Is Across the River gory?

No — Across the River rates 1/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale; it scares without leaning on gore.

Does Across the River rely on jump scares?

Not really — Across the River leans slow-burn (10/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will Across the River stay with you after watching?

Some of it — Across the River rates 3/5 on lingering effect; it follows you to bed but lets go within a day or so.

Who is Across the River for?

Across the River is scary without being punishing (55/100 on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) at 3/5 intensity.

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Across the River(2013)

Name: Across the River
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Released: 2013
Duration: 87 min

2013 · Lorenzo Bianchini · 87 min

After a wildlife biologist (Marco Marchese) becomes trapped on the wrong side of the river while collecting data, he comes across an abandoned village. Taking shelter, he begins to suspect he may be sharing the grounds with more than just boar and deer.

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Thriller · Horror · Mystery

5.3109 votes

TMDB score

3/5

Intensity

1/5

Gore

3/5

Stays with you

How Across the River scares

It starts almost like a nature documentary, following a lone researcher into the woods, then slowly tightens into isolation and unease as he finds himself stuck in an abandoned, half-forgotten place. The pace is patient and quiet, letting empty buildings, fog, and distant sounds do the scaring rather than sudden shocks. Dread builds through the sense of being watched and cut off from any help, more than through gore or violence. It's a good pick if you like slow, moody horror that lingers on unease rather than jolts you awake.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

Reveal pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A slow, isolated build of quiet dread that only tightens into real tension in its final third.

How scary is Across the River?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Across the River rates 3/5 — solidly 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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