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The Best Winter Horror Movies

Jan 11
3 min read

Updated: Oct 3

No Christmas movies allowed!

Our list of the best snowy winter horror movies to get you through the season.

Tap the links to take you to the film pages where you can rate, watch the trailer, add to your watchlist, and find out where you can watch the film.

30 Days Of Night Movie Poster. A silhouetted face screams against a red background. Bold red text reads "30 Days of Night" beneath, with intense, eerie atmosphere.

30 Days Of Night
Vampires • Scary • Action

This film is based on a comic book and follows the story of an isolated and frozen Alaskan town called Barrow, which experiences a month-long polar night when the sun sinks below the horizon.


Yellow poster for the movie "The Shining" with a face in the letter "T" and bold black text. Praised as a "Masterpiece of Modern Horror."

The Shining
Avant-Garde • Must-See • Paranormal

This film is based on a Stephen King story, and it is widely called the scariest horror movie ever made, it is a must-see masterpiece. The film takes place at The Overlook Hotel in the snow capped mountains of Colorado.

Figure with glowing head, arms outstretched, against a blue, jagged light background. "The Thing" text in bold on bottom. Mysterious mood.

The Thing
Aliens • Remake • Must-See

This remake of the 50’s original is a must-see masterpiece, it is absolutely thrilling and action packed, set in snowy and frozen Antarctica.

Let The Right One In movie poster. Silhouette of a person with a hand on foggy glass. Dark, eerie mood. Text: "Let the Right One In" by Tomas Alfredson visible.

Let The Right One In
Vampires • Romance • Must-See

Many regard this Swedish film as the best vampire flick ever made, and we agree it is a must-see for sure. This cinematic film shows off beautiful Swedish winter, set in the suburbs of Stockholm, we love how unbothered these people are by the cold and snow.

Crimson Peak movie poster. A woman holding a candelabra is flanked by two men in a dark, eerie setting. Crimson Peak text below with a snowy mansion.

Crimson Peak
Haunted House • Mystery • Paranormal

This gothic ghost story by Guillermo Del Toro takes place in a decaying mansion known as Crimson Peak and is set against the backdrop of a snowy and frigid atmosphere that embodies winter and it's hardships.

No Exit movie poster. A hand presses against a frosty window of a locked door. Text reads "No Exit." Mood is tense and mysterious.

No Exit
Must-See • Mystery • Thriller

This film is must-see near masterpiece, an absolute thrill ride with excellent twists. The film is set in the snowy mountains of Utah during a blizzard, such a great atmosphere, isolated in a single inescapable location.

Dream House movie poster. Two girls in matching dresses hold hands, facing a patterned wall. Text above reads names; below, "Dream House." Mood is eerie and mysterious.

Dream House
Haunted House • Mystery • Psychological • Thriller

This unique and underrated haunted house film is a chilling psychological thriller with great twists. It isn't integral to the plot, but the snowy setting is a great backdrop for the story to unfold.

Curse Of Aurore movie poster. A distressed woman screams with a black leaf pattern backdrop. Text reads "Curse of Aurore" in red, conveying a horror theme.

Curse Of Aurore
Found Footage • Paranormal • Mystery

This found footage film based around a true crime story is creepy and terrifying. It is set in rural Quebec, a place defined by surviving the brutal and snowy winters.

Invisible Man movie poster. Vintage movie poster for "The Invisible Man" featuring three people. A ghostly masked figure smokes above them. Bold, colorful text.

The Invisible Man
Black & White • Supernatural • Original

This classic film takes place in winter, with a very iconic scene taking place in the snow. Cutting edge special effects for the time make this a must-see for those fascinated by film production.

The Damned Movie Poster. A person walks among red crosses on a snowy landscape under a dark sky. Quotes describe the film as "sinister" and "frightening."

The Damned
Mystery • Supernatural • Psychological

This mystery unravels in a desolate frigid hellscape, a frozen fjord in Iceland. A combination of folklore, isolation, and the unforgiven climate plagues those stranded for the winter at a fishing outpost.

Movie poster of a grim man holding a gun in a snowy ruined city, with giant wreckage and the title EXTINCTION.

Extinction
Apocalypse • Zombies • Horror

A chilling winter landscape envelops survivors battling relentless zombies. Snow blankets the desolate world, amplifying the terror as they confront both the undead and their own despair.

Two bloodied women walk in a snowy forest frame above red text Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Horror • Romance • Slasher

Set against a chilling winter backdrop, unfolds a harrowing tale of unsuspecting teens facing sinister forces, where icy landscapes amplify the terror and suspense.


Movie poster with MISERY in red over snowy mountains and a lone lit cabin in a dark, eerie forest.

Misery
Psychological • Thriller

In this chilling horror film set in a bleak winter landscape, where heavy snow isolates a writer. Captured by a deranged fan, suspense and terror unfold in the desolate, frozen surroundings.

Movie poster for Werewolves Within with a tense cast collage in a moonlit forest and the tagline A whodunnit with teeth.

Werewolves Within
Campy • Comedy • Mystery

A comedic horror film set in a snowy winter landscape, where a small town's residents must confront their fears and suspicions as a mysterious creature begins to terrorize them.

Frankenstein movie poster: a lone man stands in a dark lab; text reads Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein, Only Monsters Play God, Netflix November 7

Frankenstein
Supernatural • Sci-Fi • Gore

This haunting tale unfolds amidst breathtaking Arctic scenery, where icy landscapes mirror the isolation of the creature, exploring themes of creation, humanity, and the consequences of ambition.




We hope you enjoy our list of The Best Winter Horror Movies.

curl up with blankets and hot chocolate.

It will be Spring before you know it, hang in there.

-Pumpkinhead

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