The Telling

The Telling

Everyone's dying to be them.

Directed by Harry Grigsby, Nicholas Carpenter

Produced by Alta Loma Entertainment, Breakout Entertainment

200984 min3.3 / 10

A horror anthology built around sorority hazing and storytelling, mixing dark humor with genre-hopping scares across three distinct tales of murder, the undead, and supernatural terror.

In this horror anthology film, three girls pledge the most popular - and cruelest - sorority on campus. For their final task, they must tell the scariest story they know. Containing three distinct stories - one featuring a murderous doll, one a has-been actress and her run in with a film crew of the undead and, finally, a hunt-and-kill fright-fest.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Telling end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The Telling violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is The Telling scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Telling easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Telling sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% 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.

Rarity38

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise2

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love2

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like The Telling

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Telling

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Telling, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Telling, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Telling, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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