The Ultimate Winter Horror Movie Marathon Guide
As the days grow shorter and the nights grow colder, there’s no better time to curl up with a blanket, a bowl of popcorn, and a truly terrifying movie. Winter offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the chilling world of horror, where icy landscapes and isolated mansions set the stage for a night full of frights. So grab your favorite snacks and prepare to be terrified, as we dive into a curated list of winter horror films that will keep you up all night.
The Shining (1980)
Available on Video On Demand
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
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The Thing (1982)
Available on Video On Demand
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Curtains (1983)
Available on Prime Video, Tubi & Peacock
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
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Dead of Winter (1987)
Available on Tubi
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
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Misery (1990)
Available on Video On Demand
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
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Jack Frost (1997)
Available on Prime Video
After an accident that left murderer Jack Frost dead in genetic material the vengeful killer returns as a murderous snowman to exact his revenge on the man who sent him to be executed
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Dreamcatcher (2003)
Available on Video On Demand
Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they’re vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.
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The Last Winter (2006)
Available on Shudder
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew’s chief, who wants to get the job done.
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30 Days of Night (2007)
Available on Video On Demand
After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
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Wind Chill (2007)
Available on Video On Demand
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
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Let The Right One In (2008)
Available on Prime Video
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
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Let Me In (2010)
Available on Tubi
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.
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Frozen (2010)
Available on Prime Video
Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
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Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
Available on Video On Demand
A group of college students gets lost in a storm during their snowmobiling trip and takes shelter in an abandoned sanitarium which, unbeknown to them, is home to deformed cannibals.
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The Thing (2011)
Available on Video On Demand
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
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The Lodge (2019)
Available on Video On Demand
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé’s two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
Available on Paramount+
Margot, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family.
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No Exit (2022)
Available on Hulu
During a blizzard and stranded at an isolated highway rest stop in the mountains, a college student discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside.
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