The Long Walk (2025)

The Long Walk parents guide

What we could confirm fits an R: a few tense moments and brutal violence.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

Not rated yet

We were not sure enough to call this one.

Gore

Graphic gore

Blood and wounds shown clearly.

Violence

Brutal violence

Our top level for violence.

Sex and nudity

None flagged

It is a new release our reader may not know well, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

Language

Moderate

Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is The Long Walk scary?

Only a little. The Long Walk has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is The Long Walk?

Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.

What is The Long Walk rated, and is it OK for kids?

Rated R, and it earns it: brutal violence, some strong language and graphic gore. Not one for kids.

What is The Long Walk about?

In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.

Cast and crew

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The Long Walk is on our Horror, not scary; Horror on Max; Thriller on Max; Sci-fi on Max; and Horror on Starz lists.

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

• “scary but not gory”
• “a horror movie that's actually scary”
• “a fun halloween movie, not too scary”

Lists with the same feel: Most violent and Edge of your seat.