The Quiet Family(1998)
1998 · Kim Jee-woon · 101 min
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.
Horror · Comedy · Crime
7.0214 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Quiet Family scares
You spend most of this movie laughing nervously rather than actually scared, because the tension comes from awkward, spiraling bad luck instead of real dread. The pace is loose and comedic, building through one absurd complication after another rather than through scares or jolts. Blood shows up here and there, but it's played for dark laughs, not horror. This is a good pick if you want something twisted and funny rather than something that will actually frighten you.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Quiet Family rates psychological 2/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 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: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A darkly funny slow build that keeps escalating in bursts, growing more frantic and chaotic as it heads into a busy, high-energy final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3.
How scary is The Quiet Family?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Quiet Family rates 2/5 — moderately 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 fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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