Seed(2006)
2006 · Uwe Boll · 90 min
After surviving the electric chair, convicted serial killer Max Seed is buried alive. He digs himself out of the grave and goes on a killing spree. Taking revenge on the men who put him there and random unfortunates alike.
Horror
3.9137 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Seed scares
It opens with a grim setup and then just keeps grinding forward, piling on one brutal scene after another rather than building toward a twist or release. The fear here isn't about suspense or things jumping out at you, it's about watching drawn-out cruelty and suffering play out in ugly detail. There's no supernatural angle at all, just a very human killer doing very human damage, shot in a way that feels more nasty than thrilling. This is for viewers who want something rough and shock-driven rather than a fun scare or a clever story.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Seed rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 85 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a grim slow burn through a dark backstory, then keeps ratcheting upward into a punishing, ugly back half that barely lets go.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Seed?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Seed rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on 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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