Don't Worry Darling(2022)
2022 · Olivia Wilde · 123 min
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.
Science Fiction · Mystery · Horror · Thriller
6.83.1k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Don't Worry Darling?
There's a constant low hum of wrongness here, like something is off just beneath a picture-perfect surface, and the movie lets that feeling build slowly instead of jumping out at you. The scares come from confusion and control rather than blood or monsters, with a growing sense that the main character can't trust her own eyes or her own home. It's more unsettling than gory, and it sticks with you as a mood rather than as specific scary images. Good for people who like their horror cerebral and slow, not for anyone wanting jolts or violence.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Don't Worry Darling rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 12 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 75 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A glossy, calm surface slowly cracks with rising unease until it tips into a frantic, disorienting final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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