Not particularly — Life's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a body horror film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.8/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Life?

Life has 8 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Life?

Life is tagged as body horror, survival, alien 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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Life

2017 · R · 1h 44m

Be careful what you search for.

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

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Curator Score

7.8

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere.

Jump scares

Life has 8 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.8Overall

Fear3.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere8.0

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$58M

Box office$100.5M

Directed by

Daniel Espinosa

Written by

Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Music

Jon Ekstrand

Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal as Dr. David Jordan · Ryan Reynolds as Rory Adams · Rebecca Ferguson as Miranda North · Hiroyuki Sanada as Sho Murakami · Olga Dihovichnaya as Ekaterina Golovkina · Ariyon Bakare as Hugh Derry · Naoko Mori as Kazumi · Haruka Kuroda as Doctor

Production

Columbia Pictures, Skydance Media

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