Not particularly — Predator'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 8.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Predator?

Predator has 7 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Predator?

Predator 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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body-horror

Predator

1987 · R · 1h 47m

Soon the hunt will begin.

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

8.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Predator has 7 jump scares. Compare counts

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8.0Overall

Fear3.0

Gore8.0

Atmosphere8.0

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$15M

Box office$98.3M

Directed by

John McTiernan

Written by

Jim Thomas, John Thomas

Cinematography

Donald McAlpine

Music

Alan Silvestri

Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer · Carl Weathers as Al Dillon · Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator / Helicopter Pilot · Elpidia Carrillo as Anna Gonsalves · Bill Duke as Mac Eliot · Jesse Ventura as Blain Cooper · Sonny Landham as Billy Sole · Richard Chaves as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez

Production

20th Century Fox, Amercent Films, American Entertainment Partners L.P., Davis Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures

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