The Sadness(2021)
2021 · Rob Jabbaz · 100 min
A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.
Horror · Thriller
6.81.2k votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How The Sadness scares
Watching this feels like being trapped in a nightmare that keeps getting worse with no relief valve. The horror comes from ordinary people suddenly turning vicious and cruel, and the movie lingers on every awful thing that happens with unflinching, graphic detail. It's less about jump scares and more about constant, escalating dread as chaos spreads through the streets. This is a brutal, nasty watch made for people who can handle extreme gore and cruelty, not for anyone looking for fun scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Sadness rates psychological 3/5, visceral 5/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 92 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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Starts with a slow uneasy build before exploding into an almost nonstop, brutal assault that barely lets up until the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is The Sadness?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Sadness rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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