The Bates Haunting

The Bates Haunting

Some things are best left alone

Directed by Byron Turk

Produced by Arasapha Farm, Floor 19 Films

201276 min4.1 / 10

A dark thriller about trauma and obsession set within a haunted attraction, where a woman investigating her friend's death discovers that the line between accident and murder may be deliberately blurred.

One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a year of obsessing over a murder investigation everyone else thinks is open and shut, Agnes goes to work at the Haunt in an attempt confront her trauma. Horrific events begin to claim the lives of her coworkers and Agnes must figure out what is behind all of the "accidents" before more people die.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Bates Haunting scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Bates Haunting sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Bates Haunting violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does The Bates Haunting end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is The Bates Haunting easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% 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.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Bates Haunting

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Bates Haunting

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Bates Haunting, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Bates Haunting, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Bates Haunting, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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