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They are inherently inhospitable, dangerous, and strange places that lend themselves to the horror genre.

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Scary things can happen during the winter anywhere.

The terrors they experience, then, feel like a result of some sort of icy hubris.

(The film placed No.

118 onSight & Sounds extremely prestigious list of the 250 best movies.)

The money was well spent, luckily.

6.Alien v. Predator(2004)

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(In space, no one can hear you scream is another all-time tagline.

The frozen wastes of the Antarctic coast, then, are a fitting location for the two aliens showdown.

The Last Winter(2006)

Alien things from another world are one sort of scary.

Climate change is another.

In the 1840s,HMS Erebusand the unfortunately namedHMS Terrorset sail trying to find the fabled Northwest Passage.

They got stuck in the ice and everybody died.

Its probably the closest substitute forNight Countryfans who cant wait for the next episode.

With all the murder, rape, and seal-clubbing, theres no need for occult horrors.

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