I See You(2019)
2019 · Adam Randall · 98 min
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
Horror · Thriller · Mystery
7.01.7k votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How I See You scares
There's a nagging, off-kilter feeling running through this one, like something in a normal house or family is quietly wrong even before you can say why. The pace is slow and puzzle-like at first, more mystery than horror, before it tightens into something tenser and more uneasy in its back half. It leans on confusion and creeping unease rather than jump scares or blood, so the fear is more about not knowing who or what to trust than about physical danger. Good for people who like a slow, twisty mystery with a genuinely unsettling undercurrent rather than a loud scare-fest.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, I See You rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 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, puzzling drama that quietly shifts gears halfway through into mounting dread and a tense, frantic final act.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is I See You?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, I See You rates 2/5 — moderately 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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