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Return to Horror High

1987 · 94 min · Director: Bill Froehlich ★ IMDb 4.5 · 4,317 ratings

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A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...

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Return to Horror High (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 28%, Fear 25%, Tension 22%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

28%Humor
25%Fear
  1. Humor28%
  2. Fear25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Fear, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disgust

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Tension
Humor
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 48 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension58 %42 %42 %40 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor55 %30 %46 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor52 %29 %48 %33 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor56 %32 %50 %30 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Disgust60 %35 %46 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Disgust57 %32 %41 %18 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor59 %35 %43 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Tension63 %50 %40 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity57 %46 %36 %50 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity50 %32 %31 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Disgust53 %39 %26 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Tension59 %49 %23 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity64 %54 %21 %59 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension71 %64 %26 %53 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Disgust74 %70 %30 %48 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension77 %74 %29 %53 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension81 %79 %31 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Tension81 %71 %45 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Humor74 %51 %61 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Humor68 %38 %67 %50 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

LL
Lori Lethin

BH
Brendan Hughes

BH
Brendan Hughes

Steven Blake

Alex Rocco

Harry Sleerik

SJ
Scott Jacoby

Josh Forbes

Andy Romano

Principal Kastleman

RB
Richard Brestoff

Arthur Lyman Kastleman

AF
Al Fann

Amos

PM
Pepper Martin

Chief Deyner

MM
Maureen McCormick

Officer Tyler

VE
Vince Edwards

Richard Birnbaum

PM
Philip McKeon

Richard Farley

PG
Panchito Gómez

Choo Choo

ME
Michael Eric Kramer

Donny Porter

RO
Remy O'Neill

Esther Molvania

DD
Darcy DeMoss

Sheri Haines

CE
Cliff Emmich

Dillon

KS
Kristi Somers

Ginny McCall

MJ
Marvin J. McIntyre

Robbie Rice

AN
Alison Noble

Jeanine

Details

Directed by
Bill Froehlich
Written by
Bill Froehlich, Mark Lisson, Dana Escalante, Greg H. Sims
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.5 · 4,317 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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