Review of Dead of Winter (1987) by Scott Weinberg for eFilmCritic.com — 24 Jul 2002

A seriously underrated little mystery flick. Give it a shot!

This review of Dead of Winter (1987) was written by Scott Weinberg and published by eFilmCritic.com on 24 Jul 2002.

Dead of Winter has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Dead of Winter

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Giorgi751 (11) on 08 Sep 2015

If you are going wo watch this film, don' expect anything new. Its banal and unoriginal overall. Robin Williams is miscast as well…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Brian R (1,372) on 15 Oct 2012

Interesting enough plot. A little plodding here and there but an atmosphere suited to the story…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 16 Sep 2016

It's a literate though strained uplifter…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By K W (207) on 19 Jan 2011

A nice little wintry, old-school thriller. Not too heavy and fairly predicatable but enjoyable nonetheless…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Blackninja10 (2) on 14 Aug 2013

This movie is a great movie, containing many different film techniques and themes which can be elaborated for further detail…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Arseniccatnip (3) on 01 Jun 2013

Influential, beautiful, and powerful. This film will stay in my heart forever…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Spangle (1,205) on 26 Nov 2014

An incredibly emotional and inspirational film, Dead Poets Society stands tall as a great film in the coming of age category…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Spielberg00 (79) on 14 Sep 2011

There's absolutely no question as to why DEAD POETS SOCIETY was nominated for Best Picture in 1989…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Lisa S (1,201) on 15 Nov 2010

This movie is okay. It has the elements of a good thriller, but it doesn't use them to their full potential…

Read Review

Review of Dead of Winter (1987)

By Loner Moves . (92) on 18 Nov 2015

Strange thriller. Corny yet also slightly creepy…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of While She Was Out (2008)

By Kdg88 (3) on 29 Sep 2011

The worst, most stupidly offensive film I have ever seen. I want my money back. I want my time back…

Read Review

Review of Rings (2017)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Feb 2017

If crap movies carried penalties for inflicting torture on audiences, then Rings would merit a death sentence…

Read Review

Review of 0.45 (2006)

By Avant G (59) on 24 Jul 2011

Actually, I really hate this kind of movies. But the context of domestic violence was pretty brutal, and realistic, even…

Read Review

Review of The Morgue (2008)

By Tina A (438) on 02 Dec 2011

I guess this movie was supposed to be clever but the horrible acting made it nothing but a waste of time…

Read Review

Review of Cecilie (2007)

By Lars V (24) on 22 Nov 2008

Well played but a stupid story and a predictable plot…

Read Review

Review of Love and a .45 (1994)

By Rodney E (723) on 25 Sep 2008

A Tarantino ripoff that sucks balls. Peter Fonda with a voice box and a carzed Rory Cochrane barely make this watchable…

Read Review

Review of Framed for Murder (2007)

By Alexandra W (234) on 24 Jul 2010

This movie gave me a headache. Terrible acting, terrible script, terrible plot, terrible acting. Did I mention terrible acting…

Read Review

Review of Impulse (1984)

By Giancarlo F (7) on 13 Jul 2008

So, this movie was not porn, was not a horror movie, was not a real thriller, had no surprising ending, enjoyed some really bad acting, suffered…

Read Review

Review of A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

By Al D (70) on 24 May 2010

[size=2]If you decide to take a little trip down to the movie rental store you can avoid renting [i]A LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN[/i]…

Read Review

Review of Already Dead (2007)

By Gary T (2,283) on 11 Jan 2015

WOW......WOW.....WOW.....SO SO SO SO SO BAD......MAN THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SUCH…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews