CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

DebtotheC Good and plausible film. SPOOKY! as hell, but with redeeming qualities. I felt bad things coming from the point that Blunt's character was forced to touch bare feet against "God know's what" on bare tile in a place she was unfamiliar with. (Something I could NEVER-EVER do.) I, personally, was knifed, sexually assaulted, and nearly bled to death in conditions very similar to the ones depicted in this film and thus you can understand why this was particularly scary for me. I remember praying to my long dead Grandmother and to God himself prior to finally being discovered and whilst watching this movie thinking to myself; "Why aren't they praying" or something equal to that thought process. Alas, they never did.

elfindwarf I stumbled upon this movie, and from the beginning to the end, I was engaged. The scenes were breath taking, the acting was super, and the director did a very good job at setting the mood. Never heard of Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes until this movie, and I think they did a fantastic job. If you are looking for a straight forward slasher/horror movie, this is not for you. If you are looking for a movie that scares you (not the kind that makes you jump), and makes you think, then this is a must! Now to the SPOILERS - read if you want to know my theory of the movie. First of, I think there are many ways to explain what happened in the movie, and I think the writer did that on purpose. Second, there are some theories that I have read, that just don't work, so whatever theory you come up with has to make some sense. To my theory...The guy likes the girl and pretends to live in Delaware to give her a ride back home. They stop by the gas station, and he asks the clerk for directions, and found out about the scenic route. I think what happens with the girl in the bathroom is just a foreshadow. The guy decides to take the scenic route, and runs into the ghost cop. They are stranded and see the ghosts of all the dead people, and things begin to unfold. The guy dies when the girl goes to hook up the phone. The ghost guy saves the girl from the ghost cop, and leads her back to the gas station. The ending was super - it shows how a person can totally change in less than 24 hour after a dramatic experience.A lot of people mentioned think that this movie is about Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence, but I don't think so. From what I know, that theory states that you live your life over and over again. We see a little bit of that in the movie, but I don't think it's exactly that, because the ghosts are not repeating exactly what they did. They are living as "ghosts" now, and are killing people, not really living their lives again.

john in missouri I'm sure some folks (particularly those who dine on a regular diet of horror films) won't find this movie to be terribly scary. Personally, it scared the shiznit out of me.As others have noted, it's more of a psychological thriller than a gorefest. I prefer these kinds of movies.Yes, it has some slow moments, but it builds up in terms of intensity.For reference, I watched Silent Hill, and was just not as impressed with that movie as this one. That film was what I would call "over the top." The Ring is another horror movie that I consider scary as hell. (American version, I haven't seen the original Japanese.) Overall verdict: This is a lower-budget, scary-as-hell, closer-to-life psychological horror movie that in my personal opinion is well underrated.

Robert J. Maxwell A young man (Holmes) has through a subterfuge arranged to drive a college girl he adores from afar but has never met (Blunt) from New England to her home in Delaware for the Christmas holidays. Somewhere in Pennsylvania she uncovers his scheme and heaps her calumny upon him. In fact, she's really pretty bitchy and ill tempered. Her default expression is a contemptuous scowl, redintegrating warm memories of my ex wife.Holmes is neatly cast too. He's pale and a little weak looking, as if he needed a blood transfusion, and he's socially very awkward. In his feeble attempts to initiate a conversation with her during a long and boring ride through mountains blanketed with snow, he explains that his major is Eastern religions and details a belief that when one dies, his life begins all over again, like an hour glass turned upside down. I hope you got that. It provides what little foundation there is for what happens after the car slides off the road and is fixed in a snow bank.Actually, the two principals are rather neatly drawn and turn in capable performances. And the location is convincingly rural, mountainous, and uninvitingly cold.That's about the end of the good part. It's not impossible to make a decent scary movie on a small budget (cf., "Carnival of Souls") but this particular plot lacks any semblance of subtlety. Every supposedly spooky moment is thrust into your face, accompanied by a big BANG on the sound track. If the writers (Gangemi and Katz) and the director (Jacobs) could do it, they'd reach out and box your ears.Well, we know that on this frozen road in the middle of nowhere, a bunch of zombies show up, shuffling about, indifferent to their anabiosis, threatening the frightened couple who are trying to hide in their defunct car, and we know that if you touch them, your fingers freeze to them. That's ALL we know for sure. Evidently only one of them is truly evil -- a state trooper -- but he doesn't look like a gargoyle, whereas the "good" zombies do. Not that it matters much because logic has already been thrown out of the window and frozen in mid air.If you can think of a cliché that can be applied to two motorists stranded all night in a forest, you'll find it here. You may find some here that CAN'T be applied too. Emily Blunt apparently falls asleep and has a fitful dream of evil events of the past. And when she wakes up, she jams her face into the camera lens and screams. Twice. Holmes dies of a hollow organ injury and -- true to the religious belief he outlined earlier -- comes back in a second life in time to save Blunt's bacon. I would have thought that if you "started your own life all over again" you'd come back as a baby in the year you were born, but fortunately for Blunt, Holmes relives only the last hour or two.What else? Oh, yes. You remember that evil-doing rapist state trooper? This time, instead of being given the last rites so he can commit his criminal acts over and over, he's allowed to burn to death in his overturned vehicle. I ask you, the discerning viewer -- the experienced, the SAVVY viewer -- after his shrieking form is consumed by flame, does he spring back to rip-roaring life for a final attack?