Chill came to dvd on November 4, 2008. It is a horror film that has a decent low budget cast and a somewhat interesting story.The cast and story make this a watchable flick but those two points can only make up for so much. The cast is far from the A-list, starring Thomas Calabro (from Melrose Place), Ashley Laurence (from Hellraiser), and James Russo (from Bad Girls). Not being A-list doesn't stop the cast from saving this film a little face. Horribly written dialogue really drags Chill down but the cast makes do with what they have to pull off some fairly decent acting.
Being a low budget horror film, Chill stays true to many of the low budget horror genre; it has decent makeup/costume work and horrible special effects. Expect to say "Wow" when you see this but not Men In Black on opening day wow. I am talking "Wow... I think I saw better special effects from a low budget 80's movie." The director would have done better heading down to a local community college and asking some student with a laptop to whip up something in his free time. It couldn't have been much worse than what it was.
As I said earlier though, the cast did a good job. They deserve their paychecks from this movie. As an overall, I would say that Chill has some good and some bad to it. It is a film that you could enjoy if you were in the right mood, or desperate for a horror film and willing to try to like it.
The Short Version: A low budget horror film that sports decent acting and an adequate story, being dragged down by bad dialogue and very poor special effects.
Trent's Score for "Chill": C- | See It And Decide For Yourself!
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