''Cold Prey 3'' ( no, Fritt vilt III) is a 2010 Norwegian

slasher film A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools like knife, chainsaw, scalpel, etc. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a ...

, it is the prequel to the highly successful '' Cold Prey'' (''Fritt vilt''), and ''

Cold Prey 2 ''Cold Prey 2: Resurrection'' ( no, Fritt Vilt II) is a 2008 Norwegian slasher film, directed by Mats Stenberg. It is the sequel to the highly successful '' Cold Prey'' (''Fritt Vilt''), and premiered in Norway on 10 October 2008. Written by Roar ...

'' (''Fritt vilt II''). It is directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose and starred

Nils Johnson Nils Johnson (born 19 June 1956) is a Norwegian actor and theatre director. Early life He was born in Tønsberg, and is a brother of Guri Johnson. Theatre career He made his stage debut in 1980 at Nordland Teater, and then worked at Hålogaland ...

in the leading role.

Plot

A group of young friends take a trip into

Jotunheimen National Park Jotunheimen National Park ( no, Jotunheimen nasjonalpark, "Home of the Giants") is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions. The national park covers and is part of the larger area Jotunhe ...

. They plan on hiking into the area where an abandoned hotel sits in the mountains; it was the site of several disappearances including a young boy who vanished into thin air. After opting to camp in the woods instead of staying at the old hotel, the friends soon discover there is a hulking killer amongst the woods, and he may not be alone. Flashbacks show the killer's childhood and youth in the 1970s.

Cast

Production

''Cold Prey 3'' is set to be a prequel to the first two films. It was completely shot in

Jotunheimen Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, in ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

Release

The film premiered on 15 October 2010 in Norway.

Reception

Cold Prey 3 was received negatively; only 16% of audience members sampled by

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reacted positively.Martin, Pete
Review: RAGNAROK, Monstrous Family Fun, Norwegian Style
''Twitch''. May 29, 2015 Scott Weinberg of ''ChillerTV'' was critical of the third installment of the ''Cold Prey'' series, saying, "The good will of the solid original and its amusing sequel has been squandered by laziness."

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* 2010 films 2010 horror films 2010s slasher films 2010s Norwegian-language films Norwegian slasher films Films set in 1990 Norwegian horror films Films set in the 1980s Films set in Norway Films shot in Norway 2010s serial killer films {{Norway-film-stub