History Film / ColdPrey

* ThrowTheDistraction: In the first film, Tobias throws a spanner at the door to the Mountain Man's hidden room in the cellar to attract his attention.

%% * PowerfulPick: The Mountain Man uses a pickaxe in the first two films.

''Cold Prey'' (original title ''Fritt Vilt'', which translates to "open season") is a 2006 Norwegian horror/[[SlasherMovie slasher film]], directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Endre Martin Midtstigen and Viktoria Winge. A sequel ''Cold Prey II'' (''Fritt Vilt II'', also known as ''Cold Prey: Resurrection'') was released in 2008 and was directed by Mats Stenberg. This was then followed by a prequel ''Cold Prey III'' in 2010.

%% * InfantImmortality: Played straight with Daniel in the second film.

* ClicheStorm: In terms of new or innovative ideas, the first film brings pretty much nothing new to the table, playing out like a standard, generic, interchangeable slasher film (whether it be who lives and dies or how various scenes play out)

* ActionSurvivor: Jannicke.

* AxCrazy: Who do you think?

* BeardOfEvil: The Mountain Man. Also Jon from the prequel.
* BigDamnHeroes: Towards the end of the sequel, [[spoiler:Camilla turns up to save Jannicke from the Mountain Man.]]

* CainAndAbel: The nice guy Einar and his evil recluse brother Jon in the third film.

* CrazySurvivalist: Mountain Man.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Morten is apparently a big fan of this.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: First and third film.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Sverre to Audhild in the second film.

* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Jannicke.]]
* FingerlessGloves: The Mountain Man wears them.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Most (though not all) of the killings in both films fall into this category.
* GratuitousRape: Jon rapes Siri in the prequel.
* GrossUpCloseUp: Done in the sequel when the police are taking pictures of the victims.

* HopeSpot: Einar arrives at Jon's place in third film when Siri is there, but just when she tries to alert him, Jon grabs her.

* HumanShield: [[spoiler:The Mountain Man uses Eirik as one.]]

* ImplacableMan: The Mountain Man.
* InTheHood: Mountain Man's outfit of choice in the third film.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight with Daniel in the second film.

* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie: Poor Ingunn... and poor Audhild.]]

* LeanAndMean: The Mountain Man.

* MirrorScare: There is a build up to one in the third film but it plays differently.
* NeckSnap: How [[spoiler:Mikal]] meets his end, and how [[spoiler:Herman]] meets his end in the sequel.

* NiceGuy: Eirik.

* NothingIsScarier
* NumberedSequels

* PowerfulPick: The Mountain Man uses a pickaxe in the first two films.
* RedRightHand: [[spoiler:The Mountain Man's birthmark]].

* SceneryPorn: It is to be expected when snowboarding is included.

* SerialKiller: The Mountain Man has killed a ''lot'' of people.

* SkinnyDipping: Hedda and Magne in the third film go for a nude swim on a lake.

* TheSlowWalk: The Mountain Man is a master at this.
* StockSubtitle: In some countries, ''Cold Prey 2'' got an additional "Resurrection" subtitle.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Jannicke, especially in the sequel.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Jannicke and Morten.
* TheVoiceless: The Mountain Man. He does [[spoiler:however says a few words when we see him as a kid]].

--> ''You'll catch your death.''

* WindowPain: Eirik breaks and enters into the hotel in the first film through a window.

The trilogy uses a lot of common SlasherMovie [[{{Troperiffic}} tropes and clichés]], while subverting a few at the same time. Although the common tropes make the films somewhat predictable, the acting, cinematography and genuinely foreboding atmosphere won over audiences and critics.

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: The prequel opens with the killer retaliating on his parents for the attempt on his life.]]

* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Jannicke]] becomes this in time for the sequel.

* OnceIsNotEnough: [[spoiler:Jannicke]] is GenreSavvy enough to know this by the sequel. [[spoiler:After impaling the Mountain Man with his own pickaxe, she grabs the nearby police shotgun, strides up to his body, and blows his brains out.]]

* BerthaInTheAttic: [[spoiler:The killer was kept locked up in the basement by his parents when he was little]].

* CanNotSpitItOut: Morten towards Jannicke. Towards the end of the first film, he tries to tell her that he loves her, but can't finish his sentence. Jannicke replies that she already knows.

* HospitalHottie: Camilla and Audhild. With the latter, Sverre ''definitely'' seems to think so. [[LampshadeHanging Audhild even admits to Sverre]] that one of the reasons she wanted to be a nurse in the first place was because of the fact that [[PlayingToTheFetishes some guys like nurse uniforms]].

