Is The Transfiguration gory?

Somewhat — The Transfiguration rates 2/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale: some blood, not an endurance test.

Does The Transfiguration rely on jump scares?

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

Will The Transfiguration stay with you after watching?

Expect it to — The Transfiguration rates 4/5 on lingering effect; The Horror Database's profile says it stays with you for days.

Who is The Transfiguration for?

The Transfiguration is genuinely disturbing (75/100 toward disturbing on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) and rates 3/5 on overall intensity — for viewers who want horror that cuts deep.

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The Transfiguration(2016)

Name: The Transfiguration
Genre: Horror, Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 97 min

2016 · Michael O'Shea · 97 min

When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.

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Horror · Drama

6.0139 votes

TMDB score

3/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

4/5

Stays with you

How The Transfiguration scares

There's a quiet, sad heaviness to this one that sits with you more than it scares you in any jump-out-of-your-seat way. It moves slowly, following a lonely teenager's obsession with vampire stories, and the tension comes from watching his grip on reality slip rather than from any monster on screen. The horror is grounded in real human sadness and violence, not fangs or curses, and it lingers less like a scare and more like a bruise. This is for people who want a moody character study that happens to live in horror territory, not a thrill ride.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

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

A slow, quiet character study with only occasional unsettling moments that gradually gives way to a darker, tenser final stretch.

How scary is The Transfiguration?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Transfiguration rates 3/5 — solidly scary, 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 moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.

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