Banshee Chapter(2013)
2013 · Blair Erickson · 87 min
On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin.
Horror · Thriller
5.6323 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Banshee Chapter scares
The story starts like a quiet investigative mystery, following a journalist chasing leads about a missing friend, and only slowly tips into something stranger. As it goes on, the pacing gets more unstable, with static, weird radio noise, and glitchy footage used to build unease rather than jump scares. The fear leans more into your head than your body, built around dread and the sense that something is listening from just out of sight. It's a slow, unsettling watch for people who like conspiracy-tinged horror and creepy sound design more than blood or chases.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Banshee Chapter rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 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-building mystery with creeping dread that ramps up into sporadic jolts before a chaotic, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3.
How scary is Banshee Chapter?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Banshee Chapter rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore 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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