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The Skulls

2000 · 106 min · Director: Rob Cohen ★ IMDb 5.7 · 35,758 ratings

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Luke McNamara, a college senior from a working class background joins a secret elitist college fraternity organization called "The Skulls", in hope of gaining acceptance into Harvard Law School. At first seduced by the club's trapping of power and wealth, a series of disturbing incidents, such as his best friends suicide, leads Luke to investigate the true nature of the organization and the truth behind his friends supposed suicide. He starts realizing that his future and possibly his life is in danger.

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The Skulls (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Fear. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 5.7/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
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 intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %23 %25 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Joy54 %34 %34 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity60 %46 %49 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension58 %53 %49 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension49 %40 %40 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity46 %23 %36 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Joy55 %29 %36 %4 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Tension63 %45 %43 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Sadness68 %50 %51 %53 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness72 %59 %59 %57 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension73 %68 %61 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Tension69 %68 %56 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension70 %70 %49 %11 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension75 %74 %49 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension81 %79 %54 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension84 %83 %48 %43 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension78 %78 %44 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension75 %75 %51 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Tension75 %73 %44 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Relief67 %60 %27 %15 %
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

Joshua Jackson

Luke McNamara

Hill Harper

Will Beckford

Christopher McDonald

Martin Lombard

Steve Harris

Detective Sparrow

William L. Petersen

Ames Levritt

Craig T. Nelson

Litten Mandrake

DA
David Asman

Jason Pitcairn

SG
Scott Gibson

Travis Wheeler

Nigel Bennett

Dr. Whitney

AK
Andrew Kraulis

McBride

DA
Derek Aasland

Sullivan

JM
Jennifer Melino

J.J.

ND
Noah Dalton Danby

Hugh Mauberson

MF
Mac Fyfe

Laurence Thorne

DC
David Christo

Shawn Packford

SM
Shaw Madson

Chad MacIntosh

JN
Jesse Nilsson

Kent Hodgins

SM
Shawn Mathieson

Jonathan Payne

Details

Directed by
Rob Cohen
Written by
John Pogue
Type
Movies
Released
2000
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States, Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 35,758 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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