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Grandmother's House

1988 · 90 min · Director: Peter Rader ★ IMDb 5.1 · 2,177 ratings

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When their father dies, Lynn and her younger brother David have to move in with their grandparents. Their mother died already when they were young, so they were told. One morning a dead man is found near their new home. A friend tells David, that it's not the first. Shortly after he sees his grandparents carry a body into the garage - are they the murderers? David calls the sheriff...

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Grandmother's House (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear35%

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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Fear
Disturbing
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 3 %, then dips around 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness49 %10 %3 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness51 %25 %18 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension57 %42 %34 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Not enough subtitle evidence46 %30 %19 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity39 %24 %9 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity48 %38 %19 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity57 %49 %29 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity58 %54 %31 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension56 %55 %30 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension63 %62 %39 %22 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension60 %59 %38 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension55 %53 %36 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension73 %72 %59 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension89 %87 %81 %56 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension88 %86 %81 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension85 %83 %76 %40 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Tension86 %85 %75 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension88 %85 %74 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Disturbing90 %83 %70 %78 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Disturbing93 %84 %72 %90 %
Riches to rags

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

EF
Eric Foster

KV
Kim Valentine

KV
Kim Valentine

Lynn

LL
Len Lesser

LL
Len Lesser

Grandfather

IL
Ida Lee

Grandmother

BS
Brinke Stevens

Woman

AO
Angela O'Neill

Darlene

RW
R.J. Walker

Sheriff

NM
Nico Mastorakis

Relay Judge

FL
Furley Lumpkin

Deputy

Details

Directed by
Peter Rader
Written by
Peter Jensen, Gayle Jensen
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.1 · 2,177 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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