The Horde(2010)
2010 · Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher · 98 min
A bunch of crooked cops raid a ruined building located in an impoverished suburb of Paris, determined to furiously avenge the death of one of them, murdered by the ruthless criminal gang hidden on top of the dark labyrinth that will become a deathly trap when the living, unexpectedly turned into the undead by a mysterious plague, begin to devour the world.
Action · Horror · Thriller
6.0534 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Horde scares
It kicks off fast with a violent standoff between cops and criminals, then keeps escalating into a nonstop, brutal fight for survival once the dead start walking. There's little time to breathe between attacks, since the movie is more interested in relentless chaos and bloody set-pieces than in building creeping dread. The scares come from being trapped and overwhelmed rather than from anything eerie or mysterious. It's a loud, gory, adrenaline-heavy ride for people who want zombie action over slow tension.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Horde rates psychological 2/5, visceral 5/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 35 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A tense setup gives way almost immediately to relentless, high-adrenaline action that barely lets you catch your breath until the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3.
How scary is The Horde?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Horde rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on 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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