assistant
Mia Norman	....	script supervisor
Susanna Nygren	....	unit assistant: second unit
Rahan Pakravan	....	location manager: Norrbotten
Rahan Pakravan	....	location manager: second unit
Kamelia Pebdani	....	extras coordinator: Norrbotten
Carlos Ravstam	....	production assistant: Ystad
Björn Söderlund	....	runner
Moa Theander	....	production intern
Herman Waara	....	runner

Production Companies

• Cinepost Studios (co-production)
• Cinestar Production AB (co-production)
• Fido Film AB (co-production)
• Film i Skåne (co-production)
• Filmpool Nord (co-production)
• Moviemakers Nord AB (co-production)
• Paramount Pictures
• Persson-Mothander Film (co-production)
• Solid Entertainment
• Svenska Stuntgruppen (co-production)
• Yggdrasil AB (co-production)

Distributors

• Bir Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• CTV International (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Genius Products (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Kanal 5 (2006) (Sweden) (TV)
• Legend Films International (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• NonStop Sales AB (2006) (worldwide) (all media) (worldwide sales)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Versus Entertainment (2006) (Spain) (all media)

Special Effects

• "Ulitka" Studio
• Fido Film AB (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• MovieScore Media  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Frostbite (Australia) (TV title)
Frostbitten (USA)
Frostbite (Finland) [fi]
Tale of Vampires (France) (DVD title) [fr]
Vampirlerin safagi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Sweden | Russia

Language:

Swedish | German | Finnish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Sweden:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Malaysia:18PL | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Kalix, Norrbottens län, Sweden

Company:

Cinepost Studios

Trivia:

Martina Haag auditioned for the role of Annika.

Quotes:

Vega: Can you please stop throwing garden gnomes at me?

Movie Connections:

References Dance of the Vampires (1967)

Good acting!? REALLY!!?

OK... seeing to comment made by slake09 it's obviously difficult for nonswedish people to judge the acting. Because seriously the acting in this movie is awful, and I actually know why. The makes of this movie are two real horror fanatics. They love horror and gore. So that's what they wanted to do. Sure there is no other Swedish movie in this genre, but this is not a good first. The script is horrible, it has no apparent structure and the main concept get's lost along the way entangled in all the effects, bad acting and quite bad comedy. The main concept is awesome, vampires in a place where it's dark for a whole month. But that timelock is mentioned just once or twice and then lost. You never get the feeling of suspense that premise could bring. This is a disappointment because I really had hopes for this film. As a filmmakerin Sweden myself I hoped that this would be an opening for the Swedish movie business to dare do something different. But sadly it just shows that we still don't have the knowledge to make genre flicks well. We still try to do it the American way instead of trying to find our own way. We don't have the budgets they do, so we have to bring something else into the equation, and "Frostbiten" does not. Quite the opposite, it sets us back, because now it's gonna be a long while before anyone dares to try it again.