Stranger in the Woods(2024)
2024 · Adam Newacheck · 82 min
Olivia and her friends go on a vacation. After Olivia nearly drowns with a slit wrist in her bathtub after her fiancé's funeral, her friends suspect that she tried to kill herself, but she believes someone attacked her.
Horror · Thriller
6.0130 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Stranger in the Woods scares
Stranger in the Woods leans on doubt and unease rather than constant scares, keeping you unsure whether the danger is real or all in the main character's head. The woods setting gives it some stalking-in-the-dark tension, but the bigger fear is watching someone's grip on reality slip while nobody around her believes what she's going through. It's more of a slow, uneasy watch than a jump-scare ride, with a few tense physical moments mixed in. This fits people who like their horror rooted in a person's mind and trust breaking down rather than monsters or ghosts.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Stranger in the Woods rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 85 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow-building cabin thriller that keeps you guessing before tightening into a tense, escalating back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Stranger in the Woods?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Stranger in the Woods rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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