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Dr. Giggles

1992 · 95 min · Director: Manny Coto ★ IMDb 5.4 · 8,750 ratings

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The psychopathic son of a mass-murdering doctor, escapes from his mental institution to seek revenge on the town where his father was caught. The giggling doctor kills his victims with a surgical theme. His goal being to give one of the townfolk a heart transplant.

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Dr. Giggles (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Fear
20%Humor
  1. Fear35%
  2. Humor20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, 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: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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 13 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Disturbing62 %53 %45 %57 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor52 %40 %31 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy48 %35 %21 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension59 %52 %38 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension70 %66 %58 %52 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Disturbing70 %56 %50 %50 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sympathy68 %48 %40 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension69 %55 %46 %44 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Sympathy67 %56 %45 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing73 %63 %53 %57 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension77 %73 %63 %57 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension71 %69 %55 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension70 %66 %54 %60 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing77 %71 %63 %70 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Tension84 %81 %74 %75 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension89 %88 %80 %76 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension91 %90 %81 %69 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension91 %90 %81 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Tension81 %69 %60 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Sympathy66 %38 %28 %30 %
Man in a hole

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

HM
Holly Marie Combs

HM
Holly Marie Combs

Jennifer Campbell

CD
Cliff De Young

Cliff DeYoung

Tom Campbell

GQ
Glenn Quinn

Max Anderson

KD
Keith Diamond

Officer Joe Reitz

Richard Bradford

Officer Hank Magruder

MJ
Michelle Johnson

Tamara

Nancy Fish

Elaine Henderson

SM
Sara Melson

Coreen

ZT
Zoe Trilling

Normi

DH
Darin Heames

Stu

DT
Deborah Tucker

Dianne

DE
Doug E. Doug

Trotter

DB
Denise Barnes

Leigh

JV
John Vickery

Dr. Chamberlain

Details

Directed by
Manny Coto
Written by
Manny Coto, Graeme Whifler
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States, Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.4 · 8,750 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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