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I believe this movie is based on the Nebraska couple, Mike Wamsley and Janelle Hornickel. I first saw their story on Dateline or 48 Hourse, one of those shows. Then I rented this movie, titled as Dead of Winter, and started to realize it was following the same storyline of that real life Nebraska couple. I can't guarantee this is the story that McNamara based his film on but it sure seems to be. Anyway, really unfortunate situation those two kids got themselves into.

Overall I think the movie pretty good. Some of the interior shots, especially the scene where Kevin talks to Tiffany's father, were pretty hot and washed out. The night stuff was done well and the snow backdrop at night was effective. I think the pacing is good and with so many bad horror or thriller indies out there, this one is above those no question. If nothing else, it's worth watching for the story and what happened to these kids.

This movie is not a slasher-horror which is what I like about it. Instead of just hacking up a bunch of teens, the filmmakers actually made a story about how bad drugs are and how scary it can be to be messed up on them.

I thought the movie looked way bigger than 2MM and the acting was great. I would recommend watching this movie if you see it on TV or on DVD. It is better and more original than most movies I have seen lately.

I also thought Brian McNamara from the show Army Wives was great as the sheriff and as a director. I look forward to seeing his next directorial project.

I wish I could choose a number lower than 1 = awful. Whom ever is responsible for this garbage...go kill yourself. Its over.

2 million budget my left nut. It makes Blair Witch Project look like Ten Commandments.

Try making porn dude. You don't need to have creative talent for that.

See if they need a gopher on a real movie and try to pay attention to how they do things.

I don't want to be rude. But seriously, it really really sucks. Do they have a "movie making for dummys" book? It might be a little above your head but give it a try. Seriously, you have nothing to lose. Or maybe get an internship at IHOP.

The cameraman probably had limp arms which caused him to shake... I felt I was on some cheap roller coaster from a traveling fair. The image sometimes blurred and wavering only at the top, to indicate that Kevin had a bad case of intermittent squint caused by some orange liquor shot, laced with LSD (a very nasty prank, I'll admit)... Had me sorry for not having some Gravol underhand...

Repetitive sounds supposed to increase the suspense were only annoying. Music that is just noise. Stephanie calling Kevin Kevin Kevin non stop and dialogues having us wondering where this is going...

And the worst, as far as I am concerned, is the officer postponing providing help in an obvious emergency situation to attend to something that should not take precedence.

While the badly endandered character suddenly stands up like nothing happened, to act with much vigor! Highly unbelievable, while this is not a science-fiction movie, although relating an horrific adventure that is supposed to have really happened.

Which gives a bad horror movie. And an equally unefficient thriller. Killing both occasions to make a good movie.

To be watched when you intend to lull yourself to sleep.

This movie sucks! The acting is a joke. The screenplay is horrible. The real-life story was unnecessarily altered by preposterous details such as the couple had been given LSD when, in fact, they had taken a ton of meth. This is one of those movies you watch to make fun of. What a waste of 2 million dollars. It could have been made so much more interesting if the writers would have stuck to the facts and not made it a "horror" film. It was like a bad lifetime drama. Do not watch unless you have an hour and a half of your time that you don't mind wasting and you know in advance what you're getting yourself into. You have been warned.