Forget Me Not(2009)
2009 · Tyler Oliver · 103 min
It's graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they wronged long ago. Fighting for her sanity, Sandy must unlock a dark secret from her own past before it's too late.
Drama · Horror · Romance
5.3181 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Forget Me Not scares
Watching this feels like a moody teen drama that slowly tips into a ghost story, mixing graduation-weekend nostalgia with a creeping sense that something is very wrong. The scares lean on mounting unease and a few sharp jolts rather than constant shocks, and the mystery of a buried secret from the past drives a lot of the tension. It's more sad and eerie than outright brutal, with the horror tied to guilt and memory as much as any physical threat. Good for viewers who like their ghost stories wrapped in teen-drama emotion rather than nonstop scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Forget Me Not rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A breezy teen hangout vibe slowly curdles into mounting dread, building to a frantic, punishing final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Forget Me Not?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Forget Me Not rates 2/5 — moderately scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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