The Exorcist(2022)
2022 · Adrián García Bogliano · 101 min
Ophelia, a young nun recently arriving in the town of San Ramon, is forced to perform an exorcism on a pregnant woman in danger of dying. Just when she thinks her possession has ended, she discovers that the evil presence hasn't disappeared yet. The director of the award-winning Here Comes the Devil and Late Phases adds a new twist to possession movies in one of this year's Latin American horror surprises.
Horror
6.3120 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The Exorcist scares
There's a heavy, oppressive weight to watching this one, the kind of dread that sits in your stomach rather than jolts you in your seat. It moves slowly, letting a sense of religious unease and helplessness build over long stretches before anything violent happens. The scares lean on mood, shadows, and the feeling that something wrong is spreading rather than on loud jump scares. It's more suited to fans of quiet, creeping possession stories than to people looking for a fast, fun scare ride.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Exorcist rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, uneasy build that steadily tightens into a intense climactic stretch before a tense final twist.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 3.
How scary is The Exorcist?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Exorcist rates 3/5 — solidly 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 moderately gory 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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