Unwelcome(2023)
2023 · Jon Wright · 104 min
Londoners Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent, murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. When heavily pregnant Maya’s relationship with a local family turns sour, who – or what – will come to her rescue and to what extremes will she go to protect her unborn child?
Horror · Fantasy
5.8194 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Unwelcome scares
Unwelcome starts as a tense human drama about intimidating neighbors before tipping into creature-feature chaos once the little monsters in the woods show up. The back half is loud, bloody, and fast-paced, leaning on gnarly practical effects and frantic home-defense action rather than slow dread. There's real physical danger and nasty violence, but it's played with a wink of dark humor so it feels more like a wild ride than something that haunts you afterward. Good for people who want folklore-flavored monster mayhem with a pulpy, gory edge rather than quiet psychological terror.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Unwelcome rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, uneasy settling-in gives way to escalating menace that erupts into a chaotic, all-out fight in the final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Unwelcome?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Unwelcome rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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