Slotherhouse(2023)
2023 · Matthew Goodhue · 93 min
Emily Young, a senior, wants to be elected as her sorority's president. She adopts a cute sloth, thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of fatalities implicate the sloth as the main suspect in the murders.
Horror · Comedy · Thriller
4.6148 votes
TMDB score
1/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Slotherhouse scares
You'll spend most of this laughing rather than actually scared, since it plays everything for goofy comedy instead of real dread. The pace bounces between silly sorority drama and quick, over-the-top kill scenes rather than building any real tension. It leans hard into camp, with a killer animal premise that's more absurd than threatening, and blood shows up but in a cartoonish, played-for-laughs way. This is a easy, low-stakes watch for a group who wants to laugh at something ridiculous, not for anyone looking to be unsettled.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Slotherhouse rates psychological 1/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 1/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 1 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 85 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 8 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A goofy, slow setup gradually adds body-count chaos, building to a bigger, splattery finish before a quick wind-down.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3.
How scary is Slotherhouse?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Slotherhouse rates 1/5 — gentle by horror standards, 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 fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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