Tell Me How I Die(2016)
2016 · D.J. Viola · 107 min
When a group of college students take part in a clinical drug trial, an unexpected side effect of the experimental medicine gives them terrifying visions of their own deaths...which begin to come true. As they scramble to escape their fate, they discover that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future - only he seems to be one step ahead of their efforts to survive.
Horror · Thriller
5.4238 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Tell Me How I Die?
You get a mix of moody dread and sudden shocks, as the movie leans on eerie visions and premonitions before snapping into slasher-style kills. The pacing bounces between slow investigation scenes and quick bursts of violence once the killer closes in on someone. It plays more like a twisty thriller with horror trappings than something truly haunting, so it's the kind of scary that keeps you guessing rather than one that unsettles you long after. Good for viewers who like a mystery-driven plot with just enough blood and jump moments to keep the tension up.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Tell Me How I Die rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 55 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-build mystery that steadily tightens into a string of escalating scares before a hard-charging final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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