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The Last Winter (2006)

The Last Winter poster
Directed by
Larry Fessenden
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
Iceland, United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 240 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An oil drilling team in the Arctic faces strange events and growing paranoia as the environment around them starts to behave unnaturally. A plane arrives with a new ecologist who clashes with the veteran crew leader over how to handle the situation.

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What happens

The Last Winter is a 2006 horror film directed by Larry Fessenden. The Last Winter premiered in The Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2006. The script for the film originally featured a more woodsy Alaska with pine trees and it was after a research trip to Prudhoe Bay that they discovered the harsh flat conditions that ultimately ended up in the film. The movie received mostly positive reviews from critics, praised for its tension and character dynamics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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