Alone(2017)
2017 · David Moreau · 90 min
Five kids wake up in a world where everybody has disappeared.
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Horror · Family
5.6529 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Alone scares
There's an eerie, empty-world quiet running through this one, the kind of unease you get from familiar places with nobody in them. It moves more like a mystery-adventure than a straight horror movie, with tension building slowly as the group tries to figure out what happened to everyone. Because it's aimed at a younger, teen audience, it stays light on blood and shock, leaning on strangeness and isolation instead. It's a good pick if you want something moody and a little unsettling without it being heavy or graphic.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Alone rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 40 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, mysterious start that gradually tightens into steady tension with a tougher final stretch, though it never fully explodes.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3.
How scary is Alone?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Alone rates 2/5 — moderately 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 restrained with gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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