The 8th Night(2021)
2021 · Kim Tae-hyoung · 115 min
With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.
Mystery · Thriller · Horror
6.2170 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The 8th Night scares
There's a heavy, oppressive dread hanging over this one, like something ancient and wrong is slowly closing in no matter what anyone does. The pace moves like a mystery, unpacking old myths and past guilt piece by piece, with tension building steadily rather than relying on constant jolts. When the violence does hit, it's sudden and physical, tied to a monk's grim hunt rather than pure spectacle. It's more brooding and heavy than playful, aimed at people who like their supernatural horror wrapped in religious dread and slow-building unease.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The 8th Night rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A moody, mystery-driven build that steadily thickens with dread and unloads its heaviest tension in the last stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is The 8th Night?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The 8th Night 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 scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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