Savaged(2014)
2014 · Michael S. Ojeda · 91 min
After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
Action · Drama · Horror · Thriller
6.6226 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Savaged scares
Watching this feels brutal and relentless rather than eerie or suspenseful — it's less about creeping dread and more about raw, angry violence hitting you again and again. The pace moves like an action movie once the revenge kicks in, with long stretches of brutal payback rather than slow buildup or jump scares. The threat here isn't a ghost lurking in shadows so much as a vengeful force taking very physical, bloody action. It's a hard, mean watch aimed at people who want gritty exploitation-style revenge rather than a spooky good time.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Savaged 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: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
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, quiet setup gives way to a brutal gut-punch, then settles into a rising, increasingly relentless wave of violence through to a savage finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5.
How scary is Savaged?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Savaged rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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