Red White & Blue(2010)
2010 · Simon Rumley · 102 min
A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.
Drama · Thriller · Horror
6.3146 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How Red White & Blue scares
It starts slow, almost like a gritty indie drama about lonely people drifting through bad decisions, then shifts hard into something much darker and more punishing in its back half. There's no supernatural threat here at all, just damaged, dangerous people and the real harm they do to each other. The fear isn't about jumps or monsters, it's about cruelty, helplessness, and watching things spiral somewhere ugly with no relief. This is a heavy, upsetting watch meant for people who want serious, hard-hitting horror-adjacent drama, not a fun scare.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Red White & Blue rates psychological 4/5, visceral 5/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 100 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 95 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, quiet character study that suddenly detonates into a brutal, unrelenting final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Red White & Blue?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Red White & Blue rates 5/5 — 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. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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