Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
Wind Chill blows into increasingly nightmarish and ludicrous territory, introducing frostbitten ghouls, priestly apparitions, a nasty cop, and a cycle of hallucinations.
– Justin Chang,
Variety,
28 Apr 2007
fresh:
A moody, spooky tale, rendered with laudable economy.
– Andy Webster,
New York Times,
30 Apr 2007
fresh:
Wind Chill, for all its flaws, is an often spooky and imaginative ghost story that contains a genuine creepiness.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
1 May 2007
rotten:
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.
– Scott Foundas,
L.A. Weekly,
2 May 2007
fresh:
Almost always, you can expect the worst when a studio dumps a film without advance screenings. But the well-crafted thriller Wind Chill, with rising star Emily Blunt, is the very rare case where somebody (in this case, Sony) goofed.