Unicorn Wars(2022)
2022 · Alberto Vázquez · 93 min
An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluey and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
Action · Animation · Fantasy · Horror · War
7.7238 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How Unicorn Wars scares
It starts almost like a twisted kids' cartoon, with cuddly-looking bear cubs going through military training, and slowly warps into something much darker and stranger as the story pushes deeper into the forest. The horror builds gradually through mood and dread rather than jump scares, until it tips into full-on nightmare territory with disturbing, hallucinatory imagery. The fear here is more about the sinking feeling of watching innocence curdle into cruelty than about being startled. It's a heavy, upsetting watch dressed up in cute animation, not a fun scare-ride, and it sticks with you after it ends.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Unicorn Wars rates psychological 5/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 90 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 strange, darkly comic slow burn with unease bubbling under the surface, then steadily tightens into a brutal, chaotic, hallucinatory back half that doesn't let go until the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is Unicorn Wars?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Unicorn Wars rates 5/5 — 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 heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
Watched it? Sign in to confirm whether this profile fits.
