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| Emily Blunt | ... | Girl | |
| Ashton Holmes | ... | Guy | |
| Martin Donovan | ... | Highway Patrolman | |
| Ned Bellamy | ... | Snowplow Driver | |
| Ian A. Wallace | ... | Priest (as Ian Wallace) | |
| Donny James Lucas | ... | Stranger (as Donny Lucas) | |
| Chelan Simmons | ... | Blonde Girl | |
| Darren Moore | ... | Clerk | |
| Linden Banks | ... | Proctor | |
| Caz Odin Darko | ... | Teenage Boy #1 (as Caz Darko) | |
| Heath Horejda | ... | Teenage Boy #2 |
Directed by | |||
| Gregory Jacobs | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Joe Gangemi | (written by) (as Joseph Gangemi) & | |
| Steven Katz | (written by) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Clint Mansell | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Dan Laustsen | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Lee Percy | |||
Casting by | |||
| Sean Cossey | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Howard Cummings | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Kelvin Humenny | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Carol Lavallee | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Raymond E. Bailey | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Ken Culver | .... | mold/lab technician | |
| Todd Masters | .... | prosthetics designer | |
| Nicholas Podbrey | .... | special effects makeup coordinator | |
| Geoff Redknap | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Jim O'Grady | .... | production manager | |
| Peter Phillips | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Trey Batchelor | .... | first assistant director | |
| Jesse Cooper | .... | trainee assistant director | |
| Cory Faulkner | .... | second assistant director | |
| Megan M. Shank | .... | third assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Vaughan V. Baker | .... | paint coordinator | |
| Victoria Balharry | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Dean Barker | .... | property master | |
| Brent Boates | .... | illustrator | |
| Nancy Anna Brown | .... | assistant art director | |
| Niki Charalambopoulos | .... | scenic painter | |
| Michael Dundas | .... | paint foreman | |
| Michael Toby | .... | set designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Scott Conrad | .... | ProTools engineer | |
| Vanessa Lapato | .... | sound editor | |
| Tim LeBlanc | .... | re-recording mix technician | |
| Kimaree Long | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Mark A. Mangini | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Rory O'Neill | .... | sound assistant | |
| Billy Theriot | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Tony Wyman | .... | boom operator | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Cara E. Anderson | .... | special effects buyer | |
| Chris Flemington | .... | on set special effects | |
| Chris Hatchwell | .... | special effects assistant | |
| Ken Reynolds | .... | special effects technician | |
| Chris Sturges | .... | special effects technician | |
| Attila Vaski | .... | special effects technician | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Ann-Marie Blommaert | .... | visual effects project manager | |
| Landon Bootsma | .... | compositor: Technicolor | |
| Randy Brown | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| John Cassella | .... | cg artist: CIS Hollywood | |
| Paul Chapman | .... | digital compositor | |
| Patrick Clancey | .... | digital opticals | |
| Jon Cowley | .... | visual effects supervisor: Technicolor | |
| Louis Cox | .... | visual effects | |
| Craig Crawford | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Brandon Criswell | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Pete Dionne | .... | 3D artist: Technicolor | |
| Donald Fly | .... | general manager: CIS Hollywood | |
| Julia Gaudette | .... | visual effects production manager: CIS Hollywood | |
| Heather Elisa Hill | .... | visual effects coordinator: CIS Hollywood | |
| Brian Holmes | .... | systems engineer: CIS Hollywood | |
| Chris Holmes | .... | visual effects supervisor: I.C.O. Entertainment, Inc. | |
| Jeffrey Kalmus | .... | digital effects supervisor | |
| Yann Laliberte | .... | digital compositor | |
| Gregory D. Liegey | .... | senior compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Erik Nordby | .... | lead compositor | |
| Robert E. Phillips | .... | digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM | |
| Greg Shimp | .... | paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood | |
| Danita Slaughter | .... | digital opticals editor | |
| Thomas J. Smith | .... | visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Sebastien Veilleux | .... | digital compositor | |
| Matt Wilson | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Kyle Yamamoto | .... | research and development programmer: CIS Hollywood | |
