Eli(2019)
2019 · Ciarán Foy · 98 min
A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatural forces, turning the supposedly safe facility into a haunted prison for him and his fellow patients.
Horror
6.01.6k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is Eli?
There's a trapped, suffocating feeling to this one, like the walls of the sterile house are closing in on the sick boy at its center. The pace builds slowly through unsettling visions and creeping dread, then breaks into sudden jolts and a nasty turn toward the back half. Ghostly figures and body-related scares mix with real medical horror, so it plays as haunted-house chills with a squirmy, physical edge. It's a decent pick if you want a moody, twisty scare that gets a bit gross without going full extreme.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Eli rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 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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Starts hushed and clinical, then steadily tightens into a nonstop, chaotic gut-punch of a final act.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
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