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Timber Falls(2007)

Name: Timber Falls
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 97 min

2007 · Tony Giglio · 97 min

A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals.

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Horror · Thriller

5.6196 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

4/5

Gore

3/5

Stays with you

How scary is Timber Falls?

It starts off calm, almost like a normal outdoor trip movie, with two people hiking and setting up camp in the woods. Then it slows down just long enough to make you comfortable before flipping hard into a nasty, drawn-out ordeal that doesn't let up for the rest of the runtime. The scares here aren't jump-cut shocks, they're the slow horror of being trapped with people who won't stop coming after you. It's a rough, mean ride more suited to fans of backwoods captivity horror than anyone looking for a fun scare.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Timber Falls rates psychological 2/5, visceral 5/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.

Psychological: 2 of 5
Visceral: 5 of 5
Gore: 4 of 5
Lingering: 3 of 5
Intensity: 4 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 20 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 92 of 100 — leans Real-world

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 75 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

Intensity over runtime

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Reveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A relaxed, easygoing start slowly tightens before plunging into a brutal, sustained back half that eases only slightly by the end.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3.

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