Anyway...whatever.
And before I give up the details on the actual film, I have to mention that it took me DAYS to recall where I'd seen the leading lady, Brit Morgan, before. And then it hit me! Wham! Brit Morgan played Debbie Pelt on True Blood. For some reason all I can think of is her exclaiming "They killed my Cooter!" when Alcide shot her redneck trailer-trash werewolf boyfriend.
Emma and Mike (Seth David Mitchell)are preparing for a camping trip in the dead of winter. Just before they leave Emma is checking a pregnancy test in the bathroom and guess what? She's eating for two, folks. She doesn't tell her boyfriend before they leave, and to be honest she sure doesn't seem to be too excited about it. He tries to pacify her by telling her they will go somewhere warm next time.
They end up at an obscure location in which they have to park the truck and take the snowmobile ten miles into the wilderness to set up camp. I'd have to seriously reconsider a boyfriend that didn't even rent a damn cabin and made me sleep in a tent in the freezing woods. After learning that Mike has never even driven a snowmobile, it isn't surprising when they crash the thing and end up stranded miles from their car. And of course it starts to snow, so they can't even follow the sled's tracks back out of the woods. Neither of them are injured very badly (Emma has bumped her head, but they seem no worse for wear) so after Mike is unable to fix the snowmobile they realize they will have to spend the night anyway.

Like The Blair Witch Project before it, The Frozen does emote an incredible 'lost in the woods' vibe that is heightened ten-fold by the fact that it is freezing cold, snowing, and growing quite dark and ominous. Before laying down camp, they run into an abandoned campsite in which several dead, gutted deer are hanging, which Mike blows off and Emma freaks out about. When she sees a stranger (Noah Segan) in the woods while Mike is off getting firewood she tries to get his attention, only to lose him in the snowstorm.
After a relatively uneventful first night, the couple's nerves are rattled and fragile when they can't seem to get going in the right direction, and are constantly quarreling about Mike's lack of helpful skills and Emma's delicate condition. That second evening is a pivotal one for both the audience and our characters. Once Mike also sees the stranger in the woods (who completely ignores them when they call out to him), he goes after him - and doesn't return.



I'll be interested in seeing what filmmaker Andrew Hyatt has in store for us next...
1 comment:
Oooh Debbie Pelt... she has the weirdest body. This movie sounds creepy as hell though! I'm gonna check it.
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