Is Dreamcatcher scary?

Not particularly — Dreamcatcher's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a conspiracy film, it scored 2.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.3/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Dreamcatcher?

Dreamcatcher has 16 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Dreamcatcher?

Dreamcatcher is tagged as conspiracy, body horror, 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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Dreamcatcher

2003 · R · 2h 14m

Evil slips through.

Four childhood friends reunite for a hunting trip in the Maine woods, bound by a psychic force born from a childhood friend's dreamcatcher. They find themselves caught in a grotesque alien invasion that twists memory, sanity and reality into something far more sinister.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.3

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

Dreamcatcher has 16 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.3Overall

Fear2.0

Gore4.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$68M

Box office$81.2M

Directed by

Lawrence Kasdan

Written by

William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan

Cinematography

John Seale

Music

James Newton Howard

Starring

Thomas Jane as Henry · Damian Lewis as Jonesy · Morgan Freeman as Col. Abraham Curtis · Jason Lee as Beaver · Timothy Olyphant as Pete · Tom Sizemore as Owen · Donnie Wahlberg as Duddits · Michael O'Neill as Gen. Matheson

Production

Castle Rock Entertainment, Kasdan Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, WV Films II

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