Is The Long Walk scary?

Not particularly — The Long Walk's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a teen film, it scored 2.5/10 for fear, 5.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.2/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

What are some films like The Long Walk?

Films similar to The Long Walk on Watch Darkly include 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026), Pet Sematary (1989), You're Next (2011) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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The Long Walk

2025 · R · 1h 48m

The task is simple: walk or die.

In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.

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Curator Score

6.2

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings

A low-key, restrained watch.

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6.2Overall

Fear2.5

Gore5.0

Atmosphere5.0

Genres

science-fictiondramahorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$20M

Box office$62.9M

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Starring

Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty #47 · David Jonsson as Peter McVries #23 · Ben Wang as Hank Olson #46 · Tut Nyuot as Arthur Baker #6 · Charlie Plummer as Gary Barkovitch #5 · Garrett Wareing as Stebbins #38 · Jordan Gonzalez as Richard Harkness #49 · Joshua Odjick as Collie Parker #48

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about:blank, Lionsgate, Media Capital Technologies, Vertigo Entertainment

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