The Lodge is the perfect winter horror movie

Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s 2019 horror movie The Lodge has stuck with me for its suffocating atmosphere, the brutal isolation of its location, and a snowbound setting that keeps the outside world at bay while slowly driving its occupants mad with cabin fever. But what lingers most isn’t just the cold location: It’s how the movie explores the ways hatred can spiral into something worse. The filmmakers let the characters’ traumas fester unchecked, trapping them in a situation where the emotions are as cold as the world outside the titular location.