When Animals Dream(2014)
2014 · Jonas Alexander Arnby · 84 min
Teenage Marie lives on a small island with her father and catatonic mother. Virtually friendless and sullen, Marie begins to experience frightening changes in her body that mark her as a dangerous threat.
Mystery · Drama · Horror
5.6124 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How When Animals Dream scares
The story unfolds slowly, spending most of its time on quiet family tension and small-town unease before easing into anything overtly horrifying. It plays more like a moody coming-of-age drama for a long stretch, with the horror creeping in through small, unsettling physical changes rather than big scares. The fear here is quiet and internal, tied to a body changing in ways that feel wrong and a community that reacts with suspicion and cruelty. It builds toward something heavier and sadder rather than delivering thrills, so it suits people who like slow, atmospheric horror with real emotional weight.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, When Animals Dream rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 3 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: 72 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, moody drift through everyday unease that only tightens its grip in the last stretch before breaking loose at the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is When Animals Dream?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, When Animals Dream rates 3/5 — solidly 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 moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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