The Psychic(1977)
1977 · Lucio Fulci · 97 min
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
7.0258 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Psychic?
The story unfolds like a puzzle, starting with a strange vision and slowly piecing together a murder mystery rather than throwing scares at you right away. It builds through long stretches of unease and dread, with the tension coming from what the main character can't quite explain or escape. There's a supernatural hook in her visions, but the real horror comes from a very human killer and the dread of being trapped by fate. It's more of a slow, moody thriller with horror touches than a movie built around shocks, though it does have a few genuinely disturbing images near the end.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Psychic rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 70 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building mystery that simmers with unease and tightens gradually into a tense, unsettling final stretch rather than exploding into nonstop shocks.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3.
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