The Disappointments Room(2016)
2016 · D.J. Caruso · 92 min
A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
Horror · Thriller
4.5484 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How The Disappointments Room scares
Watching this feels more uneasy and sad than truly terrifying, since a lot of the fear is tangled up with a mother's grief and crumbling mental state. The pace moves slowly through family tension and strange sightings in an old house before leaning on a handful of jump scares to punch up the mood. Blood and violence are kept light, and the scares lean more on creepy imagery and a sense of something wrong in the house than physical danger. It's a decent pick if you want a moody haunted-house story rather than something that will stick with you for days.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Disappointments Room rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 35 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building haunted-house creeper that gradually tightens its grip before a more intense, chaotic final stretch.
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How scary is The Disappointments Room?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Disappointments Room rates 2/5 — moderately scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be restrained with gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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