Immaculate(2024)
2024 · Michael Mohan · 89 min
An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
6.21.7k votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How Immaculate scares
Immaculate spends most of its runtime as a slow, uneasy build, following a nun settling into a convent that feels just slightly wrong before it tips into something much more physical and frightening. The scares lean on mounting dread and body-related fear rather than jump scares, with the last stretch turning into a relentless, hard-to-watch sprint that pushes the physical horror hard. The threat here comes from people and belief taken too far, not ghosts or demons, so the fear feels grounded and uncomfortably plausible. It's the kind of horror that sits with you afterward because of how it ends, more unsettling than fun.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Immaculate rates psychological 4/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 80 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 75 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, unsettling build through quiet dread that steadily tightens until it explodes into a brutal, unrelenting final stretch.
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How scary is Immaculate?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Immaculate 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. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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