The 100 Candles Game(2020)
2020 · Nicolás Onetti & Nicholas Peterson & Daniel Rübesam & Victor Català & Brian Deane & Oliver Lee Garland & Christopher West & Guillermo Lockhart · 100 min
A group of friends must confront their fears in a terrifying game. They must sit by the other players in a circle made of a hundred candles, take one of them and tell a horror story. As stories are told and candles blown out, strange events will start to happen. They will feel strange presences around them, lurking in the shadows. But they MUST NOT leave the game or else a terrible curse will fall upon them...
Horror
5.6127 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The 100 Candles Game scares
It moves in short bursts, cutting between a wraparound story about a candle-lit game and a string of separate short horror tales told by the players. Because it's an anthology, the mood shifts from segment to segment, mixing quieter unease with sudden shocks depending on which story is playing. The framing device leans on a creeping sense of dread and an old-fashioned curse, while the individual stories bring in ghosts and other supernatural scares. It's more of a spooky campfire-story experience than a heavy, disturbing watch, good for viewers who like bite-sized scares strung together.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The 100 Candles Game rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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An anthology that dips and rises story by story, with a wraparound frame that keeps ratcheting up until the final segments hit hardest.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is The 100 Candles Game?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The 100 Candles Game rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed 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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