Poll: What's the Worst Possible Experience You Could Have in the Snow

Results of 3,616 votes:

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   The Thing (1982)

    

   "We're a thousand miles from nowhere, man. And it's gonna get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any better!" You're surrounded by an endless wasteland of snow. The only remotely habitable…
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   The Shining (1980)

    

   You're literally snowed into an isolated hotel with weird supernatural things going on and one of your few companions is starting to show signs that he's not quite all there.
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   Frozen (2010)

    

   An unfortunate series of misunderstandings has resulted in you being trapped on a chairlift... at closing time... on a Friday... and and the mountain closes on weekends.
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   The Grey (2011)

    

   Your plane crashed in the middle of the wilderness. Only you and a few other guys survived, and have to find some way back to civilization before you either freeze to death, get devoured by a pack of …
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   Fargo (1996)

    

   You're caught up in multiple homicides and a botched kidnapping job that could very well result in you being shot, tossed into a wood chipper, or arrested.
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   Arctic Blast (2010)

    

   Some extremely implausible science has resulted in a massive burst of cold air that is slowly covering the Earth in ice.
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   30 Days of Night (2007)

    

   It's Winter in Alaska, which means there's going to be an extended period of darkness. That's not so bad... until a group of vampires decide to take advantage of the lack of sunlight.
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   Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    

   Your decision to build your underground hideout on a planet made of snow and ice backfired once the authorities found it. They have a massive pile of guns and giant walkers and they're willing to do w…
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   Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

    

   You had to crash a plane into a glacier to stop the bad guys from winning. You are eventually revived after your frozen body is thawed... only to find 70 years have passed and everyone you have ever k…
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    Stalingrad (1993)

     

    You're in the army and assigned to the front lines during one of the worst recorded winters in Russia's history, and of course the enemy has the upper hand, with most of your comrades either being mer…
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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

     

    A Wicked Witch seizes power and ensures that Winter lasts forever, without Christmas.
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    A Christmas Story (1983)

     

    Before class, you get into an argument over what would happen should you stick your tongue to a frozen flag pole, engaging in a delicate nuance of phrase during which you are dared to stick your tongu…
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    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

     

    On the way home, you are kidnapped by a Red Partisan unit and drafted. In the dead of winter, you wander away from the Red Guard Unit, deserting. You make your way back home, discovering that your fam…
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    The Thing from Another World (1951)

     

    You're trapped in a research base in the middle of the Arctic and there's a dangerous alien who has accidentally been thawed out of a block of ice and is now running around trying to consume your bloo…
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    Storm of the Century (1999)

     

    There's a massive snow storm coming in, and a suspicious stranger wandering around town.
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    K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

     

    After some tests in the Arctic, there is a serious malfunction on your new submarine, you're in freezing cold waters, if you don't do anything there's a risk the submarine will explode and detonate a …
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    Orca (1977)

     

    A very, very mad killer whale, lures you and your companions to an ice field for a final confrontation... on HIS terms. Credit horn-5
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    Iceman (1984)

     

    40,000 years ago, you are frozen deep within an Arctic glacier. A team of explorers find you and bring you back to life by a miracle of science. Now medical science wants to exploit you in the name of…
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    The Savage Innocents (1960)

     

    If your buddy is unlucky enough encounter overflow in the arctic ice and falls into the open water, don't attempt to pull him out, he's beyond help, and the only way not to lose your wet hands to fros…
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    Ice Station Zebra (1968)

     

    You were given a job to go investigate a mysterious threat posed towards the men at a research station at the North Pole. That seemed simple enough until you had deal with secrecy and a saboteur.