Triggered(2020)
2020 · Alastair Orr · 90 min
Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.
Horror · Action
5.3130 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Triggered scares
It kicks off like a normal camping-trip movie before flipping hard into a ticking-clock survival game once everyone wakes up wired with bombs. From there the pace rarely lets up, moving fast between arguments, shifting alliances, and sudden bursts of violence as the group turns on itself. The scares come less from atmosphere and more from watching desperate people make ugly choices under pressure. It's built more for tense, nervous entertainment than for something that will haunt you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Triggered rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 92 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A boozy setup gives way fast to a tight, escalating survival game that keeps ratcheting up with barely a breather until its frantic finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is Triggered?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Triggered rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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