Frostbitten

Frostbitten

Year: 2006

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: Swedish

Director: Anders Banke

ComedyHorrorCrude humor and satireBloody vampire horrorSpooky scary comedy

Dawn is a month away. Vampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten, Sweden.

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1

Retreat to a cabin and vampiric attack

Fleeing the Red Army, the remnants of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking seek shelter in an abandoned cabin. As night falls, vampires inhabiting a hidden crypt beneath the cabin launch a deadly attack. The assault decimates the group, leaving Beckert and a child vampire named Maria as its only survivors.

1944 Abandoned cabin, Ukraine
2

Beckert and Maria survive; journey to Northern Sweden

Beckert emerges as the lone survivor from the cabin massacre, now accompanied by Maria, a child vampire. He travels to northern Sweden with the intent to study vampirism and eventually develop a cure or new hybrids. His work hints at a larger plan to spread vampirism rather than simply destroy it.

1940s Northern Sweden
3

Annika and Saga relocate to Lappland

In present-day Sweden, doctor Annika and her teenage daughter Saga move to a town in Lappland so Annika can work close to the famous geneticist Gerhard Beckert. They confront the harsh polar night, with about a month until dawn. The move sets the stage for Saga's social life to unfold in a quiet town that hides dark secrets.

Present day; polar night Lappland, Sweden
4

Saga befriends Vega and goes to a party

Saga meets Vega, an enigmatic goth girl, who invites her to a local party. With nothing else to do, Saga accepts and heads to the gathering. The party becomes a signal for the unfolding nocturnal danger.

Present day, evening Lappland town
5

Sebastian discovers Beckert's pills and experiments

Medical student Sebastian finds capsules at the hospital that Beckert has used on a comatose patient. Thinking they are ordinary drugs, he takes one and develops extraordinary senses and thirst, and gains the ability to talk to dogs.

Present day Hospital, present day
6

Vega steals the pills

Vega arrives at Sebastian's house to collect the pills she paid for. Sebastian apologizes that he forgot to obtain them, but she steals them anyway.

Present day, night Sebastian's house
7

Annika is bitten; Beckert disables her

At the hospital, Annika tends to the coma patient who suddenly bites her. Beckert, realizing what has happened, knocks her unconscious and reveals his true identity.

Present day Hospital
8

Beckert's backstory and plan to spread vampirism

Beckert explains his survival from the cabin massacre and his motive to cure vampirism, but his real aim is to create new human-vampire hybrids. He has used the pills—capsules of vampire blood—to covertly spread vampirism and study its effects. The scene sets up a bigger threat to the town and Saga.

Present day Northern Sweden
9

Annika defeats Beckert

Annika frees herself and confronts Beckert in a brutal confrontation. She drives a stake into his heart and then runs him over with an ambulance, destroying him. The threat posed by Beckert to spawn vampirism is finally ended.

Present day Hospital and ambulance
10

John becomes a vampire and the party descends into chaos

Vega hands the pills to John, the party host, who drinks one. He adds the remaining pills to a punch bowl, infecting several guests and triggering a full-blown vampire outbreak. The party erupts into a brutal bloodbath.

Present day, night Party in Lappland town
11

Saga hides and Vega is slain by Saga

Saga hides in the basement as chaos erupts around her. Vega attacks but Saga escapes to the backyard and impales Vega on a garden gnome, ending Vega's threat.

Present day, night Host's house, basement and backyard
12

Police overrun; Saga is evacuated by ambulance

Police arrive to investigate the disturbance but are quickly overrun by attacking vampires. The situation escalates as Saga is forced into an ambulance with the ongoing threat of pursuit. The surrounding town descends into a deadly night.

Present day, night Town center and streets
13

Saga meets Maria in the ambulance

Inside the ambulance, Saga encounters Maria, who tells her that they will be sisters. The revelation hints at a twisted family bond among the living and the undead. The line between ally and foe becomes blurred.

Present day, en route Ambulance
14

Annika appears with red vampire eyes

As Saga looks toward the driver's seat, she sees Annika in the front with red vampire eyes. The revelation implies Annika has become one of the night’s predators. The dawn remains far away as the night continues.

Present day, approaching dawn Ambulance

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