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Oddity(2024)

Name: Oddity
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2024
Duration: 98 min

2024 · Damian McCarthy · 98 min

After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.

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Horror · Mystery

6.7922 votes

TMDB score

3/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

4/5

Stays with you

How scary is Oddity?

It starts slow and quiet, letting an eerie object and a strange house do most of the early work, then tightens into something more openly frightening as it goes. The scares come from unease and suggestion more than jump-out moments, though a couple of well-placed shocks land hard. There's a real sense of dread tied to grief and something not-quite-right in ordinary spaces, with the supernatural elements feeling genuinely otherworldly rather than explained away. It's a good pick if you like patient, creepy horror that rewards close attention rather than nonstop scares.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Oddity rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 3/5.

Psychological: 4 of 5
Visceral: 3 of 5
Gore: 2 of 5
Lingering: 4 of 5
Intensity: 3 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 12 of 100 — leans Supernatural

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

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A slow, eerie setup that keeps tightening its grip until it erupts into a tense, nerve-wracking final stretch.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.

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