The Well(2024)
2024 · Federico Zampaglione · 91 min
A young restorer travels to a small village to restore a medieval painting to its former glory. She will put her life in danger due to a curse attached to the painting.
Horror · Thriller
5.7151 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How The Well scares
There's a heavy, damp sense of dread hanging over this one, like something old and rotten is waking up slowly. The pacing leans toward long stretches of unease in a decaying village setting, punctuated by sudden scares once the curse starts to take hold. It mixes old-school Italian horror style with a ghost-story backbone, so expect eerie imagery and a slow unraveling more than nonstop action. This fits people who like atmospheric, folklore-tinged horror with a supernatural threat rather than a slasher or gore-fest.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Well rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, moody build-up that gradually tightens into a series of escalating scares before a heavy climax and a quick release at the very end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3.
How scary is The Well?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Well rates 3/5 — solidly scary, 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 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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