Antibirth(2016)
2016 · Danny Perez · 94 min
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
Horror
4.9125 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Antibirth?
Antibirth drifts through a haze of drugs and paranoia, so the fear creeps in sideways rather than jumping out at you. Most of the runtime feels woozy and disorienting, like a bad trip that won't end, with reality and hallucination blurring together. Then the body horror kicks in hard near the end, turning queasy and grotesque in a way that's hard to shake. It's more of a strange, unsettling watch than a scary one in the traditional sense, best for people who like weird, off-kilter horror over jump scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Antibirth rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
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 hazy, druggy drift through mundane weirdness that slowly thickens into body-horror dread before a chaotic, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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