When a young boy turns up dead, and his father (Daniel Berkey), the most obvious suspect, ends up in the hospital–a local detective (Gerald Keyzer) is determined to bring him to justice. When things aren’t quite what they seem, and The Wind appears to be a genuine threat to everyone, things take a turn for the worse.
Right off the bat, the thing that I noticed about The Wind was that it’s incredibly grainy–and there are many instances in which it’s challenging to see what is going on. That doesn’t really change how effective the film is or what is going on throughout, but it does make it a challenge, and there were moments throughout my viewing experience that became tedious as a result. There is obviously so much more that goes into filmmaking than ensuring that viewers enjoy their viewing experience, but this seems like a bit of an oversight, even if it is a result of things happening post production.
The Wind dives headfirst into science-fiction and horror, and combines the two to create something quite interesting. The film has the potential to be very successful among niche groups of cinephiles–and, again, that comes as a result of the combination of sci-fi and horror. Viewers we are given no choice but to fear the mysterious figure that exists throughout the course of The Wind, even when we don’t know what it is. The darkness that fills the screen helps to develop this dark and eerie feeling that transcends the entirety of the film. From the beginning of the film we can feel this, and Writer-Directors Adam J. Boyer and Eric Kneifel never relent in this regard.
They use the cliche empty hospital with flickering lights to evoke emotion, to develop this intensity that then goes on to transcend the film. This is a difficult thing to judge. On one hand, this has been done before so many times; in some ways it’s tired and antiquated. On the other hand, however, it’s tried and true, and these filmmakers know that, even if nothing else in the film were to work in this regard, this part of The Wind will be successful. It’s hard to say that it’s unsuccessful in any way, because the fact of the matter is that the emotion comes early and it doesn’t go away–and much of that stems from that hospital scene at the start of the film.
The Wind does just about everything it needs to in order to find some success in the realm of sci-fi horror–but it does lack a bit of umph. It just doesn’t have the right amount of passion that I want to see in a film of this nature. I want to be able to feel that passion that the writers and directors felt when they put this film together–but it’s just not present. On a basic level The Wind is effective–but even with the emotion that’s present throughout the course of the film, I just don’t get the right amount of vigor pouring from it.
Written & Directed by Adam J. Boyer & Eric Kneifel.
Starring Gerald Keyzer, Daniel Berkey, & Meissa Hampton.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐½/10
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