Parallel(2018)
2018 · Isaac Ezban · 104 min
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.
Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
6.0184 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Parallel scares
The story starts slow, almost like a low-key drama about friends finding a strange opportunity, then gradually tightens into something stranger and more unsettling as the rules of their discovery start to break down. There are no jump scares here; the fear builds through growing unease about identity, choices, and what happens when you mess with things you don't understand. It leans more into quiet dread and moral discomfort than physical danger, with almost no blood or violence on screen. This is a slow, thinky kind of scary movie, better suited to someone who likes sci-fi concepts wrapped in a creeping sense of wrongness rather than someone looking for thrills or gore.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Parallel rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a slow, curious discovery that gradually tightens into mounting dread, building to an intense, chaotic finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Parallel?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Parallel rates 2/5 — moderately 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 scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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