The Devil's Rock(2011)
2011 · Paul Campion · 83 min
Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.
Fantasy · Horror · Thriller · War
5.6131 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The Devil's Rock scares
It starts like a tense war movie, with two soldiers sneaking into an abandoned bunker on a quiet island, and only slowly turns into something much stranger and darker. Most of the runtime is talk and slow-building dread in tight, dim rooms, with the horror creeping in through unsettling conversations rather than big scares. When the violence does hit, it's sudden and nasty rather than constant, leaning on tension and unease more than jump scares. This is a good pick if you like slow, moody horror with a heavy, uncomfortable feeling rather than a fun scream-fest.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Devil's Rock rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 20 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 12 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A tense, slow-building infiltration that tightens into claustrophobic dread before a punishing, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is The Devil's Rock?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Devil's Rock 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 genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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