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Colony

2026 · 123 min · Horror / Action / Science Fiction · TMDB 8.1

2/5UnsettlingSci-fi horrorSurvivalThrillerZombie & infected

The short version:An action-driven outbreak thriller where survivors trapped in a sealed building fight a rapidly evolving, hive-minded infected horde with graphic body horror. Trades traditional horror scares for sustained tension and urgent action, but features multiple deaths including sympathetic young characters and deeply disturbing mutations.

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Scare profile

Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.

Scary2
Not scaryExtreme
Dread3
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares1
NoneConstant
Disturbing2
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim2
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

What is in it

Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.

Violence & gore

  • Graphic goreModerate0 reports
    Details (may spoil)
    • Transformations and violent deaths are depicted with bloody, visceral imagery.
  • Realistic, grounded violenceModerate0 reports
    Details (may spoil)
    • Multiple characters are killed by infected in brutal attacks, including being mauled and torn apart.

Children & pregnancy

  • Child harmed or killedModerate0 reports
    Details (may spoil)
    • A bullying victim and other young students are killed by the infected throughout the film.

Animals

  • Animal harmed or killedBrief0 reports

Body & medical

  • Body horrorHeavy0 reports
    Details (may spoil)
    • Infected undergo grotesque, rapidly progressing transformations caused by exposure to a mutating bioweapon.
  • Disease & terminal illnessHeavy0 reports
    Details (may spoil)
    • A contagious, rapidly mutating bioweapon causes infected victims to transform and develop shared hive-mind intelligence.

Mental health & grief

  • SuicideBrief0 reports

Abuse & bigotry

  • Bullying & hazingBrief0 reports

Phobias & sensory

  • Claustrophobia & confinementModerate0 reports
    Details (may spoil)
    • Survivors are trapped inside a sealed building with no way to escape the infected threat.
  • Fire & burningBrief0 reports