Alan Willey

Founder of Watch Darkly, horror site

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I build Watch Darkly, a horror-only film discovery site I made solo, front to back. It scores films on five separate axes (fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, overall) so you can find the exact kind of scary you want, then recommends from a model of your own taste. Stack is Next.js, Java Spring Boot, and Postgres with pgvector. What I want most is honest feedback, so tell me where the recommendations miss.

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Watch DarklyHorror films scored on fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity
Aug 2026

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Joined Product HuntJuly 17th, 2026

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Watch Darkly - Horror films scored on fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity

A 7/10 can't tell you whether a horror film is terrifying or just disgusting. Watch Darkly scores every film separately on fear, gore, atmosphere, and intensity, so you can search for the exact kind of scary you want. Over 500 hand-curated films. Free.