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.

The Movie takes too many Detours and Never Arrives at a Philosophical Conclusion that the Film and therefore the Audience feels Comfortable with. It has Dashes of this and that and is All Over the Map with Regards to where it wants to go. Starting as a Psychological Stalker Situation then Steering Toward Eastern Philosophy and Nietzsche, and then some Ghost/Zombies Show Up.A Couple of Gory Scenes Later it does a U-Turn back to Endless Reocurrences, Time-Shifting, and adding a Haunted Radio. All the while Lost in the Woods and Freezing to Death, Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes, both Good Actors, try and make Sense of the Non-Sensical and Cuddle to Keep Warm.The Movie must have been a Difficult Shoot, because this is Real Snow here in Real Winter, but the Story is Hard to Weather. Some Scenes are Clueless, like the Bathroom at the Gas Station. Others don't make much Sense either and the Whole Thing never Coalesces into a something Satisfying.Overall, Worth a Watch (barely), however Beware it's Tough Going some of the Time and Frustrating most of the Time. But it is Well Acted and Produced, although the Director is Stranded with a Meandering and Mediocre Script.

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.

A college student (Emily Blunt) trying to get home for the holidays catches a ride with another student (Ashton Holmes). She becomes suspicious of him when several things he says don't add up and thinks he might be a stalker or serial killer or something. Then the two become stranded on a deserted stretch of road in the snow. Surviving each other and the elements is bad enough but they have to contend with ghosts as well.A surprisingly well-done little ghost story starts out strong building suspense and misdirecting the audience that this might be some kind of slasher thriller where the guy chases after the girl he's obsessed with. But once it becomes clear that's not the type of movie it's going to be, it becomes more interesting and then quickly less interesting as the last half-hour or so is rife with clichés. Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes both do well playing flawed but believable characters. She's a bitch and he's a weirdo so you really aren't sure for awhile who you're supposed to root for, if anybody. It's a good movie though and definitely worth checking out if you're interested in ghost stories.