The Last Winter

  The Last Winter is one of the best Horror films that I have seen in quite some time, and trust me I watch a lot of them.  It was different than most horror films of late, in that it doesn't concentrate on gore, it's actually quite a slow builder (think the Shining, well not that slow).  The strong message that runs through it, that if we mess with nature too much eventually it will strike back, was pointed but not overbearing and the building suspense really worked in the isolated setting of northern Alaska.  I know that this was just a movie but anyone in the U.S. that is considering voting for Sara Palin and her "lets drill in the Alaskan reserve" should be forced to watch this.  Why on earth are we going to fuck up our world even further for such a limited amount of oil?  Anyway back to the movie, the acting is great and director, Larry Fessenden, did a superb job at getting inside my head without the use of extreme gore.  ***1/2 (out of 5)