Frozen (2010)
7/10
Adam Green
93 minutes
Emma Bell,
Kevin Zegers,
Shawn Ashmore,
Kane Hodder
Frozen is a surprisingly good example of a seemingly simple survival situation made into a harrowing 90-minute story of people going against the odds and attempt to make it out of a dire predicament alive. The film successfully makes the viewer feel as though they're the ones trapped up in the ski lift, adding to the ever-rising tension felt as the movie progresses. Definitely worth a check.
Writer/director Adam Green has made quite a name for himself among the genre in a mere handful of years. Debuting with the gory throwback slasher Hatchet, then the mind-bending thriller Spiral a year later. He has returned once again with the psychological survival pic Frozen, a film that I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from going in. Surprisingly, the movie turned out to be quite a treat, despite the fact that it simply follows three characters and primarily takes place on a ski lift.
… read more
UHM – Upcoming Horror Movies – Your upcoming horror movies resource since June 24th ’99