Radius(2017)
2017 · Caroline Labrèche & Steeve Léonard · 93 min
Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.
Thriller · Drama · Horror
6.5774 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Radius scares
There's a quiet, lonely dread to this one that comes from confusion and isolation rather than jump scares or monsters. You spend most of the runtime piecing things together alongside a man who can't trust his own mind, and the horror comes from helplessness and not knowing what's real. It moves slowly and sadly, more like a moody mystery than a scare-fest, building toward something that sits heavy rather than something that makes you jump. It's a good pick if you like your horror thoughtful, sad, and puzzle-like rather than loud or gory.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Radius rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 35 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A mystery-driven slow burn that steadily tightens its tension with small jolts along the way before building to a heavier, more emotional final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is Radius?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Radius rates 2/5 — moderately scary, 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 restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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