The Last Winter (2007) Critic Reviews
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It's billed as an environmental horror story, but The Last Winter bears all the hallmarks of an ever-popular genre that has always pitted science, technology and reason against emotion, awe and nature. It bears all the hallmarks of the gothic: ghosts, death, alienated sexuality, decay, secrets, madness and, of course, awe and trepidation in the face of the sublime power of nature.Read the full review
The Last Winter sounds like a genre-movie platypus - a little bit of this, a little piece of that - but it stops short of laying an egg. In fact, it works eerily well.Read the full review
Who said that an environmental horror film couldn't be didactic and spooky at the same time?Read the full review
An imperfect but compelling thriller.Read the full review
Something wicked this way comes in the nifty horror film The Last Winter, crawling through the hallways and howling into the dread night.Read the full review
The long buildup is too deliberate to please the mainstream horror crowd, and the finale might alienate more niche audiences, but in between there's a good bit to savor.Read the full review
The Last Winter's heart is in the right place, but it isn't pumping any blood.Read the full review
The film isn't very interesting because it isn't well made.Read the full review
