I Walked with a Zombie(1943)
1943 · Jacques Tourneur · 69 min
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
Mystery · Horror · Drama · Fantasy
6.8344 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
0/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is I Walked with a Zombie?
There's a hazy, dreamlike sadness to this one that sits with you more than it scares you outright. The pace is slow and hushed, built on whispered rumors, night walks, and quiet unease rather than shocks or violence. Its fear comes from mood and mystery rather than danger, and it never tells you for sure whether what's happening is real magic or something sadder and more human. It's a good pick if you want something moody and strange rather than something that makes you jump.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, I Walked with a Zombie rates psychological 4/5, visceral 1/5, gore 0/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 1 of 5
- Gore: 0 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 8 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
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, hushed drift through shadows and quiet unease that never turns loud, but keeps tightening its grip toward a haunting, tense close.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4.
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