Here Comes the Devil(2012)
2012 · Adrián García Bogliano · 97 min
A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.
Horror · Thriller
5.5145 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How scary is Here Comes the Devil?
It opens slow, almost like a quiet family drama, and takes a long time before it tips into full horror, letting dread build in silences and long stares rather than sudden shocks. Once things go wrong, the movie lingers on uncomfortable, upsetting imagery instead of cutting away, mixing sexual unease with sudden bursts of violence. It never fully commits to whether something otherworldly is at work or whether trauma and grief are twisting everything, and it keeps that uncertainty right to the end. This is for people who want something slow, strange, and unsettling rather than a fun scare-fest.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Here Comes the Devil rates psychological 5/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 12 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 82 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 slow, dreamlike unease that builds in fits and starts, with unsettling bursts scattered throughout before a heavier, more disturbing final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3.
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