| J. Kitazaki | .... | production assistant: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Scott Rushforth | .... | junior systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Ed Anders | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Garvin Cross | .... | stunt double | |
| Andrea Kinsky | .... | stunt double | |
| Gerald Paetz | .... | stunt double | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Herb DeWaal | .... | key rigging grip | |
| Sean Elliott | .... | first assistant camera: "b" camera | |
| Bryan Forde | .... | gaffer | |
| Aaron Haesler | .... | camera operator: "b" camera | |
| Aaron Haesler | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Leigh Jenkins | .... | assistant camera | |
| Paul Matsalla | .... | lighting technician | |
| Steve McGuire | .... | rigging grip | |
| Ryan Monro | .... | dolly grip | |
| Craig Nix | .... | crane operator: Technocrane | |
| Karen Obertowich | .... | video assistant | |
| Dan Power | .... | still photographer | |
| Timothy Robin Spencer | .... | key first assistant camera | |
| Keith Woods | .... | rigging gaffer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Lisa Cossettini | .... | assistant editor | |
| Ryan Hogan | .... | dailies colorist | |
| Jack Lewars | .... | assistant color timer: Efilm | |
| Alex Ott | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Amy Pawlowski | .... | digital intermediate editor | |
| Robert E. Phillips | .... | digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM | |
Music Department | |||
| Gustavo Borner | .... | score mixer | |
| Rick Giovinazzo | .... | orchestrator | |
| Peter Rotter | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Justin Skomarovsky | .... | musician: piano | |
| Booker White | .... | head of music preparation | |
| Joshua Winget | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Doreen Beaulac | .... | production accountant | |
| Jim Dunlap | .... | production accountant | |
| Wesley Emms | .... | production assistant | |
| Danny Ho | .... | playback supervisor | |
| Lana Krotenko | .... | script supervisor | |
| Sheri Mayervich | .... | location manager | |
| Rod McDonough | .... | glassworks | |
| Chooch Paglaro | .... | playback coordinator | |
| Jaime Peters | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Sarah Pickersgill | .... | laboratory technician | |
| Nicholas Podbrey | .... | lead puppeteer | |
| Marie-Hélène Riverain | .... | assistant to director | |
| Dinean Stayk | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Larry Tardif | .... | special equipment | |
| Matthew Tingey | .... | production assistant | |
| Stevi Williams | .... | contact lens technician | |
| Shayne A. Wilson | .... | executive assistant: producers | |
| Shayne A. Wilson | .... | script and clearance coordinator | |
| Maryjane Layani | .... | production accountant: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Jennifer Fox | .... | special thanks | |
| Heather McGrath Jacobs | .... | special thanks (as Heather Jacobs) | |
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In Christmas, a female college student (Emily Blunt) accepts to share a ride home to Delaware with a stranger (Ashton Holmes). The driver tells her that they study philosophy in the same class, and they briefly discuss the definition of Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence. The girl tells to a friend in her cell phone that the highway was boring and the driver takes a shortcut through a nice and romantic scenic route. They are forced off the road by another car; they have a car accident and get stranded in the lonely road. When the driver is blamed and pressed by the girl, he explains that he is a shy man that had a crush on her, and used the trip to spend some time close to her. Along the night, the temperature gets colder and colder, and they are haunted by ghost of people that have died in the location.
"Wind Chill" is a promising and eerie ghost story, but with a disappointing resolution. I am not familiarized with Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence, the theme of the whole plot, and I found in Wikipedia that "Eternal return (also known as "eternal recurrence") is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur in the exact same self-similar form an incomprehensible and unfathomable number of times. The basic premise is that the universe is limited in extent and contains a finite amount of matter, while time is viewed as being infinite. The universe has no starting or ending state, while the matter comprising it is constantly changing its state. The number of possible changes is finite, and so sooner or later the same state will recur." This philosophical definition explains the existence of ghosts in that deserted road living the same situations of fifty and something years before. However, it is never clear for me when the driver died: is he struggling to survive along the cold night, or did he die immediately after the accident? In the end, his ghost guides the girl back to the gas station and saves her life. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Estrada Maldita" ("Damned Road")