The Devil's Tomb(2009)
2009 · Jason Connery · 90 min
Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle Eastern desert. Evil that is not of this world. Evil that should never be unearthed.
Action · Horror · Thriller · Science Fiction
4.7201 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Devil's Tomb?
It starts like a straightforward military mission movie, all gear-checks and radio chatter, before shifting underground into a darker, monster-hunt survival story once the squad finds what they're not supposed to. The scares lean on sudden attacks and things jumping out in the dark rather than slow dread, with soldiers getting picked off one by one. Gunfire and physical danger drive most of the tension, with only a light layer of otherworldly, supernatural creepiness underneath. It's more of a rough, action-heavy monster romp than something that will actually stay with you after the credits.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Devil's Tomb rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A tense military setup gives way to a steadily climbing series of confrontations that keep escalating until a punishing, high-intensity final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.
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