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Wind Chill

EMAILPRINTTriStar Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Wind Chill reviews
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5.7 User Score:

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Based on 7 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Horror  |  Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Joe Gangemi
Steven Katz

Directed by: Gregory Jacobs

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 27, 2007
DVD: September 4, 2007

Running Time: 87 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for some violence and disturbing images

Starring Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Ned Bellamy, Martin Donovan, and Chelan Simmons

A college student shares a ride home with a stranger who may or may not be another student in this horror film.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Wind Chill is very much Blunt's show - there are no other major characters save Holmes - and she even gets to climb a telephone pole in her Prada heels. Brava!

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

For all its flaws, is an often spooky and imaginative ghost story that contains a genuine creepiness.

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60

The New York Times Andy Webster

A moody, spooky tale, rendered with laudable economy.

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60

Los Angeles Times Ed Gonzalez

This isn't merely a horror film about things going bump in the night, but a study of the effects of desolation on our sense of personal consciousness.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

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.

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50

Variety Justin Chang

This intermittently effective thriller serves as a rickety vehicle for its two perfectly cast leads, working better as a slow-thawing two-hander than as a chilly ghost story.

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40

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

Jacobs and his writers are notably more interested in creepy atmosphere -- and in contemplating the order of the universe -- than in jump-in-your-seat jolts. But 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.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lucas R. gave it a10:
Very decent film, Emily Blunt is in a horror movie!!! And she rocks!!

steve l. gave it a0:
I honestly can't think of a worst movie-unbelievable plot with Disneyish Haunted Mansion ghosts-my teenagers and myself were rooting for the villain to kill the 2 leads.Really-who would spend the night in their car(with a complete stranger) after an accident when a gas station is a couple of miles back up the road? Laughably bad, but not as funny as Plan 9 from Outerspace. ANY critic that gave this a remote favorable review should be immediately fired. This film is another mindless story which appeals to a teenager who has a phobia about rural America. For a real horror story check out Milwaukee's homicide rate and avoid stories about a killer ghost in a blizzard.

snewgoblin gave it a10:
Although it's a classic horror theme centered on a haunted place, the dialogue between two main characters is so well written, that you have to live this film. In the end you don't know why, but you remember this creepy story as a ultimate experience. And the best thing in this movie is the perfect acting performance by Emily Blunt. She's really the star of this horror. Totally believable and so charming that she saves this not so horror movie and makes it worthseeing even twice or more times.

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