Margaux(2022)
2022 · Steven C. Miller · 104 min
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux's plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.
Horror · Science Fiction
5.9228 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Margaux scares
Watching this feels more like a fast, gimmicky thrill ride than anything that gets under your skin — it leans on inventive kill gadgets and tech-gone-wrong scares rather than slow dread. The pace moves quickly once the house turns hostile, stacking clever traps and close escapes back to back instead of building quiet tension. The threat here is a machine, not a ghost or monster, so the fear is more about gadgets and control being turned against you than anything otherworldly. It's a fun, popcorn kind of scary meant for a group laughing and gasping together, not something that'll follow you home.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Margaux rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 80 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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Starts as a breezy hangout that slowly tightens into paranoia, then turns into a nonstop chase-and-survive gauntlet through the back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Margaux?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Margaux rates 2/5 — moderately scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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