Nails(2017)
2017 · Dennis Bartok · 85 min
Paralyzed after a terrible accident, Dana struggles to regain her life and family when she encounters a malevolent ghost in her hospital room.
Horror
5.6122 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Nails scares
Nails traps you in one claustrophobic hospital room with a woman who can't move or call for help, which is where most of its fear comes from. The scares lean on sudden jolts and shadowy figures creeping around her bed rather than long dread-filled silences, though her helplessness gives it a real psychological edge. It's a small, low-budget ghost story more focused on cheap frights than lasting nightmares, with almost no blood or violence on screen. Good for a casual night when you want some jump-scares without anything too heavy.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Nails rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow hospital-set unease that gradually tightens into a string of harder scares before a heavy final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Nails?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Nails rates 2/5 — moderately 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 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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