Mildly — Brightburn works more through dread than through overt scares. As a teen film, it scored 4.0/10 for fear, 6.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.3/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Brightburn?

Brightburn has 20 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Brightburn?

Brightburn is tagged as teen, alien, family 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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Brightburn

2019 · R · 1h 31m

He's not here to save the world.

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.3

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Strongest on atmosphere.

Jump scares

Brightburn has 20 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.3Overall

Fear4.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere6.0

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$6M

Box office$33.2M

Directed by

David Yarovesky

Written by

Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn

Cinematography

Michael Dallatorre

Music

Tim Williams

Starring

Jackson A. Dunn as Brandon Breyer · Elizabeth Banks as Tori Breyer · David Denman as Kyle Breyer · Matt Jones as Noah McNichol · Meredith Hagner as Merilee McNichol · Becky Wahlstrom as Erica · Emmie Hunter as Caitlyn · Gregory Alan Williams as Sheriff Deever

Production

Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, The H Collective, Troll Court Entertainment

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