851222 Greetings from Lithuania."Wind Chill" (2007) was pretty chilly and spooky horror / ghost story. It has a few actors, and Emily Blunt does a descent job as one of the few who gets into "ghost trouble". The setting was pretty simple but effective, as it's premise. I did liked the pacing of this movie very much - at running time 1 h 22 min it never drags and i was involved during this whole pretty short movie.Overall, "Wind Chill" is a pretty simple movie, yet effectively done. It has all the ingredients for a spooky ghost story - a chilling setting, few characters, good for this material writing and solid directing. While it's not the best horror movie around, it manages to make it's job for one evening / night when you are alone with the TV. Pretty solid stuff.

jlthornb51 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.

AaronCapenBanner Gregory Jacobs directed this ghostly thriller that stars Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes as two college students sharing a car ride home for the Christmas holidays who become snowbound after the car breaks down. She at first thinks its some trick by him to get romantic, but that isn't the real problem, as it seems the deserted stretch of highway they're on is haunted by the ghosts of former motorists in general, a most hostile highway patrolman(played by Martin Donovan) in particular... Atmospheric but muddled film does generate some effective sense of isolated dread, but story is so protracted and confusing that film is ultimately unsatisfying.

daggersineyes I enjoyed this movie! It wasn't as thrilling as some but the story & characters drew me in and fascinated me. The acting was absolutely brilliant from all concerned - especially the two leads - "guy and girl". I loved that they never named them and how interesting it was that they never introduce themselves to each other! Very moody and tense, this is not a horror flick for gore fans, it's more of a tension- filled drama with spooky spectral beings and one particularly nasty ghost adding to the proceedings. The script is extremely well written, even eliciting a couple of wry chuckles at appropriate times. The direction and score (by the awesome Mansell) were excellent and it utilised it's chillingly beautiful snow- bound setting and creepy ruins expertly. I loved it but I wouldn't call it a horror movie - despite a few of the nastier images. It's more of a thrilling drama, a spooky love story, and/or - as someone else wrote - a tale of redemption. It's also a tale about dealing with isolation, not just in the snow-covered crashed car but in the lives of the protagonists generally. And the ending is perfect when you understand what this movie is - and is not - about.The movie gives you plenty to think about and if you watch this expecting everything to be crystal clear, straightforward and wrapped up at the end you'll be disappointed. It's got something of a metaphorical/philosophical under-pinning that relates to the characters of 'guy' and 'girl' and their "night of awakening".I note with interest several of the "this is rubbish" reviews seem to have made obvious mistakes about what happens in this movie, even clear and simple things like what actions the characters took to get help at different times. Either they didn't watch it all or they weren't paying attention which is probably why they ended up giving it a bad review. This is a movie you need to pay attention to - it's not just "lets have fun eating popcorn while watching people being terrorised in the dark" - there's much more to it than that.But it's the two main actors that really make this movie. The quality of their acting is astounding and it says bucket-fulls about their acting skills that they both eventually gained my sympathy. I actually didn't like either of them at first, she was horribly arrogant & he is a stalker/loser, but as the movie progressed I grew to understand them & their behaviour (as did they) and really care about, not just their survival of this particular night, but their future development as human beings. I recommend it to people who like moody ghost stories with an intelligent, poetic style & a focus on character development, who don't mind a slower paced movie. I don't recommend it if you have the attention span of a gnat or think horror movies are good only if they're about "violence, gore & sick stuff" as I've heard some say. Will be looking for more from this director.