Last Winter shown at RIFF | 18.09.07
Larry Fessenden’s eco-horror will have its Icelandic premiere at the Reykjavik International Film Festival on October 1st.
Last Winter was shot in Iceland in 2005 and is co-executive-produced by Thor Sigurjonsson and Skuli Malmquist. It was shot by G. Magni Ásgeirsson whose credits include “The Last Farm” and “Eleven Men out.” Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”), Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights”)
and James Le Gros (“Zodiac”) head the cast.
The movie has gotten generally good reviews for example Film Comment calls it “Profound and metaphysically scary” and Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) says that Larry Fessenden is one of the most original voices in the horror genre and “The Last Winter” his
most accolmplished work to date. It makes its debut in USA on 19th
of September.
Following is as short synopsis for “The Last Winter”: “In one of the
most pristine landscapes in the world, a team working to exploit oil resources of Alaska is tormented by an unseen evil. After one crewmember is found dead, disorientation slowly claims the sanity
of the other members of the team as each of them succumbs to an unknown fear.
This creeping dread bursts open when a malevolent wind brings down
a plane that approaches the station. Explosions and carnage wreak havoc on the team and all functions fail in the camp, forcing two of the members out into the cold on a desperate bid for survival. As these
two journey to find help, they find themselves utterly alone in a world
that is unraveling- either they are being stalked by an invisible herd of
menacing phantoms, or they are going mad.”