The Best Horror Movies to Watch in Deep Winter
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and the same goes for horror movies. What makes winter the perfect backdrop for a horror movie? Well, take a look at The Shining or Misery , where the harsh winter makes our heroes powerless and unable to escape from their killers. Below are some of our picks of the best horror movies to watch on a cold winter night if you’re suffering from severe fever.
30 days of night (2007)
Remember early 2000s star Josh Hartnett? Well, he’s back, and we have a vampire masterpiece, 30 Days of Night , for which we have to thank. If the vampires from Twilight had the opposite, they would be the ones in this movie; they are intimidating and smart. (They even have their own language, and they use it to communicate with each other.) The premise is that a herd of vampires is taking over a tiny, cold Alaskan town that’s darkening for a month, and that’s all you really need to know. Check it out if you hated Twilight and enjoy the blood.
Let the right one in (2008)
Another vampire movie on this list, Swedish Let Me In was an unexpected, critical hit when it first came out. The plot is as follows: two teenage neighbors meet and make friends. It turns out that one of these children does not seem to eat, cannot enter the house without an invitation, well, you probably guessed the rest. Chloe Grace Moretz later starred in an American remake that has remained largely faithful to the original, although the winter winter backdrop in Sweden looks pretty darn creepy. See if you want something a little less scary than a standard horror movie.
Frozen (2010)
No, not that Frozen (although the thought of hearing Let It Go again scares us). In this horror movie, three young men are stuck on a lift near an isolated mountain, suspended several hundred feet. No masked killers or vampires, just a bunch of people desperate not to die. We got it: a movie about people stuck in a chair might not sound like much fun, but trust us, it’s excellent. Check it out if you don’t know much about caked blood, but don’t feel nauseous at the thought of standing on a tall building.
Dead Snow (2009)
Dead Snow is reputedly the strangest zombie movie you’ll ever watch, and that says a lot . This is a Norwegian film set around Nazi zombies who suddenly appear and are looking for treasures that once belonged to them. Seven students try to defend themselves from vengeful zombies, while the rest you will have to watch. This is for the public who can digest a lot of blood (trust us).
The Thing (1982)
The Thing, directed by famed Halloween John Carpenter, is the ultimate winter sci-fi horror. In a camp in Antarctica, a group of American researchers filmed a dog that was being chased and shot from a helicopter. Without revealing the whole plot, this dog turns out to be an evil alien, wreaking havoc in the camp. Check it out if you like any of the alien movies or any 80s horror movie for that matter.