The Balconettes(2024)
2024 · Noémie Merlant · 104 min
As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighborhood to a boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair.
Comedy · Horror · Fantasy
6.1142 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Balconettes scares
It starts off light and breezy, like a summer hangout movie about friends gossiping from their balcony, then swerves hard into bloody chaos once night falls. The shift is sudden rather than a slow creep, and the film keeps flipping between jokes and shocking violence instead of building steady dread. This is less about being scared and more about squirming, laughing, and feeling unsettled all at once. It's best for people who like their horror mixed with dark humor and a feminist bite, not those looking for straight scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Balconettes rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 60 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A breezy, sun-soaked hangout vibe slowly curdles into sudden bursts of chaos and violence that keep flaring up and settling down through the back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3.
How scary is The Balconettes?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Balconettes rates 2/5 — moderately 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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