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Emma Thompson's snowbound thriller Dead of Winter to premiere on March 20 on Lionsgate Play
Updated On: 18 March, 2026 05:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Emma Thompson leads Dead of Winter, a tense survival thriller about a grieving widow stranded in a blizzard who stumbles upon a kidnapping. Premiering March 20 on Lionsgate Play, the film blends claustrophobic suspense with an emotional story of courage and love

Still from Dead of Winter
What happens when grief and paranoia collide in an isolated lakeside cabin with no one left to trust? Premiering exclusively on Lionsgate Play on March 20, Dead of Winter takes audiences into a tense, ice-bound thriller where every whispered argument and every locked door hides a new layer of suspicion.
About Dead of Winter
Anchored by Emma Thompson in a chilling, emotionally charged performance, the film follows Barb, a widow who travels to northern Minnesota to scatter her late husband’s ashes. But when a savage blizzard strands her far from civilisation, her trip takes a dangerous turn as she interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl and soon realises she may be the girl’s only hope for survival.
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