The Farm(2019)
2019 · Hans Stjernswärd · 80 min
The young couple Nora and Alec are on their way back from a long road trip. In a desert town they want to take a break, but when they wake up the next morning, they are no longer in the motel where they had actually checked in. Overnight, the by a group of crazed killers wearing animal masks, have been abducted. What would happen if people were treated like cattle for slaughter? On the farm, this horrific idea comes true. As Nora and Alec soon find out, they are not the only ones locked in cages, fattened up and fed only to be slaughtered, disemboweled and eaten as a delicacy by their torturers. For the young couple begins a fight for bare survival.
Horror
5.3394 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The Farm scares
It starts slow, easing you into a normal road-trip vibe before flipping hard into a nightmare once the couple wakes up somewhere they shouldn't be. From there it settles into a grim, drawn-out survival ordeal, more about dread and physical danger than jump scares. The threat here is entirely human, people doing horrible things to other people, so the fear feels grounded and uncomfortably real. It leans toward being upsetting rather than fun, with a good amount of graphic violence shown on screen.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Farm rates psychological 3/5, visceral 5/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 75 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 calm setup gives way quickly to sustained captivity dread that keeps climbing to a brutal, breathless finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is The Farm?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Farm rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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