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Emily Blunt (75) (Wind Chill)
OH GOD THE LIGHTING. You guys, this was a really really really really dark movie. Like. Most of it takes place between the hours of around 11PM and 4AM, so scraping out visible icons was a chore. And I thought I'd told myself never to icon horror films again...
THAT SAID, I also think this movie deserves far far far more than its 5.9 on IMDB. It wasn't stellar, but the more I think back, the more I liked it: it had an atmosphere which was properly unnerving, eerie, and just--empty and simple and isolated. I loved the two leads, their banter, and their dynamic. Things fall apart a bit in the last third, but it has some original ideas and there's one particular event which I think is amazing that I want to talk about BUT IT'S A SPOILER so I won't. Mostly, I liked this for the character development and the way they subtly grow on you (and they don't even have names!), and the non-torture porn nature of the scares. Which is refreshing!
Also, the opening scenes take place on my campus. That was a pleasant surprise.
EMILY BLUNT
THAT SAID, I also think this movie deserves far far far more than its 5.9 on IMDB. It wasn't stellar, but the more I think back, the more I liked it: it had an atmosphere which was properly unnerving, eerie, and just--empty and simple and isolated. I loved the two leads, their banter, and their dynamic. Things fall apart a bit in the last third, but it has some original ideas and there's one particular event which I think is amazing that I want to talk about BUT IT'S A SPOILER so I won't. Mostly, I liked this for the character development and the way they subtly grow on you (and they don't even have names!), and the non-torture porn nature of the scares. Which is refreshing!
Also, the opening scenes take place on my campus. That was a pleasant surprise.
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