Curator Score 8.5Clayface (2026)
- Fear
- 3.5
- Gore
- 7.2
- Atmosphere
- 6.6
- Intensity
- 7.7
Horror films scored on fear, gore, atmosphere and intensity, by someone who watched them.
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The Exorcist
1973 · 2h 2m · R
8.6/ 10Curator Score
Fear
8.0/10
Gore
6.0/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Intensity
8.0/10
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- Gore
- how much is shown
- Atmosphere
- how strongly it pulls you into its world
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- how hard it is to sit through
“Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house…And a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist.”
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