Cold Prey

Jannicke is the group’s decisive, protective presence. She takes charge when they realize the stranded group cannot reach help and coordinates medical care for Morten Tobias. She improvises under pressure, searches for supplies, and ultimately faces the Mountain Man in a desperate struggle. Her resolve anchors the survival arc of the story.

Ingunn is a quick-witted, independent friend who pushes back against Mikal's advances. She remains vigilant, trying to keep the group together as danger closes in. Her fate—being attacked and killed—amplifies the horror and underscored the stakes of staying together.

Morten Tobias is the loyal, practical friend who keeps a level head when the group is stranded. He tends to the injured, shares supplies, and supports planning for escape. He proves brave in the face of danger, ultimately paying with his life to slow the Mountain Man and protect others.

Eirik is the practical, supportive member who takes the initiative to seek help for the injured. He breaks into the deserted lodge to check for supplies, risking his safety. He is captured and used as a human shield by the Mountain Man, ultimately killed.

Mikal is the aggressive member whose domineering behavior provokes conflict and pushes others to the breaking point. After a tense confrontation with Ingunn, he heads off into the lodge with mixed guilt and resentment. He dies at the Mountain Man's hands, a stark consequence of the group's fractured trust.

The Mountain Man is the unseen predator in skins and goggles who stalks the lodge's guests. He appears as a silent, relentless force who uses the environment to trap and kill. His backstory—being buried alive by his parents as a boy—provides a grim explanation for his violence and endurance. In the end, Jannicke defeats him in a brutal struggle that ends with a fall into the ravine.

The Boy is the Mountain Man's past victim, marked by a birthmark over one eye. He represents the trauma that shapes the killer’s actions and the cycle of violence tied to the lodge’s history. Though unseen in the present, his image lingers as a haunting origin story for the killer.

The Father is a figure in the Mountain Man’s backstory, present in flashbacks that reveal the parents’ role in the act that marks the killer’s origin. His actions contribute to the grim family history that fuels the lodge’s haunting danger. The past actions cast a long shadow over the present threat.

The Mother appears in the backstory as a parent involved in the act that shapes the Mountain Man’s violent past. Her presence underscores a family dynamic that neglects protection, intensifying the tragedy tied to the killer’s origins. Her role links past abuse to present predation.