DREADPICK / MOVIE
Hour of the Wolf
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
HORROR SIGNAL
HORROR CENTRALITY
35
/100
Hour of the Wolf is best read as a psychological drama with horror-adjacent motifs (nightmares, dread, werewolf imagery). Horror is meaningful and present but not the film's primary identity, which centers on marital strain, repression, and artistic anxiety.
DREADPICK SUMMARY
Best for viewers looking for a light on scares, psychological, slow-burning and low-gore horror movie.
HORROR PROFILE
DREADPICK
SCARINESS
20
TENSION
40
DREAD
60
GORE
0
ATMOSPHERE
60
PSYCHOLOGICAL
90
COMMUNITY
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DETAILS
DIRECTOR
Ingmar Bergman
STUDIO
SF Studios
RELEASE
1968
RUNTIME
88 min
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