Rattlesnake(2019)
2019 · Zak Hilditch · 85 min
After a mysterious woman saves her daughter from a deadly snakebite, a single mother must repay the debt by killing a stranger before sundown.
Thriller · Drama · Mystery · Horror
5.2467 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Rattlesnake scares
It starts small and quiet, almost like a family drama, then tightens into a race against a deadline that never lets up once it kicks in. Most of the runtime is about dread building in the background rather than anything jumping out at you. The scares come from a sense of being trapped by an impossible choice and a clock running out, not from gore or monsters on screen. It's more of a heavy, uneasy watch than a fun scare, good for people who like slow dread and moral horror over thrills.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Rattlesnake rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 20 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 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, uneasy setup gradually tightens into mounting dread that builds steadily to a tense, high-pressure finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Rattlesnake?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Rattlesnake 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 restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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