Mine Games(2012)
2012 · Richard Gray · 88 min
A group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
Thriller · Horror
5.5125 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Mine Games scares
There's a disorienting, uneasy feeling that builds as the characters' grip on reality starts to slip, more confusing dread than outright horror. The pace is slow and moody, leaning on strange coincidences and a growing sense that something is deeply wrong with time itself rather than on jump scares or violence. It plays more like a mind-bending puzzle with horror trimmings, using paranoia and dread instead of blood or chases. Good for viewers who like their scares cerebral and unsettling rather than loud or gory.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Mine Games rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, mysterious build with friends slowly unraveling that tightens into a tense, disorienting final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Mine Games?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Mine Games 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 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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