Don't Look Now(1973)
1973 · Nicolas Roeg · 110 min
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
Thriller · Drama · Horror
6.91.2k votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How Don't Look Now scares
The film starts as a quiet, sad drama about grief and only slowly reveals its unease, letting dread build through strange coincidences, odd editing, and a growing sense that something is deeply wrong. There's almost no violence on screen and no jump scares; the fear comes from atmosphere, grief, and a mounting feeling of dread that something terrible is coming. It's more sad and haunting than fun-scary, the kind of movie that unsettles you quietly rather than making you jump. Best for people who like slow, artful, emotionally heavy horror rather than thrills or gore.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Don't Look Now rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 85 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A jarring shock upfront gives way to a slow, dreamlike unease that quietly builds and builds until a sudden, punishing final burst.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5.
How scary is Don't Look Now?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Don't Look Now 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.
Watched it? Sign in to confirm whether this profile fits.
