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Movie poster: Screams of a Winter Night (1979)
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Screams of a Winter Night

1979 · 118 min Horror
4.6 / 10 · TMDB

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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Year 1979
Country United States of America
Genre Horror
Director James L. Wilson
Runtime 118 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.6/10 (25 votes)

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The film constructs its chills through an anthology framework, relying on the primal fear of campfire tales and the isolating grip of a winter landscape. It explores how stories can shape reality, making the familiar woods feel deeply unnerving.

What lingers after the final story is a quiet, creeping dread—the sense that some legends are best left untold, and some places best left unvisited. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: James L. Wilson

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Watch alone on a dark, quiet night to let the isolation of the cabin settle in.

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