Tale of Tales(2015)
2015 · Matteo Garrone · 134 min
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
Romance · Fantasy · Horror
6.41.8k votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Tale of Tales?
Tale of Tales is less a horror movie than a dark fairy tale anthology with unsettling, grotesque moments woven through lush, storybook visuals. The fear here comes from strange, fable-like cruelty and body horror imagery rather than tension or scares, so it creeps up on you through discomfort and odd dread instead of jolts. It moves slowly, hopping between three separate royal stories, each with its own strange and often sad or grotesque turn. This is more for fans of adult fairy tales and eerie art-house fantasy than people looking for a straightforward scary movie.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Tale of Tales rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 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: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
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 slow-moving, fairy-tale drift of unease across three interwoven stories, with occasional jolts of grotesque horror that hit harder near the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4.
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