Is The Human Race gory?

Somewhat — The Human Race rates 3/5 on The Horror Database's gore scale: some blood, not an endurance test.

Does The Human Race rely on jump scares?

Not really — The Human Race leans slow-burn (25/100 on THDB's slow-burn↔jump-scare spectrum); the fear builds as dread rather than shocks.

Will The Human Race stay with you after watching?

Some of it — The Human Race rates 3/5 on lingering effect; it follows you to bed but lets go within a day or so.

Who is The Human Race for?

The Human Race is genuinely disturbing (65/100 toward disturbing on THDB's fun-scary↔disturbing spectrum) and rates 4/5 on overall intensity — for viewers who want horror that cuts deep.

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The Human Race(2013)

Name: The Human Race
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Action
Released: 2013
Duration: 87 min

2013 · Paul Hough · 87 min

A cancer survivor, an amputee, several immigrants, and many others are snatched from a Los Angeles street and forced to take part in a deadly race.

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Horror · Science Fiction · Action

4.9179 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

3/5

Gore

3/5

Stays with you

How The Human Race scares

Watching this feels like being trapped in a relentless, punishing chase where the rules keep changing and there's no safe way to stop moving. The pace never really slows down for atmosphere or dread-building; instead it keeps throwing physical danger and awful choices at its group of strangers as they're forced to run for their lives. It leans more into brutal, in-your-face violence than creeping unease, though the constant sense of being cornered and helpless adds a heavier, uncomfortable weight underneath the action. This is for people who want a grim, fast-moving survival ordeal rather than a spooky slow build.

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

Reveal pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A brief unsettling setup gives way almost immediately to a brutal, sustained sprint of tension that keeps climbing until the very end.

How scary is The Human Race?

On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Human Race rates 4/5 — 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 moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.

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