The Mortuary Assistant(2026)
2026 · Jeremiah Kipp · 91 min
Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate takes a night shift job at River Fields Mortuary. Initially, the job seems straightforward — embalming bodies, completing paperwork, and keeping things tidy. But once Rebecca starts working the night shift, things take a dark turn.
Horror · Mystery
5.3138 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The Mortuary Assistant scares
It starts slow and quiet, following a new employee learning the routine of a mortuary before the night shifts start bending reality around her. As the story goes on, calm, methodical scenes of embalming work get interrupted more and more by sudden jolts and unexplainable events. The fear leans on isolation and not knowing what's real, with a demonic presence lurking under the surface rather than a human killer. It's built for people who like slow dread punctuated by sharp scares, not constant blood and violence.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Mortuary Assistant rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a slow, quiet workplace routine before dread creeps in and the last stretch turns into a sustained, punishing scare gauntlet.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is The Mortuary Assistant?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Mortuary Assistant rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. 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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