Don't Kill Me(2021)
2021 · Andrea De Sica · 90 min
After Mirta dies of a drug overdose with her lover, she resuscitates alone and discovers she's part of a violent world she never knew existed.
Horror
4.6176 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Don't Kill Me?
It opens on grief and loss before slowly sliding into something stranger, spending most of its runtime as a moody drama before the horror elements fully take hold. The scares here are quiet and sad rather than jumpy, built around decay, loneliness, and a body that isn't quite right anymore. It leans more on unease and heartbreak than shocks or blood, with only occasional flashes of something grimier underneath. This is for people who like their horror slow, emotional, and a little tragic rather than pulse-pounding.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Don't Kill Me rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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Starts with a jolt then settles into a steady, moody unease that keeps rising in waves toward a heavier back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3.
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