Exit Humanity(2011)
2011 · John Geddes · 114 min
A decade after the American Civil War, Edward Young returns home from a hunting trip to find a horrific reanimation of his wife and that their son Adam has disappeared. He must battle his way through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead.
Drama · Horror
5.1108 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is Exit Humanity?
It unfolds more like a mournful frontier drama than a typical horror ride, opening with a quiet homecoming before slowly sliding into a grim, wandering survival story. The pace is unhurried, leaning on narration and sorrow rather than jolts or constant threat, with the zombie outbreak used as a backdrop for grief and loss. Gore shows up in bursts of practical effects rather than nonstop carnage, and the scares are more somber than startling. It suits viewers who want a sad, slow post-apocalyptic tale with undead trimmings rather than a fast, frightening horror movie.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Exit Humanity rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, mournful drama that occasionally breaks into bursts of violence, building toward a heavier final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4.
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