Suicide Club(2001)
2001 · Sion Sono · 99 min
When the bizarre mass suicide of 54 high school girls throwing themselves in front of a subway train appears to instigate a string of suicides around the country, Detective Kuroda strives to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
Drama · Horror · Thriller
6.5586 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
How Suicide Club scares
It opens with one of the most shocking, sudden images in horror and then spends the rest of its runtime slowing down into a strange, meandering investigation that never gives you the comfort of clear answers. The scares aren't jolts or monsters jumping out; they come from a creeping sense that something is deeply wrong with the world itself, mixed with oddly cheerful pop music and surreal detours that make the dread feel even more off-balance. It's less about physical danger and more about a mounting unease that gets into your head and stays there. This is a heavy, strange watch meant for people who like their horror weird, thoughtful, and unresolved rather than fun or easy to shake off.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Suicide Club rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 72 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 88 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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It opens with a shocking jolt, then settles into an uneven, unsettling investigation that lurches between quiet dread and sudden bursts of disturbing intensity before a strange, jarring finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 3, 5, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3, 2.
How scary is Suicide Club?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Suicide Club 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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