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Dead Man's Curve

1998 · 91 min · Director: Dan Rosen ★ IMDb 5.8 · 5,740 ratings

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Tim, Chris and Rand are campus roommates. They are not the closest of friends. When it is announced as being usual to get the best possible grades as compensation for the psychic stress of a roommates' suicide, Tim and Chris decide to kill Rand. After Rand's "suicide", his girlfriend Natalie takes her life, too. She was the roommate of Chris' girl Emma. Who's tricking who?

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Dead Man's Curve (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Surprise

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Surprise
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 intensityTensionCuriositySurprise
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity48 %32 %47 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %35 %41 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Surprise46 %35 %34 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor46 %35 %29 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension55 %48 %31 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Tension69 %65 %40 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension73 %70 %48 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension63 %55 %43 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Sadness54 %39 %31 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Humor56 %43 %38 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity64 %56 %55 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Curiosity69 %64 %63 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Tension64 %58 %58 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity59 %51 %54 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Tension69 %64 %59 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension79 %77 %64 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Tension83 %81 %69 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Surprise89 %85 %71 %70 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Surprise79 %71 %54 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Humor55 %43 %28 %35 %
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

RB
Randall Batinkoff

TM
Tamara Marie Watson

Natalie

AG
Anthony Griffith

Detective Shipper

BD
Bo Dietl

Detective Amato

KR
Kevin Ruf

Ernie

HS
Henry Strozier

Chancellor Alexander

BL
Ben Livingston

Jimmy

KM
Kris McGaha

Renee

CS
Christy Stratton

Bee Girl

Dana Delany

Dr. Ashley

CG
Cheryl Goode

Bartender

DP
David P. Moore

Register Boy

NP
Nora Pierce

Register Girl

AR
Amy Raymond

Jezebel

DZ
David Zellner

Deadhead #1

NZ
Nathan Zellner

Deadhead #2

RF
Ron Furman

Cigar Guy

Details

Directed by
Dan Rosen
Written by
Dan Rosen
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 5,740 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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