Screams of a Winter Night is a 1979 American anthology horror film directed by James L. Wilson and starring Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, and Mary Agen Cox.

John meanwhile shows Cal the nearby graves of the Durand family, who were mysteriously killed at the cabin, their bodies found scattered across the property.

John tells the tale of the "Moss Point Man," a dwarf-like creature that terrorized a local couple on a date: After running out of gasoline on a country road, Roger left his girlfriend in the car while he walked toward a station.

Next, Steve tells the group the story of the "Green Light," in which three fraternity pledges were instructed to spend the night in a supposedly haunted, abandoned hotel.

John and Steve say they are going to town to purchase more oil for the lamps, and instead terrify Sally and Liz by posing in a grotesque gorilla mask in the kitchen window.

The aloof Elaine decides to share a story that supposedly happened at her high school: It involves a timid woman named Annie who suffered a date rape attempt, in which she stabbed the attacker to death.

[2] Writing in The Shreveport Times, Joe Leydon deemed the film "sluggish in spots," concluding: "There is a great deal more atmosphere than sense to be found in Screams of a Winter Night.

"[8] Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times felt the film's direction was "stiff," but overall deemed it "scary, with gruesome, bloody effects.

The independent home media label Code Red released a Blu-ray edition of the film, the first 200 copies of which were made available for sale on February 8, 2019.