Open Graves(2009)
2009 · Álvaro de Armiñán · 88 min
One day, Jason finds an unusual board game called Mamba. When his surfer friends start to play, the games unleashes its deadly curse, killing the losers in a gruesome fashion. Supposedly it will grant the winner a wish. As his companions die off, Jason decides that the only way he can reverse the tragedy is by continuing to play. With his girlfriend, Erica, Jason rolls the dice and hopes to make his wish before one of them suffers a horrible fate.
Horror · Thriller
4.9141 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Open Graves scares
It kicks off light and playful, like a beach-friends hangout movie, before quickly shifting into a body-count countdown once the cursed game gets rolled out. From there it moves fast, cutting between short stretches of tension and sudden, bloody death scenes as the group realizes they can't just walk away from what they started. The scares lean on shock and gore rather than slow dread, so it plays more like a splashy, over-the-top kill reel than something that creeps under your skin. It's the kind of horror movie you watch for fun gruesome moments with friends, not one that stays with you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Open Graves rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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Starts as a laid-back hangout before settling into a steady cycle of building dread and sudden brutal jolts that keeps ratcheting up toward a punishing finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is Open Graves?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Open Graves rates 3/5 — solidly 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 heavy on gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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