Is Hour of the Wolf gory?

No — Hour of the Wolf rates 1/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale; it scares without leaning on gore.

Does Hour of the Wolf rely on jump scares?

Not really — Hour of the Wolf leans slow-burn (8/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will Hour of the Wolf stay with you after watching?

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

Who is Hour of the Wolf for?

Hour of the Wolf is genuinely disturbing (85/100 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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Hour of the Wolf(1968)

Name: Hour of the Wolf
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 1968
Duration: 88 min

1968 · Ingmar Bergman · 88 min

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

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Drama · Horror

7.4569 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

1/5

Gore

5/5

Stays with you

How Hour of the Wolf scares

Watching it feels like slowly losing your grip on reality alongside the main character, with no clear line between what's really happening and what's only in his head. The pace is patient and dreamlike, more unsettling than scary in a jump-out-at-you way, built from strange visions, whispered confessions, and a growing sense of dread rather than any monster or killer. There's almost no blood or violence shown on screen; the horror comes from mental collapse, guilt, and isolation on a lonely island. This is a heavy, art-house kind of horror for people who want something that sits with them uncomfortably rather than a fun scare.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

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

A slow, quietly unsettling drift that tightens into a nightmarish, feverish climax before a strange, subdued release at the very end.

How scary is Hour of the Wolf?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Hour of the Wolf 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 restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.

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