Come Back to Me(2014)
2014 · Paul Leyden · 90 min
Sarah and Josh are married suburbanites. After a car accident, Sarah suffers blackouts and ends up pregnant though Josh is sterile. As her life spirals she hides a camera in her home and unlocks a horrific secret with far-reaching consequences.
Horror
5.7117 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is Come Back to Me?
There's a creeping unease running through this one, more mystery-thriller than outright horror for long stretches, with a sense that something is deeply wrong in an otherwise normal suburban life. The pace is slow and puzzle-like, built around paranoia, hidden surveillance, and the feeling of being watched or manipulated rather than jump scares. It leans on dread and confusion more than blood or physical attacks, though the ambiguity about what's real keeps things tense. This suits someone who wants a moody, secretive thriller with a horror twist rather than a fast, scary ride.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Come Back to Me rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 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: 55 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building domestic mystery that keeps tightening the screws until a hard, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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