Truth or Dare(2018)
2018 · Jeff Wadlow · 101 min
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
Thriller · Horror
5.94.3k votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Truth or Dare scares
Watching this feels more like a glossy teen thriller with jump scares than anything truly dread-soaked, aimed at a young audience out for cheap thrills rather than nightmares. The pace moves quickly, hopping between social drama and sudden supernatural jolts, with characters forced into a spreading game that turns deadly. A creepy grinning demon face and some tense dare sequences provide the scares, but the violence stays fairly restrained and bloodless. It's a light, popcorn kind of scary that's forgotten pretty fast, good for a casual watch rather than something that will haunt you.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Truth or Dare rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 75 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow setup gives way to a repeating rhythm of building dread and sudden shocks that gets more frequent and punishing as it heads toward a frantic finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5.
How scary is Truth or Dare?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Truth or Dare 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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