Ghostland(2018)
2018 · Pascal Laugier · 91 min
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...
Horror
7.42.7k votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How Ghostland scares
Watching this feels like being trapped in someone else's nightmare, where you're never quite sure what's real and what's a mind unraveling under trauma. The first stretch is a brutal, drawn-out home invasion that plays for pure physical terror, and the back half turns colder and more disorienting as it messes with your sense of time and memory. It's less about jump scares and more about sustained dread and a sick, creeping unease that builds toward something genuinely upsetting. This is for people who want horror that leaves a bruise, not a fun scream with friends.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Ghostland rates psychological 5/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 80 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 90 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A brutal jolt of an opening gives way to an uneasy lull, before the tension quietly rebuilds into a disorienting, punishing final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 3, 5, 5, 4, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is Ghostland?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Ghostland rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, 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 genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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