Abandoned(2022)
2022 · Spencer Squire · 102 min
After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
5.8314 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Abandoned scares
Abandoned leans on a slow, uneasy build rather than quick shocks, following a new mother whose grip on reality seems to be slipping in a house that feels wrong from the start. The fear here is quiet and mental — sleeplessness, isolation, and the nagging question of whether the danger is in the walls or in her own mind. It stays fairly restrained with blood and violence, favoring unease over shock, and the tension sits more on dread than on any big jolts. This is a better fit for someone who likes slow-moving, moody horror about motherhood and paranoia than someone chasing jump scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Abandoned rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, uneasy build that gradually tightens into a tense, unsettling back half before peaking near the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Abandoned?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Abandoned 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 genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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