Haze
ヘイズ
A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he's there, or why he's bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally 'zones out' of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.
Why it matters
A suffocating descent into claustrophobic terror that turns confinement into a psychological battlefield.
- Masterclass in minimalist horror: limited space amplifies every scrape and breath, recalling the nerve-jangling tension of *Buried* and *Cube*.
- Practical effects and sound design work overtime to sell the visceral agony and disorientation of the protagonist’s bleeding wound and drugged haze.
- A slow-burn puzzle that’s less about explicit scares and more about unraveling fragmented memory under physical duress.
- For fans of body horror and psychological dread who appreciate horror stripped to its rawest, most punishing elements.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
43
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
71
Survival
50
Survival
