Pet(2016)
2016 · Carles Torrens · 94 min
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Horror · Thriller
5.9748 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Pet scares
Watching this feels uncomfortable and tense in a very personal, claustrophobic way, like being trapped in someone else's twisted obsession with no way out. The pace builds slowly at first, focused on unease and control, before tipping into more direct physical danger as the situation turns into a fight for survival. The threat here is entirely human, not supernatural, which makes the sense of helplessness feel more real and unsettling. It's more upsetting than fun, better suited to viewers who like grounded, tense thrillers than quick scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Pet rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 68 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as a slow-building stalker story before locking into a tense, cage-rattling captivity ordeal with a twisty, escalating back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3.
How scary is Pet?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Pet rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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