Turistas(2006)
2006 · John Stockwell · 93 min
A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.
Horror · Thriller
5.5906 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Turistas scares
There's a nagging sense of unease from the start, as a fun vacation slowly turns into a trap you can feel closing in before anything violent even happens. The pacing takes its time in the first half, building paranoia and distrust in a beautiful but unfamiliar place, before shifting hard into brutal, hands-on danger once the real threat shows itself. The fear here is grounded and physical, about bodies being hurt and people being hunted, not ghosts or monsters. It's more upsetting than fun, with a queasy, exploitative edge, so it suits fans of harsher, real-world horror rather than a casual scare night.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Turistas rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A sun-soaked, easygoing start slowly turns uneasy before plunging into a brutal, high-tension back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3.
How scary is Turistas?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Turistas rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, 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 heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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