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08/11/07
Wind Chill (2007)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:12
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Wind Chill is a ghost story with a clunky and unpolished script that fails to keep viewers in suspense.
Theatrical Release:03-08-2007
Synopsis: WIND CHILL takes the conventions of the haunted house film and transplants them to a dangerous stretch of road where the unfortunate victims of prior events haunt those unwise enough to drive on... [More]
Starring: Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Ned Bellamy
Director: Greg Jacobs
Reviews for Wind Chill
Top CriticAs clunky as it is emotionally unconvincing.
08/03/07
The passage to ex-rental DVD bins will be swift for this lethally pretentious bit of low-rent schlock.
08/03/07
Top CriticRopey, derivative and very, very boring horror-thriller.
08/03/07
Top CriticSpooky, smart and subtle.
08/03/07
Top CriticPromising elements never quite bind.
07/31/07
Top Critic...a refreshingly adult horror effort that boasts a pair of phenomenal lead performances.
08/11/08
Imagine a campfire story told by Jack London after downing a bottle of Jack Daniels. The chilly atmosphere would be in full force but the plotting might be a bit punch drunk.
05/02/08
After a great set-up, we're left stranded by the side of the road, wishing the filmmakers had come up with a conclusion at least somewhere close to as good.
09/01/07
At the very least, it's an old-fashioned ghost story with half a brain -- and that's got to be worth more than a casual glance.
08/26/07
Could have worked, if only I had given a damn.
05/04/07
Wind Chill suffers from an underdeveloped screenplay, which feels like a first draft, erroneously deemed ready for production.
05/04/07
Wind Chill deserves a merit badge for even trying to tell a horror story without resorting to tired and amateurish shock value. The picture's puzzle might not piece together properly, but the effort is appreciated.
05/03/07
Almost always, you can expect the worst when a studio dumps a film without advance screenings. But the well-crafted thriller Wind Chill, with rising star Emily Blunt, is the very rare case where somebody (in this case, Sony) goofed.
05/02/07
Well before day breaks, it’s the movie’s plot (which would have made for an outstanding Outer Limits episode) that has come to seem stuck in an endless loop.
05/02/07
Despite its failings, Wind Chill represents a road rarely taken by 21st-century American horror films: Original (in the non-remake sense of the term), subtle and restrained.
05/02/07
A tidy little ghost story, with interesting characters, a captivating performance by up-and-comer Emily Blunt.
05/01/07
Wind Chill, for all its flaws, is an often spooky and imaginative ghost story that contains a genuine creepiness.
05/01/07
Top CriticA moody, spooky tale, rendered with laudable economy.
04/30/07
Top CriticAll surface and no depth, with an incongruous ending that makes for an unsatisfying ending to an indecisive movie.
04/29/07
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