Body Cam(2020)
2020 · Malik Vitthal · 96 min
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
Horror · Thriller · Mystery
6.2440 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Body Cam scares
Body Cam mixes a police-thriller investigation with a supernatural revenge angle, so it plays like a mystery that keeps tipping into horror territory. The pacing leans on tense stalking scenes and sudden jolts rather than nonstop action, with the dread building around what's hunting the officers and why. It touches on real-world issues of police violence, which gives some scenes a heavier, more uncomfortable weight than a typical creature movie. Good for viewers who want a moody, socially-tinged supernatural thriller rather than pure scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Body Cam rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building police mystery that adds jolts of dread steadily before tightening into a hard, scary final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Body Cam?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Body Cam rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. 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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