Death Note: Light Up the NEW World(2016)
2016 · Shinsuke Sato · 134 min
10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exists in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it.
Crime · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
6.3187 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Death Note: Light Up the NEW World scares
Death Note: Light Up the New World plays more like a supernatural crime thriller than a scary movie, built around cat-and-mouse plotting rather than dread or jolts. The pacing is brisk and puzzle-driven, with investigators racing against a killer using a magical notebook, so tension comes from strategy and reveals rather than atmosphere. Violence happens but it's quick and stylized, not lingering or graphic. It's a decent watch if you like clever mysteries with a supernatural twist, not if you want to feel unsettled or scared.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Death Note: Light Up the NEW World rates psychological 2/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A mystery-thriller that builds in tense bursts, easing between confrontations before ramping up steadily into a high-pressure final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Death Note: Light Up the NEW World?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Death Note: Light Up the NEW World rates 2/5 — moderately scary, 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 restrained with gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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