SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

GL84 Going home for the holidays, two college students hook up on campus and drive home to Delaware only to crash into a snowbank on a deserted road where they find that the road is haunted by ghosts that have died at the location and try to stay alive while fending off the ghosts.This one had some decent stuff to it. Among the better qualities here is the fact that there's an extremely creepy atmosphere here that works really well for the film that creates an extremely thrilling sense which this one does. The best of this is the early scenes of them driving around with the snow-covered landscape surrounding them which is where the film really scores as the more time spent feeling cramped and isolated due to the location it develops a great eeriness about itself which is a nice plus. The ones of them driving through the woods are just as good, and it leads into the action-packed car crash scene which is a nice highlight. The first scenes of them stuck in the car where they realize the ghosts are out there waiting around the spot for them and are forced to try several tactics to get free and get help. These are all well-done and interesting since the methods of escape are nicely done which includes the fine series of attempts to confront them only to learn the truth about their interactors makes for a series of great scenes as these are all a rather nice way of making sure to keep the whole thing creepy. The interaction with the ghosts, either the creepy walk down the highway where they get confronted by the ghosts in the woods or the flashbacks to the ghostly attacks from the past that tells of the backstory for the location and sets up the fine scenes on the car, there's enough from these to stay interesting in the proceedings. The ghosts themselves look really great, covered in goo and debris that gives their appearance a really eerie look, and the fact that it plays with realism when dealing with the elements are the film's good points. There was some slight flaws to it as the fact that, despite the impressive atmosphere on display, the beginning to this is terribly boring. There's very little action to it, and what occurs is either endless scenes of them out on the road talking to each other or lame attempts at scares, such as the locked bathroom, and none of them are all too engaging. These just go by so slowly that it takes a lot out of the film and makes getting into it a rather hard with it's slow-going nature. There's also a rather big one here at the ending, as the film's conclusion is a rather confusing mess. It's really hard to make out what happens as it goes back and forth between the real world, which affects the ghost world, and how the real world's actions have affected the ghost world and back again, leaving it incredibly confusing and just somewhat irritating as it just sort of ends without really feeling that something really important happened in that time. That is not the kind of feeling a film wants to end with, as it sort of sours the whole experience considerably, but overall, these here are the film's flaws.Rated R: Language and Violence.

LeonLouisRicci 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.

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.

elfindwarf I stumbled upon this movie, and from the beginning to the end, I was engaged. The scenes were breath taking, the acting was super, and the director did a very good job at setting the mood. Never heard of Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes until this movie, and I think they did a fantastic job. If you are looking for a straight forward slasher/horror movie, this is not for you. If you are looking for a movie that scares you (not the kind that makes you jump), and makes you think, then this is a must! Now to the SPOILERS - read if you want to know my theory of the movie. First of, I think there are many ways to explain what happened in the movie, and I think the writer did that on purpose. Second, there are some theories that I have read, that just don't work, so whatever theory you come up with has to make some sense. To my theory...The guy likes the girl and pretends to live in Delaware to give her a ride back home. They stop by the gas station, and he asks the clerk for directions, and found out about the scenic route. I think what happens with the girl in the bathroom is just a foreshadow. The guy decides to take the scenic route, and runs into the ghost cop. They are stranded and see the ghosts of all the dead people, and things begin to unfold. The guy dies when the girl goes to hook up the phone. The ghost guy saves the girl from the ghost cop, and leads her back to the gas station. The ending was super - it shows how a person can totally change in less than 24 hour after a dramatic experience.A lot of people mentioned think that this movie is about Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence, but I don't think so. From what I know, that theory states that you live your life over and over again. We see a little bit of that in the movie, but I don't think it's exactly that, because the ghosts are not repeating exactly what they did. They are living as "ghosts" now, and are killing people, not really living their lives again.