The Wind

The Wind

Sian Anderson is writing a book about murder. Its first chapter is going be her last.

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Release Date

11/17/1986

Runtime

92 mins

Overview

Mystery writer Sian Anderson leaves her boyfriend John for three weeks of intense writing in the isolated Greek town of Monemvassia. Upon her arrival in the ancient, deserted, walled-in fortress, she is met by Elias Appleby, the round eccentric landlord who guides her through mysterious underground passageways to the house where she will work. He warns her to stay inside at night because of the killer winds that arrive after dark.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A writer retreats to a remote fortress to finish her novel and finds herself trapped in an escalating nightmare where the line between her fiction and brutal reality collapses. Atmospheric and deeply unsettling, it traps you in the protagonist's spiraling paranoia.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidUnsettlingClaustrophobic

Themes

IsolationObsessionArt and creationMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Single location

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Graphic violence

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