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The Borderlands(2014)

Name: The Borderlands
Genre: Horror
Released: 2014
Duration: 89 min

2014 · Elliot Goldner · 89 min

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Horror

5.5328 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

4/5

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How scary is The Borderlands?

There's a heavy sense of unease that builds slowly, through long stretches of quiet investigation and odd little details that don't add up. The found-footage style keeps things grounded and intimate, like you're right there with the characters poking around old buildings and talking to wary locals. It saves its worst, most claustrophobic moments for the very end, when the film tips from creepy into something much harder to shake. This is one for patient horror fans who don't need constant jump scares and can handle a finale that gets under your skin rather than just startles you.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Borderlands rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.

Psychological: 4 of 5
Visceral: 3 of 5
Gore: 2 of 5
Lingering: 4 of 5
Intensity: 4 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn

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Supernatural vs Real-world: 18 of 100 — leans Supernatural

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 75 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

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A slow, patient build with small unsettling moments that gradually tighten until a genuinely brutal final stretch.

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