Is The Hills Run Red gory?

Yes — The Hills Run Red rates 5/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale, heavy on explicit gore.

Does The Hills Run Red rely on jump scares?

Not really — The Hills Run Red leans slow-burn (30/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will The Hills Run Red stay with you after watching?

Some of it — The Hills Run Red rates 2/5 on lingering effect; it follows you to bed but lets go within a day or so.

Who is The Hills Run Red for?

The Hills Run Red is genuinely disturbing (65/100 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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The Hills Run Red(2009)

Name: The Hills Run Red
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2009
Duration: 81 min

2009 · Dave Parker · 81 min

A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.

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Horror · Thriller

5.8351 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

5/5

Gore

2/5

Stays with you

How The Hills Run Red scares

The Hills Run Red leans hard into backwoods slasher territory, with a masked killer hunting a small group through rural isolation and abandoned buildings. The pace is steady stalking punctuated by sudden, brutal attacks rather than constant jump scares, and the movie is not shy about showing the aftermath of its violence in graphic detail. It's more nasty and gross-out than psychologically haunting, built for genre fans who want a mean, bloody ride rather than lingering dread. Not a good pick if you're squeamish about on-screen gore.

Intensity over runtime

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A slow investigative build that gradually tightens into a brutal, high-intensity back half with little relief once things turn violent.

How scary is The Hills Run Red?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Hills Run Red rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on 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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