The Cellar(2022)
2022 · Brendan Muldowney · 94 min
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Horror · Mystery
6.5520 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Cellar scares
The Cellar builds its fear through mounting dread rather than constant shocks, leaning on unsettling math and geometry, strange sounds, and a sense that something is wrong with the house itself. It moves slowly for most of its runtime, letting unease creep in before the supernatural elements take fuller shape near the end. There's very little blood or gore here; the scares come from atmosphere, isolation, and a growing feeling of helplessness rather than physical attacks. It's a decent pick for viewers who like quieter, mood-driven haunted house stories over jump-scare rides, though it doesn't hit as hard emotionally as some other films in this space.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Cellar rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 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
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, brooding creep that gradually tightens its grip before rushing into a heavy, intense finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is The Cellar?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Cellar rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore 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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