The Deaths of Ian Stone(2008)
2008 · Dario Piana · 87 min
Deaths tells the story of an all-American guy who is murdered each day by horrifying pursuers, only to wake up in slightly different lives to experience the terror of being murdered again.
Horror · Thriller
5.6300 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Deaths of Ian Stone?
The story loops back on itself again and again, resetting the hero's life each time he's killed, so the movie has a repeating, puzzle-box rhythm rather than a straight build to one ending. Each loop brings fresh chases and sudden attacks from strange, monstrous hunters, so there's a steady mix of tension and jolts rather than one long slow crawl. The horror leans more sci-fi and otherworldly than ghostly or demonic, with a creeping unease about identity and fate layered under the physical danger. It's more of a tense genre thriller with some nasty creature moments than something that will haunt you for days.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Deaths of Ian Stone rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
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 repeating cycle of building dread and sudden violent jolts that keeps resetting, growing more intense and relentless as it nears the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5.
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