Is YellowBrickRoad gory?

Somewhat — YellowBrickRoad rates 2/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale: some blood, not an endurance test.

Does YellowBrickRoad rely on jump scares?

Not really — YellowBrickRoad leans slow-burn (12/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will YellowBrickRoad stay with you after watching?

Expect it to — YellowBrickRoad rates 4/5 on lingering effect; The Horror Database's profile says it stays with you for days.

Who is YellowBrickRoad for?

YellowBrickRoad is genuinely disturbing (78/100 toward disturbing on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) and rates 4/5 on overall intensity — for viewers who want horror that cuts deep.

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YellowBrickRoad(2010)

Name: YellowBrickRoad
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2010
Duration: 100 min

2010 · Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland · 100 min

In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. Without warning, they left behind everything: their homes, their clothes, and their money. The only clue where they went was a single word etched into stone near the forest’s edge: YELLOWBRICKROAD.

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Horror · Thriller

4.7167 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

4/5

Stays with you

How YellowBrickRoad scares

There's a creeping sense of wrongness that builds slowly and never really lets up, with strange music and sound cues that make you feel disoriented right along with the characters. The pace is patient and deliberate, following a group deeper into the woods as their grip on reality starts to slip, rather than jumping out at you. It leans more unsettling and strange than jumpy or fun, and the vague, unresolved nature of the threat is part of what makes it stick with you. This is one for people who like their horror moody, confusing, and a little maddening rather than fast and bloody.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

Reveal pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A slow, mysterious build that keeps tightening its grip, unsettling more and more before an unrelenting final stretch.

How scary is YellowBrickRoad?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, YellowBrickRoad rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, 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 moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.

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