![]() While it’s not necessarily remarkable, it’s ambiguous enough to work. These include homicidal police officers, dozens of disappearances, and the deaths of several priests. Unfurling like an urban legend by the fireside, Girl discovers more about the history of the road. Instead, they acquiesce to instrumental soundtracks of B-list tracks like “Christmas is a Rootin’, Hootin’ Time.” A ghostly A-plus for Wind Chill having the goods.Īlso Read: ‘Dial Code Santa Claus’ is the Ultimate Forgotten Holiday Horror Film Too often, Christmas horror struggles to license bonafide Christmas music. ![]() He fully exploits the innate talent of Emily Blunt as she spirals into futile terror, with vague specters walking by her car, appearing and reappearing, all heralded by Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” on the car radio. ![]() Still, Jacobs does enough to make it his own. It’s a sprinkling of The Grudge with some elements of Jim Sonzero’s Pulse remake thrown in for good measure. What’s on display here isn’t terribly different than the J-horror impulses that dominated the megaplexes. They desperately need to get out of there, and “Girl” especially desperately needs to get to Delaware. The two squabble some more though quickly make amends. Guy’s weird behavior continues, including an unsolicited piggyback ride that’s painfully awkward to witness, and midway through their ride, while taking a scenic shortcut no less (never a good idea), Guy swerves to avoid an oncoming car, stalling in a snow ditch along the side of the road. Also Read: The Monsters of ‘Krampus’ Ranked From Killer to Cute Before the ghosts even arrive, Jacobs has cultivated plenty of uncomfortable terror. ![]() If he is a threat, she’s wary of inciting him. Blunt is remarkable, shifting between antagonism toward Guy’s weird advances while also doing her best to not push him too far. Jacobs mines a lot of tension from the perceived uncertainty, with the early beats suggesting Guy as the principal threat. Making use of a rideshare board on campus (Uber didn’t exist at this point), she solicits the help of Ashton Holmes’ “Guy,” a weird chap who seems to know quite a lot about her, even though she knows nothing of him. Emily Blunt stars simply as “Girl,” a young woman at a Pennsylvania college in need of a ride home for the Christmas break. I’ve already highlighted Wind Chill on my list of Christmas ghost stories, though for the uninitiated, it’s worth revisiting the movie’s pretty simple set-up. Also Read: 10 Unmissable Holiday Horror Movies To Raise The Spirits ![]()
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