Is In the Tall Grass gory?

Somewhat — In the Tall Grass rates 2/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale: some blood, not an endurance test.

Does In the Tall Grass rely on jump scares?

Not really — In the Tall Grass leans slow-burn (15/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will In the Tall Grass stay with you after watching?

Some of it — In the Tall Grass rates 3/5 on lingering effect; it follows you to bed but lets go within a day or so.

Who is In the Tall Grass for?

In the Tall Grass is genuinely disturbing (70/100 toward disturbing on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) and rates 3/5 on overall intensity — for viewers who want horror that cuts deep.

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In the Tall Grass(2019)

Name: In the Tall Grass
Genre: Horror
Released: 2019
Duration: 101 min

2019 · Vincenzo Natali · 101 min

After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.

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Horror

5.52.5k votes

TMDB score

3/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

3/5

Stays with you

How In the Tall Grass scares

In the Tall Grass traps you in a slow, dizzying kind of dread where time and direction stop making sense. The fear comes from getting lost and disoriented, not from jump scares or a masked killer chasing you down. As it goes on, the sense of being trapped turns into something stranger and more otherworldly, and the movie leans hard into confusion and helplessness rather than gore or shock. It's a good pick if you like horror that messes with your head and leaves you a little unsettled rather than screaming.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

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

A disorienting slow creep that keeps looping back on itself, with tension building in uneven waves toward a chaotic, overwhelming final stretch.

How scary is In the Tall Grass?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, In the Tall Grass rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.

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