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The Puppet Masters

1994 · 109 min · Director: Stuart Orme ★ IMDb 5.9 · 10,589 ratings

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Strange aliens land in the Midwest, taking over people's minds in order to spread their dominion. Sam Nivens and Andrew Nivens, aided by Mary Sefton, are part of a government agency who must stop the the aliens before the aliens get to them...

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The Puppet Masters (1994) — 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, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Disturbing
Fear
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 peaks around 78 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity47 %25 %8 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity55 %41 %23 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension65 %60 %39 %44 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity68 %65 %45 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension72 %71 %56 %56 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Tension73 %75 %59 %59 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension72 %74 %55 %56 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Tension79 %79 %69 %64 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing84 %78 %80 %66 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Disturbing81 %73 %78 %61 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Tension76 %73 %69 %58 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Tension72 %73 %59 %55 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension75 %76 %57 %60 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Tension79 %81 %64 %66 %
72.5 %≈ 79′Tension84 %85 %73 %70 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension87 %88 %75 %74 %
82.5 %≈ 90′Tension84 %73 %59 %60 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Relief81 %59 %48 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 101′Tension79 %54 %48 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 106′Relief70 %33 %35 %27 %
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

Donald Sutherland

Andrew Nivens

ET
Eric Thal

ET
Eric Thal

Sam Nivens

Keith David

Alex Holland

Will Patton

Dr. Lawrence Graves

RB
Richard Belzer

Neil Jarvis

TM
Tom Mason

President Douglas

Yaphet Kotto

Ressler

Gerry Bamman

Viscott

Sam Anderson

Culbertson

Marshall Bell

General Morgan

NC
Nicholas Cascone

Greenberg

BJ
Bruce Jarchow

Barnes

BM
Benjamin Mouton

Higgins

DG
Donna Garrett

Miss Haines

Andrew Robinson

Hawthorne

BB
Bill Blair

Slugged Businessman (uncredited)

EB
Eric Briant Wells

Vince Hayward

Details

Directed by
Stuart Orme
Type
Movies
Released
1994
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 10,589 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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