Somewhat — Dark Touch rates 3/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale: some blood, not an endurance test.

Does Dark Touch rely on jump scares?

Not really — Dark Touch leans slow-burn (15/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will Dark Touch stay with you after watching?

Expect it to — Dark Touch rates 4/5 on lingering effect; The Horror Database's profile says it stays with you for days.

Who is Dark Touch for?

Dark Touch is genuinely disturbing (85/100 toward disturbing on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) and rates 4/5 on overall intensity — for viewers who want horror that cuts deep.

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Dark Touch(2013)

Name: Dark Touch
Genre: Horror
Released: 2013
Duration: 90 min

2013 · Marina de Van · 90 min

Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and the neighbours and social worker who take her into their care try to introduce her to a new life. But Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.

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Horror

5.1128 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

3/5

Gore

4/5

Stays with you

How Dark Touch scares

Dark Touch builds its dread slowly, letting a sense of wrongness creep in through a child's grief and rage rather than through shocks or jolts. The horror here is less about monsters and more about the awful things that can happen inside a family, with supernatural elements standing in for real trauma and abuse. It's a heavy, bleak watch that sits with you uncomfortably rather than giving you a fun scare, and it doesn't offer much relief once it gets going. This is one for viewers who want horror that feels raw and upsetting, not entertaining.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

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

A quietly unsettling story that simmers with unease before building steadily into a harrowing, violent final stretch.

How scary is Dark Touch?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Dark Touch 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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