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Ghost Mansion(2021)

Name: Ghost Mansion
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2021
Duration: 107 min

2021 · Jo Ba-reun · 107 min

A horror webtoon writer journeys to a shabby apartment building in search of ideas. The building's caretaker tells him about multiple strange events that happened throughout the building's history.

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Horror · Thriller

7.2267 votes

TMDB score

2/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

2/5

Stays with you

How scary is Ghost Mansion?

It starts with a simple framing story, a writer collecting tales from a building's caretaker, and then breaks off into separate short stories that each build their own small mood before landing a scare. Because it's a set of shorter pieces strung together, the tension resets each time instead of building non-stop across the whole runtime. The fear leans toward strange, unsettling situations and eerie visuals rather than nonstop chasing or bloodshed. It's the kind of watch for people who like anthology horror and don't mind uneven pacing between segments.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Ghost Mansion rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.

Psychological: 3 of 5
Visceral: 2 of 5
Gore: 2 of 5
Lingering: 2 of 5
Intensity: 2 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 45 of 100 — balanced

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced

Fun-scaryDisturbing

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

Reveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

An anthology-style ride of separate creepy episodes that each build to their own small peak, with the tension ratcheting up a notch each time before a slightly softer close.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3.

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