Regression(2015)
2015 · Alejandro Amenábar · 106 min
Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
5.61.9k votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Regression?
There's a heavy, uneasy feeling to watching this rather than a scary one — it's more of a slow, unsettling mystery than a horror movie meant to make you jump. The pace is deliberate and talky, built around interviews and memories that may or may not be real, with dread coming from not knowing who or what to trust rather than from monsters or violence. It leans into paranoia and the fear of false memory and mass hysteria more than anything supernatural, and by the end it lands on a very real-world kind of unease. This is better suited to someone who likes a moody psychological puzzle than someone looking for scares or gore.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Regression rates psychological 4/5, visceral 1/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 1 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 85 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 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-drip mystery that simmers with unease rather than jolts, tightening steadily with a tense but not explosive final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3.
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