The Tower(2023)
2023 · Guillaume Nicloux · 90 min
In the heart of a city, the inhabitants of a tower wake up one morning to find that their building is shrouded in an opaque fog, obstructing doors and windows - a strange dark matter that devours anything that tries to pass through it. Trapped, the residents try to organize themselves, but to ensure their survival they gradually succumb to their most primitive instincts, until they sink into horror...
Horror · Fantasy · Drama
4.8140 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How The Tower scares
There's a heavy, suffocating feeling to this one, like the walls are closing in and there's no way out. The pace is slow and grim, built around isolation and the slow collapse of order rather than sudden scares. The threat starts as something strange and unexplained, but the real horror comes from watching ordinary people turn on each other once hope runs out. It's more unsettling and sad than fun, and it sticks with you rather than giving you a quick thrill.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Tower rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 35 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 70 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a quiet, unsettling puzzle before slowly tightening into a grim, escalating descent that stays punishing through to the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is The Tower?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Tower rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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