Elevator(2013)
2013 · Stig Svendsen · 84 min
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Thriller · Horror
4.9130 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Elevator scares
Claustrophobia and simmering paranoia drive this one, as a small group trapped in a tight space slowly turns on itself. The scares come less from shocks and more from watching ordinary people crack under pressure, with suspicion and desperation building the longer they're stuck. It stays grounded the whole time, with a real bomb and real human fear rather than anything supernatural. This is for people who like slow-building social tension and moral unease more than blood or jump scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Elevator rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
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 tight, contained squeeze that starts uneasy and keeps ratcheting up without ever really letting go until the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5.
How scary is Elevator?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Elevator 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 restrained with gore 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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