Sisters(1973)
1973 · Brian De Palma · 93 min
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
Thriller · Horror · Mystery
6.7461 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Sisters?
It opens calm and almost playful before snapping into a sudden, brutal act of violence that changes the whole mood of the film. From there it slows back down into a tense, paranoid investigation where nothing you saw seems to add up anymore. The fear here comes from confusion and helplessness rather than constant threat, with the camera itself often playing tricks on what you think you're seeing. It's a slow, unsettling puzzle more than a thrill ride, aimed at people who like their scares mixed with mystery and mind games rather than constant scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Sisters rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 88 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 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.
A slow, curious setup gives way to a sharp jolt, then simmers before building through a tense, twisty back half with a hallucinatory final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3.
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