Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve

It's not a virus... it's evolution.

Directed by Masayuki Ochiai

Produced by Robot Communications, Fuji Television Network

1997120 min5.7 / 10

A dark, cerebral sci-fi horror that weaponizes the scientist's grief and love against him, grounding existential dread in the betrayal of intimate loss.

A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity.

Questions people ask

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

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

  • Is Parasite Eve violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Does Parasite Eve end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Parasite Eve sad? Yes. More sad than 75% 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.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Parasite Eve

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Parasite Eve

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Parasite Eve, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Parasite Eve, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Parasite Eve, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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