Intensity

Intensity

Directed by Yves Simoneau

1997186 min7.1 / 10

A dark, high-tension thriller centered on a trauma survivor's desperate race to save an innocent child from a serial killer's captivity.

Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in the Napa Valley. A serial killer named Edgler Foreman Vess breaks into the house, killing Laura and her parents. Chyna survives, but she learns of Vess's captive: a girl, just as innocent as Chyna, trapped in Vess's home far from the Napa Valley.

Questions people ask

  • Is Intensity violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Intensity scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Intensity easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Intensity sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Intensity end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

52/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity11

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise95

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Intensity

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Intensity

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Intensity, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Intensity, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Intensity, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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