Death of a Unicorn(2025)
2025 · Alex Scharfman · 107 min
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
Horror · Fantasy · Comedy
6.4896 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Death of a Unicorn scares
Death of a Unicorn leans hard into dark comedy, using its creature-feature setup as a launchpad for satire about rich people behaving badly rather than pure terror. The scares come in bursts once the unicorns turn vengeful, mixing practical creature attacks with a good amount of splattery mayhem played for shock and laughs at once. It's more of a wild, gory romp than a movie that gets under your skin, so don't expect dread to build quietly in the background. Good for viewers who want a fun, bloody creature comedy rather than a genuinely unsettling watch.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Death of a Unicorn rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a quirky slow build with dark comedy undertones, then steadily escalates into a chaotic, high-intensity back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Death of a Unicorn?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Death of a Unicorn rates 2/5 — moderately scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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