Brahms: The Boy II(2020)
2020 · William Brent Bell · 87 min
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
5.91.3k votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Brahms: The Boy II?
There's a creeping unease in the quiet mansion scenes that gets punctured by sudden jolts once the doll starts showing up in odd places. The pace moves slower in the first half, building suspicion and dread around a child's new 'friend,' then leans harder into jump scares as things escalate. It stays ambiguous for a while about whether something supernatural is really going on, which keeps you guessing rather than terrified. Overall it's a mild, PG-13 style scare, better for casual horror fans than anyone looking for something heavy or gory.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Brahms: The Boy II rates psychological 2/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 55 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 35 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 slow, quiet setup that gradually tightens into unease before ramping up hard in the last stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
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