Is War of the Worlds scary?

Not particularly — War of the Worlds's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a survival film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.1/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

What are some films like War of the Worlds?

War of the Worlds is tagged as survival, alien, creature feature 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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War of the Worlds

2005 · PG-13 · 1h 57m

They're already here.

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

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Curator Score

7.1

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

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7.1Overall

Fear3.0

Gore2.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

science-fictiondramahorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$132M

Box office$603.9M

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Written by

David Koepp, Josh Friedman

Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński

Music

John Williams

Starring

Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier · Dakota Fanning as Rachel Ferrier · Justin Chatwin as Robbie Ferrier · Miranda Otto as Mary-Ann · Tim Robbins as Harlan Ogilvy · Rick Gonzalez as Vincent · Yul Vazquez as Julio · Lenny Venito as Manny the Mechanic

Production

Amblin Entertainment, Cruise/Wagner Productions, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures

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