The Dark Hour

The Dark Hour

Directed by Elio Quiroga

200692 min5.5 / 10

A claustrophobic post-apocalyptic survival thriller set in an underground bunker where a small group faces both external contamination and supernatural threats, driven by paranoia and the struggle to maintain order.

The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently is state of surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunitions, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Questions people ask

  • Is The Dark Hour scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is The Dark Hour easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is The Dark Hour sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

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

  • Is The Dark Hour violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% 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.

29/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity67

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Surprise26

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Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Dark Hour, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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