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Wounds(2019)

Name: Wounds
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2019
Duration: 95 min

2019 · Babak Anvari · 95 min

Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.

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Horror · Mystery

4.0880 votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

4/5

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How scary is Wounds?

Watching this feels like slowly losing your grip on reality alongside the main character, as small wrong details pile up until nothing feels safe or explainable. The pace is slow and heavy, favoring unease, strange imagery, and a sense that something is deeply wrong under the surface rather than sudden scares. It leans more into occult and cosmic dread than jump-out-of-your-seat moments, with bursts of unsettling body horror involving insects. This is one for people who like weird, moody horror that gets under your skin and stays there, rather than a fun thrill ride.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Wounds rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.

Psychological: 5 of 5
Visceral: 2 of 5
Gore: 2 of 5
Lingering: 4 of 5
Intensity: 4 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 12 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 82 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

Intensity over runtime

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A slow creep of everyday dread that thickens steadily into a disorienting, nightmarish final stretch.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.

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