The real-life panic, darkness, tilting ship, and delayed rescue make the documentary more frightening than many fictional horror films. The terror comes from knowing every desperate moment actually happened.
Pros: realism, critic appeal
Cons: theme depth, message quality
The eerie, supernatural-leaning material is praised as some of the eeriest material the franchise has attempted.
Pros: ending satisfaction, faithfulness to source material
Cons: story quality, pacing
The movie can create a creepy, oppressive mood, especially through its early imagery and villain scenes. Other reviewers barely find it frightening at all, making the scare factor highly dependent...
Pros: acting performance, scares
Cons: entertainment value, character development