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After an evening of celebrating her birthday, Tasha (Victoria Vertuga)
and Dean (Danell Levya) arrive at the lodge they plan to spend the weekend
in - with a badly injured jogger (Brandon Tyler Jones) in the trunk. While
she wants to call the police, he's not so sure about this, and when the
jogger identifies them as the ones who have run him over, Dean stabs him
to death. Tasha is predictably shocked, but as she was the one who was
actually driving, and under the influence, too, she sees his reasoning -
and so the two go to bury the body of the jogger. Once back to the lodge,
they receive the visit of a young woman, Briar (Jamie Bernadette), who
claims she's followed. Dean wants to throw her out, but then Briar reveals
she has seen him and Tasha bury a body - so suddenly they find themselves
at Briar's mercy. What's somewhat disturbing is that she tells them that
buried bodies don't stay buried for very long in these parts. And she's
convincing enough for Dean to check on the jogger's body - who it turns
out has risen from his grave and is walking around, for Dean to decapitate
him and bury him again. Meanwhile back at the lodge, Briar starts to act
weirder and weirder, ultimately convinces Tasha she'll go to the police
and report them burying the jogger, and pretty much begs Tasha to strangle
her - which Tasha does, much to her own surprise. To a degree, it seems
problem solved - but instead things go a lot weirder from there ... Cold
Blows the Wind is above all a really fun horror film: For one, the
plot's really original, and in places where it feels far-fetched, that's
made up with plenty of irony. On the other hand, the film's filled with
plenty of poignant dialogue that's delivered just as poignantly to really
keep the audience entertained throughout. And on the third hand, the small
ensemble really delivers and carries the movie rather beautifully. And a
genre-savvy directorial effort that never misses a beat doesn't hurt one
bit either, all of which is making this rather excellent genre
entertainment.
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