Girl on the Third Floor(2019)
2019 · Travis Stevens · 93 min
Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.
Horror · Thriller
5.2339 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Girl on the Third Floor scares
There's a queasy, slow-building unease to this one, like something is rotting just out of sight before it finally shows itself. The pace is patient almost to a fault, letting small wrong details pile up in an old house until the last act turns gross and physical, with oozing walls and body horror replacing any real jump scares. The fear here isn't about a monster jumping out at you, it's about guilt and a house that seems to know things about the people inside it. It's a slower, weirder watch best suited to people who like haunted house stories with a nasty, gooey payoff rather than constant scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Girl on the Third Floor rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 20 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 70 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, uneasy house-renovation setup that gradually oozes into rising dread before a chaotic, all-in final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Girl on the Third Floor?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Girl on the Third Floor rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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