Bayview Entertainment has selected Apr. 25 as the Blu-ray debut date for writer/director Dionne Copeland’s curve-ball horror offering, Cold Wind Blowing.
Some horror films, with all of the classic elements — victim pool, haunted house, fiendish killer(s) and a final girl — come right at you. From the get-go there is no doubt as to where you are going. Does a title like Texas Chainsaw Massacre leave any doubts?
While a film titled Cold Wind Blowing suggests pretty much the same thing, the film doesn’t exactly start off that way. Nomi Fox (Angela Way — Lotus-eaters, Miles Away) and her brother, Thomas (Cameron Peterson), are the products of a broken family; children of divorce. Periodically the pressure mounts (guilt, whatever) and they need a break.
Perfect, Christmas break and so they borrow their uncle’s cabin — deep in the woods — and invite their friends along for a holiday getaway. A time to vent; a time to let things go.
In the first act we meet the friends, get the backstory and motivation and it looks like this could be some sort of claustrophobic psycho-drama at an isolated cabin in the woods. The only hint that the “cold wind” is really a clue to horror — and not woe-is-me angst drama — is the stop at a general store for supplies on the way to their destination. The guy working there tells the group of some strange things going on.
They settle and Nomi tells Thomas that it would be nice to have a Christmas tree to brighten things up. So off they go, into the spooky woods — cold, snowy, spooky woods at that — to find the perfect tree. Out there, something evil lurks and Thomas is the first victim.
They call for help, as victim pools often do, but the help doesn’t arrive (the evil that lurks out there in the woods takes care of that). Stranded, Nomi and her friends are now at the mercy of … “The Wolf.”
Who lives, who dies … and will Nomi be the final girl.
Cold Wind Blowing this coming Apr. 25 on Blu-ray from Bayview Entertainment to find out the answers.
Bonus goodies include deleted scenes, a making of featurette and short films from filmmaker Dionne Copland.
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