Name: The Awakening
Genre: Horror
Released: 2024-08-26
Duration: 15 min

Where to watch

Set your services

Not streaming in any country yet.

Fingerprint

Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.

Movies with

Story

Intrigued by waking up daily with muddy feet, a clean-living man records himself sleeping, with nightmarish results.

Feels like

Psychological Mystery
Nightmarish Visions
Sleep Paralysis
Eerie Sound Design
Unsettling Atmosphere
Supernatural Horror
Mind-Bending
Contemporary Setting
Intriguing Premise

Crew

Directed by: Al Campbell
Written by: Nat Saunders, Al Campbell, Chris Hayward

Everyone

Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).

Titles like The Awakening

nearer = more alike

8

You are here: The Awakening

Point to compare, tap or drag to moveHold to compare, tap or drag to move

You are herePreview

vscompared with The Awakening

The Awakening2024

Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it

This pageTap it to move here

A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.

Open a page:Heartless (2010)Incantation (2022)The Old Ways (2021)The Empty Man (2020)Q (1982)Anything for Jackson (2020)Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022)The Endless (2017)It Ends (2026)Hope (2026)The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)The Beach House (2020)Body Snatchers (1993)Altered States (1980)Stir of Echoes (1999)The Room (2019)Kill List (2011)In Fabric (2018)Next Door (2005)Thelma (2017)Come True (2020)I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)Enter Nowhere (2015)The Last Wave (1977)Bhediya (2022)The Blue Elephant (2014)Personal Shopper (2016)The Devil's Candy (2016)Colossal (2017)The Rig (2023)Rabid (1977)Cuckoo (2024)The Signal (2007)Before I Wake (2016)Black Box (2020)The Eye (2002)Radius (2017)The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)Sirāt (2025)The Block Island Sound (2021)He Never Died (2015)Ghost Stories (2018)The Dark and the Wicked (2020)Night Watch (2004)Exhuma (2024)It's Alive (1974)The Blue Elephant 2 (2019)Banshee Chapter (2013)V/H/S/2 (2013)Paranormal Activity (2009)Birth/Rebirth (2023)The City of Lost Children (1995)Chronicle (2012)The Fury (1978)Willow Creek (2013)Yavarum Nalam (2009)Prince of Darkness (1987)Dreamscape (1984)Wolf Like Me (2022)They Will Kill You (2026)Cube (1998)Enter the Void (2010)Scanners (1981)Border (2018)

More horror movies

The Shining (1980)
GoodWatch score 78
Alien (1979)
GoodWatch score 89
Scream (1996)
GoodWatch score 75
The Others (2001)
GoodWatch score 78
Obsession (2026)
GoodWatch score 83
Sinister (2012)
GoodWatch score 62
Alien: Romulus (2024)
GoodWatch score 72
28 Years Later (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

Facts

August 26, 2024 · 15 min · Disturbing Imagery

Released: August 26, 2024
Runtime: 15 min
Content: Disturbing Imagery
Genres: Horror
Original language: English

Tropes

Disappeared Dad, Boarding School, I Want My Beloved to Be Happy +9

Disappeared Dad
Boarding School
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Survivor Guilt
Red Herring
The Reveal
Rewatch Bonus
Caught with Your Pants Down
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Her Heart Will Go On
Laser-Guided Amnesia

12 of 24 tropes. From TV Tropes.

Q&A

4 questions, like "Is The Awakening worth watching?"

Questions about The Awakening

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Is The Awakening worth watching?

79

GreatGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79 (IMDb 7.9).

Will The Awakening scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 8 of 10.

Will I feel good after watching The Awakening?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 5 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

What tropes does The Awakening use?

Disappeared DadBoarding SchoolI Want My Beloved to Be HappySurvivor GuiltRed HerringThe RevealRewatch BonusCaught with Your Pants DownShell-Shocked VeteranDeliberate Values DissonanceHer Heart Will Go OnLaser-Guided Amnesiaand 12 more

TV Tropes lists 24 tropes for it, including Disappeared Dad, Boarding School, and I Want My Beloved to Be Happy.