House of Darkness(2022)
2022 · Neil LaBute · 88 min
Driving home to her secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up. While getting acquainted, their flirtation turns playful, sexy and sinister. Hoping to get lucky, his luck may have just run out.
Horror · Thriller · Comedy · Mystery
5.0143 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How House of Darkness scares
House of Darkness spends almost its whole runtime on a single tense conversation between two people in a big, dim house, letting unease build through dialogue instead of scares. The mood stays playful and flirty on the surface while something feels increasingly off underneath, and the film leans on dark humor as much as dread. There's barely any blood or violence shown, and no jump scares to speak of, so the tension comes from waiting to see who's really in control. It's a slow, talky watch best for people who like mind games and mood over shocks or gore.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, House of Darkness rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A long, chatty slow burn built on awkward tension that only turns sharply intense in its final minutes.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is House of Darkness?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, House of Darkness rates 2/5 — moderately scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore 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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