Dark Harvest(2023)
2023 · David Slade · 96 min
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
Horror · Fantasy · Thriller
6.0328 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Dark Harvest scares
The story starts as a quiet small-town memory piece before quickly turning into a wild all-night hunt once the harvest ritual kicks off, and it stays fast and chaotic from there. The fear comes less from tension and more from watching teenagers get chased and hurt by a monster that looks like something out of a twisted fairy tale. It leans into stylish, gruesome fun rather than genuine dread, with bursts of blood and violence played more for shock and spectacle than lasting horror. Good for viewers who want a strange, Halloween-flavored monster chase rather than a slow scare-fest.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Dark Harvest rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a moody small-town setup that steadily tightens into a chase, building to a violent, breathless final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Dark Harvest?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Dark Harvest rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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