Ratter(2015)
2015 · Branden Kramer · 80 min
Emma is a young and beautiful graduate student just starting a new life in New York City. Like most people her age, she is always connected - her phone and laptop are constant companions, documenting her most intimate moments. What she doesn't realize is that she's sharing her life with an uninvited and dangerous guest. A hacker is following Emma’s every move. When the voyeuristic thrill of watching her digitally isn't enough, the situation escalates to a dangerous and terrifying level.
Drama · Horror · Thriller
5.2342 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Ratter scares
Ratter builds its fear through screens: webcams, phone cameras, and laptop feeds that slowly turn a normal life into something being watched by someone else. Most of the runtime is quiet, uncomfortable dread as you realize how much of an ordinary day is caught on camera, rather than loud scares or gore. It's grounded in something that feels uncomfortably possible, which makes it linger less as a scary story and more as a nagging worry about your own devices. Good for viewers who like tension built from paranoia and invasion of privacy rather than monsters or blood.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Ratter rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 92 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 62 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.
A slow creeping build through everyday routine that quietly escalates into a tense, frantic final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Ratter?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Ratter rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. 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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