Don't Listen(2020)
2020 · Ángel Gómez Hernández · 98 min
After a tragic turn of events at the new home he's fixing up, Daniel hears a ghostly plea for help, spurring him to seek out a famous paranormal expert.
Drama · Horror · Thriller
6.4825 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Don't Listen?
Don't Listen builds its scares slowly, leaning on unsettling sound design and a sense that something in the house is listening back. Most of the fear comes from dread and unease rather than gore or constant jolts, though it does use a few well-placed scares along the way. The family drama at its core gives the haunting some emotional weight, so it feels sadder and heavier than a typical fun spook-fest. It's best for people who like slow, eerie ghost stories with a melancholy undertone rather than pure adrenaline.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Don't Listen rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 45 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, uneasy build that keeps tightening its grip until a punishing, all-out final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
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