Severance(2006)
2006 · Christopher Smith · 96 min
Seven employees of an international weapons manufacturer are treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge. Things quickly go awry as the colleagues find their corporate weekend sabotaged by a deadly enemy.
Horror · Comedy · Thriller
6.3690 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Severance scares
You'll spend a lot of this movie laughing right before something bloody happens, because it never lets you settle into pure dread. The pace bounces between goofy office-comedy banter and sudden bursts of brutal violence, so the mood keeps flipping from silly to nasty and back again. The danger comes from armed, human attackers in the woods, not ghosts or monsters, and the camera doesn't shy away from showing the damage they do. It's a good pick if you want gore and laughs together rather than a movie that actually unsettles you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Severance rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A goofy, easygoing start gradually tightens into alternating jolts of violence and dark comedy, building to a chaotic, blood-soaked final stretch before settling slightly at the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3.
How scary is Severance?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Severance rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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