Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- claustrophobic
- oppressive
- extreme horror night
- late night horror viewing
What critics said
Critics found the film competently acted and effective at sustaining cringe-inducing tension, but largely unoriginal and weakened by thin characterization and an abbreviated runtime.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rob and Pia become stranded on an island marsh and are imprisoned in an isolated farmhouse without telephone access.
The kidnappers use torture, humiliation, and sadistic degradation to break the imprisoned couple.
Rob and Pia move from submission and fear toward using whatever violence is necessary to survive their captors.
The couple's entrapment unfolds amid thick marshland, darkness, a decrepit farm, and a heavy thunderstorm.
Films like Storm Warning, and why
Wolf Creek
shared home-invasion horror, sadistic antagonists, rural isolation, and escalating survival violence
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shared captivity horror, torture, brutal rural menace, and a couple fighting to survive
The Hills Have Eyes
shared backwoods terror, sexualized brutality, revenge-driven survival, and confrontational horror
Eden Lake
shared isolated setting, criminal psychopaths, graphic violence, and relentless survival tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Jamie Blanks
- Release Date
- 2007-10-19
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (171)
Cast
- Nadia Farès
- Robert Taylor
- John Brumpton
- David Lyons
- Mathew Wilkinson
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Storm Warning about?
- A stranded couple’s search for shelter becomes a savage fight for survival against a sadistic family on an isolated Australian island.
- What is Storm Warning like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Storm Warning as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Storm Warning violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Storm Warning as graphic.
- What did critics think of Storm Warning?
- Critics found the film competently acted and effective at sustaining cringe-inducing tension, but largely unoriginal and weakened by thin characterization and an abbreviated runtime.
- Which films are like Storm Warning?
- Films with a similar feel include Wolf Creek, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, and Eden Lake.
- How long is Storm Warning?
- Storm Warning runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch Storm Warning?
- In United States, Storm Warning is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
