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The Wind

The Wind

5,7 /10 (363 Votes)
2018 EN 88 min

Overview

Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, and when a newlywed couple arrive at a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy's fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events.

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Release date

05/05/2018

Votes

363

Popularity

0.9

It never stops.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

88 min

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SWITCH.

SWITCH.

2019-05-29

⭐ 6

Horror Westerns are incredibly hard to accomplish, and director Emma Tammi’s boldness and imagination makes ‘The Wind’ a spooky breath of fresh air. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-wind-a-paranoid-western-nightmare Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.

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Stephen Campbell

Stephen Campbell

2019-07-27

⭐ 8

**_Very well made and genuinely creepy socio-political allegory, although the ambiguity and pacing won't be for everyone_** > _Disbelief is not just about men disbelieving us. It is about our own disbelief in ourselves._ - Amber Tamblyn; "I'm Done With Not Being Believed"; _The New York Times_ (September 16, 2017) _The Wind_ is ostensibly a horror movie about a woman being terrorised by a demon on the American frontier. However, look a little deeper, and you'll find it may very well be a study of prairie madness. However, look even deeper, and it's really a metaphorical examination of…

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