Bedevilled(2010)
2010 · Jang Cheol-soo · 117 min
A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.
Thriller · Crime · Drama · Horror
7.2508 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How Bedevilled scares
The first half moves slowly, almost like a quiet drama, as an outsider gets pulled into the daily misery of life on a small isolated island. That patience is the point: the dread builds through helplessness and cruelty you watch happen again and again, not through jolts or scares. Once the story finally snaps, it turns sudden and brutal, and the violence hits hard after all that buildup. This is a heavy, upsetting watch made for people who want horror rooted in real human cruelty, not monsters or ghosts.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Bedevilled rates psychological 4/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 8 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 90 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, uncomfortable build of mounting dread that erupts into a brutal, sustained final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is Bedevilled?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Bedevilled rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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