PremiumWintertide OTT release- When and where to watch this new age zombie winter-calypse
Wintertide, a unique take on seasonal depressionalas a dystopian reality, is finally releasing on OTT this December. Earlier, it had been released in the United States by Gravitas Ventures.
Last Updated: 01.00 AM, Dec 13, 2023
Wintertide is a low-budget, dystopian horror film that focuses on building intense suspense and high-stake situations amidst an eerie calm environment. Directed and co-produced by John Barnard, the film was released on November 14, 2023.
Wintertide is ready to make its OTT release in India, where it will be distributed by VR Films and Studios. It will be dropped out on BMS Paid, the Book My Show OTT platform, on December 15. The film is produced by Barnard and Tony Wosk, under the banner of Farpoint Films.
The film stars Niamh Carolan as the protagonist Beth, along with Solange Sookram as Natalie, Jeremy Walmsley as Tom, Jesse Nobess as Derek, Colleen Furlan as Tabby, Darcy Fehr as Jason, John B. Lowe as Eric, Onalee Ames as Carol, Marina Stephenson as Beth’s mother, and Josh Strait as Bruno. The film also features Michael I’Sullivan, Terry Ray, Robert Borges, Ava Darrach-Gagnon, Ward Massner, Arne MacPherson, Laura Mitchell, and Gabriel Daniels.
The official plot reads, “In the film, Beth, a volunteer watch person of an isolated northern city battles a plague of depression that transforms the few remaining residents into empty, zombie-like automatons. She discovers that by entering an alternative dimension through her own dreams, she’s able to stave off the illness during the long, possibly endless winter. But will her power be enough to sustain her?”
The film’s trailer was dropped on October 27, 2023. It follows the plot adequately, showing an intriguing overlap between dreams and reality for Beth, whose strange ability gives her a special immunity against the wave of depression affecting her city, turning the afflicted into empty, zombie-like figures.
These depressed zombies soon lose their benign status and become hostile as the trailer progresses. Though it does not reveal what caused it, or what are the side effects of such a psychological endemic, the interesting premise of the story is sure to entice viewers with a new approach to zombie apocalypses and pandemic-like situations.