Manhunt(2008)
2008 · Patrik Syversen · 78 min
Its the summer of 1974. Four friends have planned a recreational weekend hiking and camping in the forest. At a remote truck stop they pick up an anxious hitchhiker who only after a short ride demands they stop the vehicle. She is clearly frightened of somethingbut what she cant begin to describe in her carsick terror. Suddenly the group are ambushed and left unconscious.
Horror
5.0106 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Manhunt?
Watching this feels like being trapped in a nightmare with no clean way out — once the ambush happens, it's almost nonstop running, hiding, and getting hurt. The pace moves from a calm, sunny road trip into a grim, relentless chase through the woods, with barely any breathing room once things turn bad. This is about a real, human threat — hunters who see people as prey — so the fear is physical and brutal rather than spooky or otherworldly. It's rough and mean-spirited enough to stick with you, more grim endurance test than fun scary ride, so it's best for viewers who want a hard, nasty survival horror rather than a jump-scare thrill.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Manhunt 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: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 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.
A slow, uneasy setup gives way to a brutal, sustained chase that barely lets up until the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4.
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