Screams of a Winter Night poster

Screams of a Winter Night

1979 ·1h 58m · ★ 4.6 (25)

Ten college friends take a winter weekend camping trip to Lake Durand. The group holes up in an old cabin where the original owners were once found dead, with local Native Americans suspecting they were the victims of a spirit called Shataba. As the group nestles in for the night, they start telling each other scary stories.

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Horror DNA

⚠ Limited data — scores are approximate
Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
0
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
0
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
60
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
0
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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Setting

CabinForest
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

cabin in the woodsdemonhanged manwoods

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