Wind Chill (2007)

Sadly Over-hyped

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A must see movie for classic horror fans. This is not a superficial slasher, gore fest. It is desolate like being stranded, and mood driven with ghostliness, and an overall sadness about it. For those who have a liking of darkness, snow, and cold in settings with few or only one other person to experience things, or to solely rely on this is one for you. I personally absolutely love this movie. It's one of my favorites of all time, and I've seen most. I've watched it many times. I tend to be a loner, rather than extravertish, and this movie really agrees with my personality. I fell in love with Emily Blunt as this being the first movie I ever saw her in. Though a low budget movie, I don't know how much if any, a larger budget would have improved it. It's a hidden gem.

It is a surrealistic film, like a nightmare. Very claustrophobic n heavy on atmosphere. Saw this first in 2007 on a DVD. Revisited it recently. The movie is about a college girl who is trying to get home on Christmas break. She hitches a ride with a complete stranger by getting his number thru a college ride board. Strangely, the stranger knows everything about her. The stranger takes a short cut through the forests..... The acting by the two leads were very good, especially Blunt. The director did a good job with the settings n atmosphere. The story was decent but audiences may find shades of Dead end, The Abandoned 2006, Triangle, No mans land aka Reeker 2 n Haunter. Also ther r aspects in this movie which ain't original. In this movie u can make out when the terror is approaching when the song starts playing in the car a la Jeepers creepers style. Also most of the film is shot in the car a la Joy ride n Penny dreadful. The score is very good, in particular the piece at the beginning and end. Very haunting n sad. Despite nearly the entire film being set in the broken down car n almost in one location it never gets boring.

An otherwise routine horror film is given depth and power by the astounding performances of Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes. It is, however, Emily Blunt who sharply stands out and after only a few moments on screen seems clearly destined for cinema stardom. She is absolutely incredible as a college student who agrees to share a ride home during the Christmas holiday with a strange male student who she doesn't realize their trip is no accident. Holmes does well in conveying an edgy oddness and yet a vulnerability which ultimately elicits sympathy. Blunt gives her character strength and depth, never sinking into the abyss of the helpless female who hair-pullingly screams constantly. This a very real young woman as only Emily Blunt could play her. For some of us, this was our first encounter with Blunt and the recognition of her greatness was both obvious and unavoidable. In many ways she reminds those who appreciate great cinema of another actress named Emily of even more fantastic talent: the magnificently gifted Emily Watson. With work and experience, Emily Blunt might well approach the great artistic heights of Watson one day. Such is a quite worthy goal.

I'm sure some folks (particularly those who dine on a regular diet of horror films) won't find this movie to be terribly scary. Personally, it scared the shiznit out of me.As others have noted, it's more of a psychological thriller than a gorefest. I prefer these kinds of movies.Yes, it has some slow moments, but it builds up in terms of intensity.For reference, I watched Silent Hill, and was just not as impressed with that movie as this one. That film was what I would call "over the top." The Ring is another horror movie that I consider scary as hell. (American version, I haven't seen the original Japanese.) Overall verdict: This is a lower-budget, scary-as-hell, closer-to-life psychological horror movie that in my personal opinion is well underrated.