Wind Chill

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Wind Chill

R

2007

1h 27m

Horror

Drama

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Just before their university campus goes quiet for the winter break, a young woman (Emily Blunt) asks a classmate (Ashton Holmes) for a lift home. The two students set off on their trip and begin to get to know each other. But, when a reckless motorist drives them off the road, they find themselves stranded in the snow on a remote highway. As the night grows colder, the two are confronted by a horde of menacing apparitions -- and struggle to escape with their lives.

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Critics Consensus

Wind Chill is a ghost story with a clunky and unpolished script that fails to keep viewers in suspense.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

London Evening Standard

08/03/2007

1/5

As clunky as it is emotionally unconvincing.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

08/03/2007

The passage to ex-rental DVD bins will be swift for this lethally pretentious bit of low-rent schlock.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

08/03/2007

1/5

Ropey, derivative and very, very boring horror-thriller.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

12/31/2023

5/10

There is a sort of cod-Stephen King kind of horror laid over Wind Chill, but it feels messy and unfocused.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

08/11/2008

2.5/4

...a refreshingly adult horror effort that boasts a pair of phenomenal lead performances.

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Brian Holcomb

CinemaBlend

05/02/2008

3.5/5

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.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Jul 18

Wind Chill (2007) This movie is very confusing, the script is terrible, it fails to develop any central characters and delivers a terrible ending.

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Marco L

@decatur555 Jun 22

Wind Chill is a modest but entertaining supernatural road thriller that works best when it focuses on cold, isolation and distrust. The premise is simple: a young woman shares a ride with a strange classmate, the trip goes wrong, and the snow-covered road becomes more threatening than expected. The film is uneven, and its supernatural side is not always as strong as its initial setup, but it has atmosphere, a few effective moments and a contained, austere approach to horror. Emily Blunt is the main reason to watch it: even in an early, modest role, she brings intelligence, vulnerability and strength to the film. It may not be memorable, but it is easy to watch, tense enough and good for a quiet, chilly horror night.

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Robert C

Jun 18

I haven't seen this movie in years. I loved it. One of Emily Blunts' early movies where she always played a cruel bitch.

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Nathan K

@NKafadar24 Jun 6

Super slow, boring and terrible acting. I mean some parts are just so corny dude.

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David F

@FallenAngel00me May 7

Utterly drab. Nothing else needed to say

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Walter W

@RT71869229 Apr 13

Emily Blunts "Girl" accepts a lift from another college student "Guy" (Ashton Holmes) on a Christmas holidays break and together they drive home Chris Rea style. Unfortunately they take an unplanned detour on route 606, a deserted snowbound road in "Wind Chill" (2007). After they are run off the road and crash their car they see dead people like in a Bruce Willis film. "Wind Chill" didn’t fulfil its potential. The second and third acts just unravel in the snow while some useless time references randomly flash on the screen in this nightmare before Christmas. It had some pedigree with Blunt on screen, plus George Clooney and Steve Soderbergh as EP’s, which gave me false hope. Director Gregory Jacob should stay in his lane as a successful producer. "Wind Chill" is not an epic fail, just another dumb and dumber supernatural horror movie streaming on Netflix. There are worse things than dying, but I didn’t know it would be spending 91 minutes watching this poor attempt at a ghost story.

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Synopsis

Just before their university campus goes quiet for the winter break, a young woman (Emily Blunt) asks a classmate (Ashton Holmes) for a lift home. The two students set off on their trip and begin to get to know each other. But, when a reckless motorist drives them off the road, they find themselves stranded in the snow on a remote highway. As the night grows colder, the two are confronted by a horde of menacing apparitions -- and struggle to escape with their lives.

Director: Gregory Jacobs
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Ben Cosgrove, Peter Czernin
Screenwriter: Steven Katz, Joe Gangemi
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Revolution Studios, Blueprint Pictures, Section Eight Ltd.
Rating: R (Some Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.1K
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS