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January 4, 2008

The Last Winter: A Convenient Lie Meets Freddy Krueger

Posted by Dave Blount at January 4, 2008 7:32 AM

Tinseltown managed to cripple the nuclear power industry with the hysterical The China Syndrome, which is a large reason we are now so heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Now the same tactic is being applied to the oil and gas industry in a horror movie entitled The Last Winter. From the official synopsis:

In the Arctic tundra of Northern Alaska, an advance team working for a petroleum exploration company is engaged in a massive project to exploit the oil resources of the pristine land.

After one crewmember is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the other members of the team as each of them succumbs to an unknown fear.

This creeping dread bursts open when a malevolent wind brings down a plane that approaches the station. Explosions and carnage wreak havoc on the team and all functions fail in the camp, forcing two of the members out into the cold on a desperate bid for survival. As the two journey to find help, they find themselves utterly alone in a world that is unraveling- either they are being stalked by an invisible herd of menacing phantoms, or they are going mad.

Whatever does happen to them out there… they are never heard from again.

The Last Winter will be director Larry Fessenden's "boldest, most explicit, most challenging film to date, dealing with man's insatiable quest for oil in the face of environmental revolt." Fessenden directs direct-to-video–style crapola like the almost unwatchable Wendigo. Dario Argento this guy is not, so it's not surprising he would resort to moonbattery in hopes of drawing an audience.

Hat tip: NewsBusters, on tips from V the K and Cheetah.