The Girl Who Killed Her Parents(2021)
2021 · Maurício Eça · 85 min
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
Crime · Drama · Thriller · Horror
6.3258 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Girl Who Killed Her Parents?
There's a heavy, uneasy feeling to watching this rather than any real scares — it plays more like a grim true-crime drama than a horror movie. The tension comes from watching real people slide toward something terrible, not from monsters or jump scares. It's slow and character-focused, built on discomfort and dread about human behavior rather than shocks. This is for someone who wants a disturbing, true-crime style story more than a traditional horror experience.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Girl Who Killed Her Parents rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 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-building character drama that tightens into a tense, unsettling climax before easing into a quieter, heavier aftermath.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2.
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