The Last Winter details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Joanne Shenandoah, Connie Britton, Pato Hoffmann, James LeGros, Kevin Corrigan, Ron Perlman, Jamie Harrold, Zach Gilford, Larry Fessenden |
| Director: | Larry Fessenden |
| Genres: | Horror - General, Thriller |
| Studio: | REVOLVER ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Last Winter |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 41 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
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Winter horror land
By Northernsky (318 reviews) from Halifax , 21 Nov 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
The Last Winter is a curious mixture of psychological horror and eco-thriller. Writer , director and indeed actor Larry Fessenden has created a movie that is difficult to categorise and that poses a startling question. Is there a point at which mother nature -or what ever moniker you wish to use- will start viewing humanity as a virulent virus and seek to wipe us off the face of the earth?
Set in the artic region of Northen Alaska a team of oil drilling contractors are surveying the area in order to prepare for the eventual expolitation of the oilfields there. The teams leader Ed Pollack( Ron Perlman) is a brash loud get the job done type of guy and this leads to conflcit with Hoffman( James LeGros), an enviromental consultant employed by the oil comapny to decide to weigh the enviroemntal concerns with corporate desire to secure 'energy independance' ( A token gesture) who is worried that the area is showing signs of enviromental depreciation. Their emnity is not helped by Hoffmans romantic involvement with Abby ( Connie Britton) another member of the crew who had previously been involved with Pollack.
Meanwhile the crews youngest member Maxwell ( Zach Gifford) starts to act with increasing eccentricity , muttering darkly about things on the ice until he wanders off alone and more worringly unclothed one night. Then things start to get really weird and it becomes increasingly apparent the team are in under attack from forces they cannot comprehend
The Last Winter is no slam bang gorefest .It has an intermiable insidious atmosphere, slowly escalating the tension and dread through portentous omens- sudden gusts of wind, ravens circling ominously and the indiginous foreboding frigid landscape until the moment the inhabitants of the station realise they are in a fight for survival.The ending is powerfully ambiguous and Fessenden allows his camera to prowl and swoop like a natural predator stalking its prey. There is a precision and ecomomy both to the script and the screenplay -indeed it,s only in the revelation of the nature of the threat that the film loses focus , and here it reminds me forcibly of the creature that inhabits Dan Simmons book 'The Terror' which is tied in with native mythology .
A clever and absorbing film The Last Winter is more an exercise in creepy psychological terror than a committed horror film and its one that admirably refuses to pander to it,s audiences expectations with ti,s final frame an audacious exercise in minimalism. And its enviromental message , based on hard fact( The permafrost surrounding Alaska and Canada is melting even as i write) is actually more powerful than any amount of statistics and hysterical hectoring.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(34)Mixed bag
By Scholarbytheriver (5 reviews) , 03 Mar 2012A mixed bag. A good basic idea, great visuals from the Icelandic production team and fine performances from the actors, but badly let down by its tame US horror ending.- Was this review helpful to you?
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One Winter Too Many.
By BMidland (141 reviews) from Walsall , 08 Jan 2012This sparse horror lacks the meat of most horror films, relying on a decent sound design and an ominous tone, on the positive side, the performances are competent and the tone is claustrophobic.
Unfortunately, the film as a whole is hugely disappointing, with little coherence and a very slow, dull progression to a decent ending.
A poor horror film and a poor film in general.- Was this review helpful to you?
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An ancient evil is melting......
By Sephy (43 reviews) from Kent , 07 Aug 2010Watched this one late at night, didn't know a thing about it. All I knew was that there was a strange atmosphere and I had to keep watching.
By the end I was gasping and really shocked at what we saw.
I can't say more than, not for your action movie buff. You have to just take it in at it's pace and be puzzled for a while until it hits you. We think that scientists control the world and understand everything in it. WRONG! The world is full of unexplainable things and you get to see one in this film.
Oil will be the death of us all....mwahahahaha!
Added note, I wish the very, very last scene had a lot more content in the shot, I wanted to see more!- Was this review helpful to you?
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slow and uninteresting
By rs1441 (1 review) from wales , 15 Jun 2010the story seems to have potential at the start but just never picks up and drags on for a hour and 40 mins terrible.- Was this review helpful to you?
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BAKED ALASKA!
By OFFICERDIBBLE (15 reviews) from LITTLEHAMPTON , 11 May 2010The only Winters I've seen worse than this are Mike and Bernie, and at least Bernie had a big nose! Come back Schnorbitz all is forgiven/- Was this review helpful to you?
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