Wintertide (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 14 Nov 2023
• Country: Canada
• Adwords: 4 wins & 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6628462/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wintertide
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: N/A
• Genre: Horror
• Runtime: 97 min
• Writer: John Barnard, Carrie-May Siggins
• Director: John Barnard
• Cast: Sydney Sabiston, John B. Lowe, Marina Stephenson Kerr
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4.2/10

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Wintertide Movie Reviews

A breath of cold air.

I agree with both of the other reviews of this, but would rate it higher, a decent 6 bordering on a 7/10.

What I did enjoy the most, after a slew of generic Blumhouse films that essentially amount to “the scary… phone/swimming pool/cupboard/basement/whatever”. This at least felt believable and seemed to have care and attention put into it. Niamh Carolan played a nicely understated lead, underscored with some nice visual touches from John Barnard Directing.

It’s cetainly better than expected, the metaphors felt natural and not trying to hammer a political point, so you could probably comfortably watch this as a Covid-conspiracist or from understanding the sociological impact of that event (and ongoing fallout).

Again, worth a watch and a nice contrast to a lot of the over-saturated horror fare of late.

Interesting

Directed by John Barnard, who co-wrote the script with Carrie-May Siggins, Wintertide is about Beth (Niamh Carolan) whose world is battling a plague brought on by unending days of night and near-constant winter. She’s trapped in an isolated northern town close to Manitoba where the few people left are mindless zombies, overcome by depression, but at night when she sleeps, she’s able to enter another dimension that she believes can help her save herself.

This is a strange one, as Beth doesn’t believe in the vaccine that stops that disease, so immediately you feel your politics – also, I despise that sickness became politicized but it’s too late for that one, right? – you’re not going to be all in for. Also, she lies to her friends about her goals and while they made end up benefitting others, they’re more for her to find closure with her missing father.

Regardless, it’s certainly a new and interesting take on the zombie film, even if your pandemic fatigue may linger. I think anyone can understand that. Maybe pretend that it never happened and you’ll enjoy this a bit more.