Resurrection(1999)
1999 · Russell Mulcahy · 108 min
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.
Crime · Mystery · Thriller · Horror
6.1317 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Resurrection scares
Resurrection plays more like a grim detective thriller than a haunted-house scare machine, following a tired cop as he pieces together a string of gruesome, ritualistic murders. The horror here comes from the ugliness of what's found at each crime scene rather than jump scares or lurking monsters, so it builds through dread and disgust instead of shocks. It leans hard into body horror and autopsy-room grimness, with religious imagery giving the killings an unsettling, ritual feel. This is for people who like their horror grounded in human cruelty and detective-story tension rather than ghosts or gimmicks.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Resurrection rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A steadily building serial-killer hunt that keeps tightening its grip until a punishing, gory final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Resurrection?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Resurrection rates 3/5 — solidly 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 heavy on gore and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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