The Abandoned(2015)
2015 · Eytan Rockaway · 86 min
A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls. But as the night progresses strange things begin to happen - and she realizes it may not all be in her head.
Thriller · Horror · Mystery
4.8135 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Abandoned scares
There's a constant low hum of unease as you watch someone walk empty halls at night, never quite sure if what she's seeing is real. The pace is slow and patient, built on long stretches of quiet dread rather than quick shocks, with only occasional jolts breaking the tension. The threat feels more like a haunting than anything human, and the movie leans on isolation and creeping wrongness rather than blood or violence. It's a good pick if you like moody, atmospheric ghost stories that get under your skin slowly instead of jumping out at you.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Abandoned 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: 22 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, moody creep through empty halls that gradually tightens into a tense, scare-filled final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is The Abandoned?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Abandoned rates 2/5 — moderately 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 restrained with gore 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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