The Wind

The Wind is a multilayered story and can be looked from multiple angles & you will still found a meaning. Even with its little budget, it still provide a genuine atmosphere with praiseworthy sound effects. Although, it's pacing is out here & there, it's still a good horror movie....

Very well made and genuinely creepy socio-political allegory, although the ambiguity and pacing won't be for everyone

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 the mindset of a less enlightened time, when women were very much second-class citizens who were expected to tend to the home and do little else. A fiercely feminist appropriation of that most masculine of genres - the western - it deals with traditionally gendered themes such as frontier domesticity and postpartum depression, remaining always within the genre's paradigms, even whilst challenging many of that genre's most fundamental tropes. Although it could be accused of wilfully ignoring the narrative of colonial violence and the fact that American pioneers were land thieves who displaced entire populations and destroyed indigenous cultures, the film is nevertheless an examination of the inherent dangers of attempting to cultivate a vast "uncivilised" land (both psychological and otherwise). Bleak and pared back, it's one of those films whose lack of budget actually works in its favour (there are only six cast members and one location). A slow-burner that relies on shadows and sound effects, it's built on atmosphere, tone, and escalating psychological terror (there's only one jump scare, although it's a damn good one). With a wonderfully ambiguous dénouement, gorgeous cinematography, and chilling sound design, this is an impressive piece of work from first time director Emma Tammi.

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“I don’t suspect god has much business out here.”
- Lizzy Macklin

A very interesting directorial debut from Emma Tammi. While I felt it lacked in story and the non-liner time was aggressive and hurt the overall film. The acting and overall look and feel of the film were outstanding. I would be very interested in seeing more from Tammi.
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Really great setting. Middle of the frontier with no one around, the wind howling and then the music score was really on point. Even gave me a few jump scares that weren't the cheap kind.

Occasionally atmospheric, but ultimately forgettable. Still, it’s good to see a horror film set within a western setting, but my hopes were for something better

Definitely succeeds in being atmospheric, but in a kind of chill and relaxing way? Although the events shown are tragic, I feel like anyone expecting horror, or a story for that matter, will be disappointed.

Was recommended this for being a truly disturbing movie, but I struggled to stay engaged and interested. It was OK, nothing terribly exciting and overall I wouldn't recommend unless someone was keen on the genre.

It's easier to watch if you are high, cause it sucks. Caitlin Gerard''s sexiness makes up for a little bit.