His House(2020)
2020 · Remi Weekes · 93 min
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Horror · Drama
6.41.3k votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How His House scares
There's a heavy, sad weight sitting under every scare in this one, so the fear never feels like fun escapism. The haunting builds slowly through unease and guilt, with sudden visions and jolts breaking through the quiet at unpredictable moments. What's chasing the couple feels tied to grief and memory as much as anything supernatural, so the dread comes from inside their minds as much as from anything hiding in the walls. It's a heavy, emotional watch more than a rollercoaster, and it stays with you after it ends.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, His House rates psychological 5/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 80 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A tense, unsettling drama that builds in creeping waves of dread, punctuated by sudden jolts, before a harrowing emotional final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3.
How scary is His House?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, His House rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, 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 moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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