Twisted(2026)
2026 · Darren Lynn Bousman · 93 min
Two millennials make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they don’t own to people who don’t know they are being scammed. The con works brilliantly until they run into an apartment owner with a dark secret who flips the game on them.
Horror · Thriller
4.753 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Twisted scares
Twisted sounds like it builds from a con-artist setup into a trap you can't escape, with the fear coming from realizing you're outmatched by someone more dangerous than you. Expect grounded, human danger rather than anything supernatural, with tension that ramps up once the scam goes wrong. Given the director's history with harder-edged horror, there's likely some real physical threat and squirmy moments rather than pure jump-scare theatrics. It reads like the kind of thriller-horror that's uncomfortable and mean-spirited in the moment rather than something that haunts you for days.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Twisted rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 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: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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Starts light and playful before steadily tightening into a tense, escalating back half that pushes hard toward the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Twisted?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Twisted rates 3/5 — solidly 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 moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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