Wind Chill (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.9/10   

Director:

Gregory Jacobs

Escritores (WGA):

Joe Gangemi (written by) &
Steven Katz (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 agosto 2007 (UK)

Género:

Drama | Horror | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

There Are Worse Things Than Dying

Plot:

Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there. |

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | College Student | Apparition | Snow | Supernatural Power

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Somewhat Tedious But Well-Scripted Film of Isolation

Reparto

Emily Blunt	...	Girl
Ashton Holmes	...	Guy
Martin Donovan	...	Highway Patrolman
Ned Bellamy	...	Snowplow Driver
Ian A. Wallace	...	Priest (as Ian Wallace)
Donny James Lucas	...	Stranger (as Donny Lucas)
Chelan Simmons	...	Blonde Girl
Darren Moore	...	Clerk
Linden Banks	...	Proctor
Caz Odin Darko	...	Teenage Boy #1 (as Caz Darko)
Heath Horejda	...	Teenage Boy #2

También conocida como:

Escalofrío (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and disturbing images.

Duración:

91 min

País:

UK | USA | Canada

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:R | Argentina:16 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Italy:T | UK:15 | Finland:K-18 (self applied)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Brenda Mines Road, Peachland, British Columbia, Canada

Compañía:

Blueprint Pictures

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Guy turns the dome light off, claiming the need to conserve the battery. However, the high beams are on throughout the movie.

Citas:

Guy: [gives Girl dirty look after she just gets off the phone]
Girl: What?
Guy: If I have to drive, you have to talk to me.
Girl: What I'm the in flight entertainment?
Guy: That's how this ride sharing thing works ok? Division of labor. We split everything 50/50
Girl: Oh well, I got news for you, I don't get much more entertaining then when I'm on the phone.

A Somewhat Tedious But Well-Scripted Film of Isolation

A boy and a girl (whose names are never revealed) share a car ride home to Delaware, which is strange once you realize no film in history has ever taken place in Delaware. Luckily, they get stranded on the roadside and don't make it there, saving us the chance of this being the first film to take place there. But the stranding was just the beginning -- ghostly figures live in the woods and the girl slowly learns the guy is not who he says he is.

I have to hand it to the creators of this film. Gregory Jacobs is a relatively new director (though he has helped on many projects) and Joe Gangemi is a new writer. Steven Katz also co-wrote this film, but hasn't written any screenplay since 2000's "Shadow of the Vampire" (which was quite good, for the record). Being new doesn't hamper these guys -- they put together a tight picture.

The writing is much stronger than the plot or directing, I have to say. I enjoyed the plot of the boy's mysterious background (this alone could have carried the film), but the ghosts and the violent cop just weren't all that interesting to me. I enjoyed the isolated car story much better in "Penny Dreadful". The dialog was astoundingly incredible. I could have listened to these two talk about pointless things for hours. The inclusion of Nietzsche's eternal recurrence was a nice touch, and actually ties in to the plot. As a philosophy major, that tugged at my heartstrings.

The guy was a decent actor, but the real star here is Emily Blunt. You might know her name, and you're familiar with her if you've seen "The Devil Wears Prada" (I haven't). Miss Blunt has several projects in 2007 and 2008, and I'm not surprised -- she is a dynamic actress that is both talented and beautiful. And not the dainty type of beauty Hollywood likes, but a more powerful brand.

The film is a bit tedious and drags in the second half. Things get repetitive (hence the eternal recurrence) and the ghosts aren't really all that interesting. The cop is bland, the priest is just mildly intimidating and the black man who coughs up an eel is not nearly as creepy as it could have been. I mean, he's coughing up an eel -- that should have been the highlight of the film, but it was just a quick scene.

I'm glad I saw this one. It had solid writing and a nice dynamic between the two leads. I was expecting the music to be better, with the score being done by the same man who composed the score for "The Fountain" but I was instead treated to bad Christmas songs. I've had enough of Christmas movies and music. But, I suppose it's better than Creed or Rush. If you're curious, pick this one up. It's not a bad beer and pizza movie, though you could probably do better.