Summary
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+11)
Critics 70Audiences 59GoodWatch 64
Tomatometer75%
Metascore64
Letterboxd · 167 K ratings3.1/5
User score6.1
IMDb6.0
Audience score51%
Running time
1 h 48 min
Longer than most horror movies, +13 min on the typical 95
typical 95108Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 25 countries, rent or buy in 47 more
+15Released
2020
January 16, 2020
6 years ago
Genres
HorrorMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 6 moreDirecting · 9
- Severin Fiala Director, Screenplay
- Veronika Franz Director, Screenplay
- Frank Ruszczynski First Assistant Director
- Claire Baumann Third Assistant Director
- Dominique Gaglione D'Amico Second Assistant Director
- Yari Azzopardi Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Sergio Casci Screenplay
Production · 12
- Ben Browning Executive Producer
- Milan Popelka Executive Producer
- Marc Schipper Producer, Executive Producer
- Alison Cohen Executive Producer
- Xavier Marchand Executive Producer
- Brad Zimmerman Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Thimios Bakatakis Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Michael Palm Editor
Sound · 9
- Danny Bensi Original Music Composer
- Saunder Jurriaans Original Music Composer
- Paul Col Sound Designer
- Claude La Haye Sound Recordist
- Sylvain Bellemare Sound Supervisor
- Hans Laitres Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 3
- Sylvain Lemaitre Production Design
- Frédérique B. Ste-Marie Set Decoration
- Michel R. Lambert Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Sophie Lefebvre Costume Design
- Joan Patricia Parris Makeup Department Head
- Christophe Giraud Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Alain Lachance Visual Effects Supervisor
- Marie-Claude Lafontaine Visual Effects Producer
Other crew · 1
- Barbara Muschietti Thanks
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