Three... Extremes(2004)
2004 · Fruit Chan & Takashi Miike & Park Chan-wook · 125 min
Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.
Horror
6.8430 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How scary is Three... Extremes?
Three separate stories run back to back, each building slowly before landing on something hard to watch, so the dread keeps resetting and rebuilding instead of easing off. The first stretch leans into queasy, stomach-turning body horror, the middle section drifts into eerie, dreamlike sadness that plays tricks on your sense of what's real, and the final piece turns into a twisted, almost darkly funny ordeal built on physical torment. There are almost no cheap jump scares here; the fear comes from slowly realizing how far each story is willing to go. This is for viewers who want to feel unsettled and a little sick afterward, not for anyone looking for a fun scare.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Three... Extremes rates psychological 5/5, visceral 3/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 55 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.
Three distinct short films back to back, each with its own slow build that tightens into a sharp, uncomfortable peak before the next one resets the tension.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4.
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