Tragedy Girls(2017)
2017 · Tyler MacIntyre · 98 min
McKayla and Sadie, two death-obsessed teenage girls, use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Horror · Comedy
6.0362 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Tragedy Girls scares
Tragedy Girls plays more like a wicked comedy than a real horror movie, poking fun at slasher tropes and social media fame-chasing instead of trying to actually scare you. The tone stays light and snarky even when things get bloody, so you're laughing more than tensing up. There are a few gory kills, but they're played for dark laughs rather than dread. This is a good pick if you want something fun and twisted with friends, not something that will actually creep you out.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Tragedy Girls rates psychological 1/5, visceral 2/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A darkly comic ride that stays playfully tense throughout, with scattered jolts building toward a chaotic, high-energy final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Tragedy Girls?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Tragedy Girls rates 2/5 — moderately scary, 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 moderately gory and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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