Night of the Hunted(2023)
2023 · Franck Khalfoun · 95 min
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
6.1194 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Night of the Hunted scares
Night of the Hunted keeps almost its entire runtime confined to one lonely gas station at night, turning a single location into a trap that slowly tightens. The fear here comes mostly from helplessness and not knowing who's watching or why, rather than from gore or constant action. It plays like a tense phone call you can't hang up on, with bursts of real danger breaking up long stretches of dread and confusion. This is for people who like a tight, paranoid cat-and-mouse thriller more than a bloody spectacle.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Night of the Hunted rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 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 tense single-location standoff that keeps ratcheting up in sharp bursts rather than building smoothly, with a punishing push near the end before it settles.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3.
How scary is Night of the Hunted?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Night of the Hunted 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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