The Inhabitant(2022)
2022 · Jerren Lauder · 97 min
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry.
Horror · Mystery
5.9133 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Inhabitant?
It starts as a quiet, everyday teen drama before slowly folding in unsettling visions and a string of violent killings happening nearby. The pace stays deliberate for most of the runtime, building unease through Tara's growing sense that something is wrong with her own mind and family before tipping into more overt horror. It blends psychological confusion with real physical danger, keeping you guessing about whether the threat is inside her head or very real. This leans toward mystery-driven dread rather than constant scares, so it suits viewers who like slow reveals over quick jolts.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Inhabitant rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow-building teen mystery that gradually tightens into a tense, scare-heavy back half before a hard final push.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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