Black Rock(2012)
2012 · Katie Aselton · 79 min
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Thriller · Horror
4.8256 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Black Rock scares
Black Rock starts as a quiet, low-key hangout movie before turning into a tense chase through the woods. There are no monsters or ghosts here, just ordinary people turned dangerous, and the fear comes from being stranded, outnumbered, and hunted with nowhere to run. It leans more into physical danger and exhaustion than jump scares, with long stretches of tension as the women try to survive the night. It's a tighter, lower-budget survival thriller more than a horror spectacle, good for viewers who like grounded, women-fighting-back survival stories.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Black Rock rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 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: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A relaxed, chatty start slowly tightens into unease before turning into a sustained, breathless chase that barely lets up until near the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is Black Rock?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Black Rock rates 3/5 — solidly 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 scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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