Censor(2021)
2021 · Prano Bailey-Bond · 84 min
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
Horror · Mystery
5.8501 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How scary is Censor?
There's a creeping, off-kilter unease to watching this one, like reality itself is starting to fray at the edges. The pace is slow and moody, more about mounting dread and confusion than sudden scares, and it builds toward a kind of quiet mental unraveling rather than loud shocks. Some grainy, nasty clips of fictional horror films are shown within the story, giving brief bursts of gore, but the real fear is watching someone's grip on what's real slip away. It's a heavy, disturbing watch best suited to people who like slow psychological horror over thrills and jumps.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Censor rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 12 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 80 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 78 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, unsettling drift that tightens gradually before spiraling into a disorienting, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
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