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The Last Winter (2008)
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Reviewed by Carol Sullivan
Genre: Horror
Released: September 19th, 2007
Rating: Unrated
Director: Larry Fessenden
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Starring: Ron Perlman, James LeGros, Connie Britton, Kevin Corrigan
Studio: IFC
On DVD: July 22nd, 2008
DVD FEATURES
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Commentary by Director Larry Fessenden
Feature-length making of documentary
Deleted scenes
Interview with Larry Fessenden
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"There's something...happening" -- Max (Zach Gilford)
From the frozen tundra of the Arctic Circle, Director/Producer/Co-Writer Larry Fessenden, brings you this haunting and cautionary tale about just what can go wrong when you mess with Mother Nature. The Last Winter, available now exclusively through Blockbuster Video Stores, is a delightfully eerie film that had me 'frozen' in front of the t.v. for its entirety. Thanks to this movie, I am quite certain that I won't be going to the Arctic Circle anytime soon...
The Last Winter begins as a group of North Oil employees are based at an isolated camp in the northern-most reaches of the Alaskan tundra. They are eager to get equipment and personnel to the remote station to begin drilling, but are forced to wait, thanks to Jim Hoffman (James Le Gros) -- there to ensure that the ANWAR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) area is not negatively impacted by the oil company's plans.
Going out to gather data for his environmental reports, Jim senses that there is more to the barren landscape than snow and oil. When a young North Oil employee, Max (Zach Gilford) returns to the out-post, having been missing for hours, he reports having the same strange feelings and says that the icy area is haunted. Wondering where Max had been, the others chalk his weird behavior up to his just being cold and tired and suffering from exposure.
Despite Jim's eco-warnings and Max's strange behavior, Boss Ed (Ron Perlman, Hellboy) goes ahead with his drilling preparations, but after Max disappears for good, and other strange things start happening, they all begin to worry.
A frantic search for Max suddenly ends with the discovery of his naked, frozen body, and everyone but Ed is ready to leave. You see, they found a movie camera on Max and the last recording that he made shows the frightening outline of something attacking him in the snow.
Feeling that something doesn't want them there, Jim begins to wonder, is Nature fighting back? Are the things they are seeing just hallucinations, or have they awoken an evil as old as the oil that they seek?
The Last Winter, striking in its visual imagery, is meticulously filmed and well written. Through the film's eerie musical score, by Jeff Grace and Anton Sanko, you are pulled into the characters' anxiety and fear as well as their complete isolation. The Last Winter is beautifully creepy and well-worth renting... (Well, maybe not, if you live in northern Alaska.)
Overall Rating: 3
VIDEO | Original Trailer
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