Winterbeast is a 1992 American horror film directed by Christopher Thies.

A low-budget production, it has gained retrospective popularity to the point of being considered a cult film.

The plot revolves around two rangers inquiring about disappearances in a forest of New England (Massachusetts[1][2]).

[6] Winterbeast has been called a ’regional disasterpiece’[3] and characterized as ’messy and scatterbrained in the best possible ways.’[4] Most retrospective reviews praised the film for its originality.

[7][8] The film's obvious extreme lack of continuity is noted by all reviewers.