Is The Dead Room gory?

No — The Dead Room rates 1/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale; it scares without leaning on gore.

Does The Dead Room rely on jump scares?

Not really — The Dead Room leans slow-burn (30/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will The Dead Room stay with you after watching?

Some of it — The Dead Room rates 2/5 on lingering effect; it follows you to bed but lets go within a day or so.

Who is The Dead Room for?

The Dead Room is fun-first horror (35/100 on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) at 2/5 intensity — a good pick for a scary-but-enjoyable night.

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The Dead Room(2015)

Name: The Dead Room
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2015
Duration: 80 min

2015 · Jason Stutter · 80 min

When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the house's secrets at all costs.

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Horror · Thriller

5.0130 votes

TMDB score

2/5

Intensity

1/5

Gore

2/5

Stays with you

How The Dead Room scares

There's a quiet, unsettled feeling running through this one, more about dread building in an isolated old house than about being hit with shocks. The pace is deliberate, following a small team of skeptics and a nervous psychic as they poke around a farmhouse that clearly doesn't want visitors. It leans on mood, strange noises, and a sense that something old and stubborn is watching rather than on blood or violence. This is a low-key pick for someone who likes a classic haunted-house setup and doesn't need much gore or nonstop scares to stay interested.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

Reveal pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A slow, uneasy setup gives way to steadily mounting scares that build into a hard-hitting final stretch.

How scary is The Dead Room?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Dead Room 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 restrained with gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.

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