Mercy(2014)
2014 · Peter Cornwell · 78 min
A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.
Thriller · Horror
5.2263 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Mercy scares
Mercy leans on a slow-building sense of wrongness inside a family home, with an elderly relative's condition tipping into something uncanny. The scares grow out of unease and dread more than constant jolts, though there are a few sharp fright moments along the way. It deals with witchcraft-flavored family secrets, so the fear leans supernatural rather than grounded, but it stays fairly restrained with blood and violence. It's a decent pick if you want something moody and a little unsettling without being gut-wrenching.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Mercy rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, creeping family drama that quietly tightens its grip before a fast, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Mercy?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Mercy rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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