Isabelle(2019)
2019 · Rob Heydon · 80 min
A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
Horror
5.1145 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Isabelle scares
There's a heavy, anxious mood hanging over this one, built around a couple's growing fear that something unnatural is watching them. The pace moves slowly for long stretches, with quiet unease and a few sudden jolts mixed in rather than constant scares. The threat leans toward something ghostly or demonic rather than anything human or explainable, and the movie stays light on blood or violence. It's more of a moody, dread-driven watch than a rollercoaster, aimed at people who like slow supernatural creepiness over gore.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Isabelle rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, uneasy build of creeping dread that steadily escalates into a tense, scare-heavy final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Isabelle?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Isabelle rates 2/5 — moderately scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be restrained with gore and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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