The Wind

Good movie!

Good movie!

Good movie!

source: The Wind

This film may not be for every horror fan because it is slow paced and flashback oriented, which creates some confusion and boredom. However, the actors were convincing and the cinematography exuded a feeling of true desolation. Several of the scenes were nicely crafted without relying on overt gore or jump scares to frighten the audience. I thought it was clever to blend an american western period piece with a demonic, neurotic tone. I think this movie is definately worth a watch and is one of the more original horror films as of late.

Decent acting but terrible, boring and depressing film. Give it a body swerve. As scary as Driving Miss Daisy.

This film began with decent cinematography , nice location for a horror film. But it kept moving the same pace in which it began... The director tried to create an unknown fear, anticipation and thrill like M Night Shyamalan, who always manages to keep the same pace but in a fearful manner and theres a twist in the end, but this director terribly failed! More of an art film horror movie.. Made to woo cannes jury members or any film festival jury members thats it. No psychological scary elements, but jump scare shocks here and there , old trick. Since the beginning the volume of their dialogues was low, i thought there might be some streaming issue, but to my annoyance it was the same old trick that layman directors use , to boost the volume only at jumpscare moments, disgusting. There was immense scope for the lady director to make it a frightening horror film, but she just made a woman centric artistic film festival material with no scary substance! It was just a short film , which was stretched hours long.. The real action starts after 60 mins.. And this film is only good to be hung at the film festivals, not in horror movie collections. Not even a one time watch movie. Photography lovers might use this as their study material.

I had high hopes for this movie. The trailer reminded me of The Witch (2015), which is one of my favorite horror movies. But The Wind never grabbed my attention. I told myself that it only had a slow start, but by the end I was simply waiting for it to be over. I thought the two main leads had good performances. I haven't seen Ashley Zukerman in much, but I loved him in Manhattan. The cinematography was good, some silhouetted shots stood out. The music, especially when something scary happened, didn't really fit. The story grabbed me at points, trying to uncover the puzzle. But there's really not much to it. If you go in with lowered expectations, and you're into the idea of a slow horror mystery, then there might be something for you here. Otherwise I wouldn't really recommend it.

This movie had good promise. It's based on a movie from the 1920's but deviates from that film significantly. This movie is created in the vein of "The Witch" (see it !) and perhaps "Hereditary" to compare three recent film examples. The Wind wants you to try and figure out if the antagonists are mentally ill, or if there exists a supernatural force on the prairie where the four homesteaders come to live. The music is nice, and appropriate for the stark landscapes. The cinematography captures the beauty of the mid--west prairie in the early 20th century America. The problem with this movie is the writing and editing which attempt to achieve mystery and tension by presenting the sequence of events out of linear order. Granted, flashbacks can be effective in storytelling. In "The Wind", it's just too much! There are too many similar shots of wistful looks, confused moments and chronologically disjointed discoveries that confused me and were probably unnecessary. This is not a movie that needs this technique to this degree. We learn that mental illness, anxiety and depression are present in the isolation of the prairie life. We suspect there are hallucinations and even chloroform -inspired dream sequences. The writers help us out with tidbits of juxtaposed backstories. But in the end, it's a bit too much. It's a bit too slow and self indulgent to be rated higher. Sometimes it's possible to be too creative. Some movies are worth the energy to try and figure out. "The Wind" is not . . .

The wind is a fresh breath of ol'wild west, and the conquering of the blessed land over the ocean, and the fertile grounds to build on and harvest from, just if it hadnt been for ''the wind. its a smallcast horrordrama, the story couldve been better and more fulfilled in its narrative, but the acting are good, no major flaws found, and the lovations and settings are mwellpicked and well created. the big dilemmais to me : is it a horror film or is it just a drama of desillusioned womanhood, due to far too much loneliness on the prairie, with vast distances to the nearest neighbour, that might be even more insane, and the burden of having a husband that wont see or listen to whats tormenting this womens mind must have been a gruelling terror spiced up with religous faith and its opposite, the devil, as were a usual cause for womens insanity in a mans mind,''shes been dancing with the devil, and riding to bloksberg on her broomstick, to enjoy satyrical orgies with satan in hell''- kinda explonation that especially reverends made up mat that time. so whatever its is, its a good film, a bit slow and dark visuals, but the grumpy old man found this more than recommendable