Presencias(2022)
2022 · Luis Mandoki · 120 min
A man returns to his father's cabin where he spent a good part of his childhood and where his younger sister drowned.
Horror
6.7127 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Presencias scares
There's a heavy, quiet sadness hanging over this one, more grief-soaked drama than roller-coaster scares. The pace is slow and deliberate, built around memory and loss rather than constant jolts, with the isolated cabin setting doing a lot of the unsettling work. It leans toward family trauma and old ghosts, literal or otherwise, so go in expecting mood and unease rather than blood or chases. Best for viewers who like their horror sad and reflective rather than fast and thrilling.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Presencias rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, mournful build that gradually tightens into a intense final stretch after a long quiet middle.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Presencias?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Presencias rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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