Dark Woods II(2015)
2015 · Pål Øie · 93 min
An old sanatorium is deteriorating in an isolated forest in the mountains. Five contract workers have taken on the task of tracking the huge building for hazardous waste before it's demolished. They realize that the job is more than a search for asbestos and mercury when they encounter the building's frightening past. You can demolish a building, but never remove the past.
Horror
4.8110 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Dark Woods II scares
There's a heavy, creeping unease to this one, built on isolation and the sense that something bad happened in this place long before the characters arrived. The pace is slow and patient, letting the decayed building and cold mountain setting do most of the work before things turn physical. Fear here comes more from dread and the feeling of being trapped somewhere abandoned than from constant jolts or scares popping out of nowhere. It suits people who like moody, isolated horror with a sense of history hanging over everything rather than a fast, jumpy ride.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Dark Woods II 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: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 35 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building creep through an isolated setting that steadily tightens into a intense, high-pressure final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Dark Woods II?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Dark Woods II 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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