Nina Forever(2016)
2016 · Ben Blaine & Chris Blaine · 98 min
Rob is grief-stricken following the death of his girlfriend Nina, but after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with Nina, who comes back from the dead, bloody and broken, every time they make love.
Horror · Comedy · Romance
5.3166 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Nina Forever scares
Watching this feels less like being scared and more like sitting in an increasingly awkward, uncomfortable situation that won't end. The scares come from raw emotional discomfort and body horror imagery rather than jumps or dread, with a dead girlfriend's bloodied body showing up at the worst possible moments as a strange mix of tragic, gross, and darkly funny. It moves slowly, letting grief and awkward relationship tension sit alongside gory, matter-of-fact horror images. This is for people who like their horror weird, sad, and a little squirmy rather than thrilling or frightening in a traditional sense.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Nina Forever rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A dark romantic-comedy undertone runs through it, with bursts of gory, uncomfortable intensity that recur in waves rather than building to one big climax.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3.
How scary is Nina Forever?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Nina Forever 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 genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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