Still/Born(2018)
2018 · Brandon Christensen · 87 min
Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss of one of her children, she starts to suspect something sinister is after her surviving child – a supernatural entity that has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.
Horror
5.8167 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Still/Born scares
Still/Born builds its fear out of a new mother's grief and paranoia, letting long stretches of unease sit before anything jumps out at you. The scares lean on dread and the fear of losing a child rather than gore or violence, so almost nothing graphic ever shows on screen. It's more about a slow, creeping wrongness in an ordinary home than monsters chasing you down. This one sits closer to heavy and unsettling than fun, especially for anyone who's dealt with pregnancy loss or new-parent anxiety.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Still/Born rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 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 slow, grief-heavy build that gradually tightens into a tense, escalating back half before slamming into a hard finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Still/Born?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Still/Born rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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