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Dead of Winter

2025 · 98 min · Director: Brian Kirk ★ IMDb 6.1 · 24,829 ratings

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A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.

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Emotional fingerprint

Dead of Winter (2025) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Fear 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Fear, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Fear and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Fear
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension30 %25 %15 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness42 %35 %26 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension61 %56 %48 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension72 %70 %56 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension78 %76 %60 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension81 %78 %64 %59 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension76 %73 %60 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension75 %72 %55 %46 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Empathy73 %68 %46 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension70 %66 %40 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension72 %69 %43 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension75 %72 %51 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Tension79 %76 %61 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Tension82 %70 %56 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Empathy81 %64 %46 %71 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Tension83 %73 %54 %68 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing87 %83 %70 %69 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension87 %82 %75 %69 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Tension80 %74 %69 %62 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Judy Greer

Purple Lady

MM
Marc Menchaca

Marc Menchaca

Camo Jacket

LM
Laurel Marsden

LM
Laurel Marsden

Leah

GW
Gaia Wise

CH
Cúán Hosty-Blaney

PH
Paul Hamilton

DL
Dalton Leeb

LH
Lloyd Hutchinson

Lawyer

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Lloyd Hutchinson

Brían F. O'Byrne

Tall Hunter

BF
Brían F. O'Byrne

Details

Directed by
Brian Kirk
Written by
Nicholas Jacobson-Larson, Dalton Leeb
Type
Movies
Released
2025
Runtime
98 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Genres
Thriller
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 24,829 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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