* MadeOfIron: The second film reveals that the Mountain Man survived the damage done to him in the first film. And then some.

* NightmareDreams: After being sedated in the sequel, Jannicke has a nightmare of the Mountain Man attacking her.

* OnceIsNotEnough: [[spoiler:Jannicke]] is GenreSavvy enough to know this by the sequel. After [[spoiler:impaling the Mountain Man with his own pickaxe, she grabs the nearby police shotgun, strides up to his body, and blows his brains out.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Mountain Man is the little boy from the beginning of the first film and his parents tried to kill him]].

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: The prequel opens with the killer retaliating on his parents for the attempt on his life]].

* TheArcher: Mountain Man in the third film starts firing arrows at Anders, Hedda and Magne when they try to escape him through a river.

''Cold Prey'' (original title ''Fritt Vilt'', which translates to "open season") is a 2006 Norwegian horror/slasher film, directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Endre Martin Midtstigen and Viktoria Winge. A sequel ''Cold Prey II'' (''Fritt Vilt II'', also known as ''Cold Prey: Resurrection'') was released in 2008 and was directed by Mats Stenberg. This was then followed by a prequel ''Cold Prey III'' in 2010.

The trilogy uses a lot of common slasher movie [[{{Troperiffic}} tropes and clichés]], while subverting a few at the same time. Although the common tropes make the films somewhat predictable, the acting, cinematography and genuinely foreboding atmosphere won over audiences and critics.

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:Happens when Jannicke is struggling with the Mountain Man.]]

* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:The Mountain Man gets two of his fingers ''blown off'' in the sequel. This doesn't seem to cause him much pain - it just makes him ''angry''.]]

* GrossUpCloseUp: Done in th sequel when the police are taking pictures of the victims.

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: The prequel opens with the killer retaliating on his parents for the attempt at his life]].

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: First and third film.

The trilogy uses a lot of common slasher movie [[{{Tropperiffic}} tropes and clichés]], while subverting a few at the same time. Although the common tropes make the films somewhat predictable, the acting, cinematography and genuinely foreboding atmosphere won over audiences and critics.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Morten]] opts to stay behind and fight off the Mountain Man, in order to give [[spoiler:Jannicke]] a chance to escape.

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:Audhild]] in nothing but her underwear? Nice. [[spoiler:The fact that she's just taken a pickaxe to the shoulder, is covered in her own blood and about to die?]] ''Not'' so nice.

* BeardOfEvil: The Mountain man. Also Jon from the prequel.

* DisneyVillainDeath: The killer seemingly dies in the first film when he falls into a crevasse.

* MadeOfIron: The second filml reveals that the Mountain Man survived the damage done to him in the first film. And then some.

* NeckSnap: How [[spoiler:Herman]] meets his end in the sequel.

* PoliceAreUseless: The local police force's investigative methods have a lot to improve on.

* SlashedThroat: The first thing that the Mountain Man does in the second film after waking up is slashing [[spoiler: Sverre's]] throat open.

* TheVoiceless: The Mountain Man. He is [[spoiler:however says a few words when we see him as a kid]].

* WrenchWhack: Hermann throws a wrench at the killer when he meets him.

* TwentyMinutesWithJerks: First and third film.

The first film follows a group of five friends - Jannicke, Eirik, Morten Tobias, Mikal and Ingunn - as they drive into the mountains of Jotunheimen for a day of snowboarding. Unfortunately, things turn sour when Morten has an accident, breaking his leg. Miles away from civilisation, with the car too far away and realising that Morten's injury cannot be treated in the wilderness, the group spot a nearby hotel and decide to seek help there.

Upon their arrival, they discover that there is no-one to be found at the hotel. After treating Morten's injury with supplies found within the building, the group decide to seek shelter for the night, with the intention of going for help in the morning. Eirik, Mikal and Ingunn go off to explore, while Jannicke stays and looks after Morten. The first three discover the electric generator of the hotel. Eirik fixes it, restoring power to the hotel. Afterwards, the three discover some odd things within the building, including a fire axe cabinet (with the fire axe missing), a burnt-out room with a broken window, a bathroom with strange stains in it, and Eirik hears a strange, unidentified noise. Thinking little of it, they all return to the parlour. As they are all relaxing, Jannicke finds the hotel's guestbook and discovers that the last guest checked in sometime during 1975. Under the names of the last registered guests, there is a message reading: "We hope you find your son".

What they don't realise, however, is that they are being watched...