Is American Psycho scary?

Not particularly — American Psycho's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a serial killer film, it scored 1.0/10 for fear, 5.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.7/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

What are some films like American Psycho?

American Psycho is tagged as serial killer on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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American Psycho

2000 · R · 1h 42m

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A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.7

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

A low-key, restrained watch.

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7.7Overall

Fear1.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere5.0

Genres

horrorcomedythriller

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Details

Budget$7M

Box office$34.3M

Directed by

Mary Harron

Written by

Guinevere Turner, Mary Harron

Cinematography

Andrzej Sekula

Music

John Cale

Starring

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman · Justin Theroux as Timothy Bryce · Josh Lucas as Craig McDermott · Bill Sage as David Van Patten · Chloë Sevigny as Jean · Reese Witherspoon as Evelyn Williams · Samantha Mathis as Courtney Rawlinson · Matt Ross as Luis Carruthers

Production

Christian Halsey Solomon Productions, Lionsgate, Muse Productions, Pressman Film

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