Is Frailty (2001) scary?

Not particularly — Frailty (2001)'s appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a serial killer film, it scored 2.0/10 for fear, 7.5/10 for atmosphere, and 8.1/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Frailty (2001)?

Frailty (2001) has no jump scares. Its jump-scare count is zero, which makes it a fit for viewers who want horror without sudden jolts.

What are some films like Frailty (2001)?

Films similar to Frailty (2001) on Watch Darkly include The Devil's Candy (2015), Manhunter (1986), The Dead Zone (1983), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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Frailty

2001 · R · 1h 40m

No soul is safe.

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

In theaters: April 12, 2002

Curator Score

8.1

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Leans into atmosphere.

Jump scares

Frailty has no jump scares. Compare counts

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8.1Overall

Fear2.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere7.5

Intensity6.0

Genres

dramahorrorcrimethriller

Details

Budget$11M

Box office$17.4M

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Starring

Bill Paxton as Dad Meiks · Matthew McConaughey as Meiks · Powers Boothe as FBI Agent Wesley Doyle · Matt O'Leary as Young Fenton · Jeremy Sumpter as Young Adam · Luke Askew as Sheriff Smalls · Levi Kreis as Fenton Meiks · Derk Cheetwood as Agent Griffin Hull