Claudia, a student in a girl’s boarding school, wakes up in the middle of the night haunted by the vision of a young woman calling her name and suffers from a panic attack.

That night, Claudia, sleepwalking again, reaches the top of the tower and sees Andrea’s body hanging from a beam; the shock makes her step back and she falls to the ground to her apparent death.

Dr. Oliver declares her healthy and unharmed, although she acts oddly: her performance in class suddenly rockets, she excels in piano and recalls details from the school prior to their time.

Claudia is long back to herself, oblivious to the events right after her fall; although still haunted by her visions, she realizes that Andrea is finally at peace.

[2] Vulture listed the movie as one of their recommendations for Mexican horror, writing that "What we hear in the tension built through the ambience, the eponymous wind in particular, rings more affecting than what’s actually shown onscreen.

[4] Marca covered Hasta el viento tiene miedo for the film's 50th anniversary in 2018, noting its cult status.

She further commented that the director conspired with technicians to play tricks on the actresses, so that they would become unnerved during filming, which she credits as enhancing the movie's tension and fear factor.