6.3146 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How Dead of Night scares
Dead of Night creeps up on you through grief and unease rather than shocks, following a soldier's homecoming that feels wrong in small, quiet ways before it turns genuinely upsetting. The horror comes from watching a family try to convince themselves everything is fine while something is clearly not, and the dread builds slowly instead of jumping out at you. It leans more sad and uncomfortable than fun, with a sense of quiet rot rather than gore, though it does turn bloody by the end. This is one for people who like their horror to feel like a slow-motion tragedy, not a thrill ride.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Dead of Night rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 78 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, unsettling family drama that quietly tightens its grip until it turns grim and unrelenting by the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Dead of Night?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Dead of Night 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 genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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