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Don't Panic

1987 · 90 min · Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. ★ IMDb 4.8 · 1,759 ratings

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On his seventeenth birthday, Michael is given a present of a Ouija board by Tony his best friend. At a session, Tony using a medium known to him only as "Virgil", unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of the board. Soon there is a wave of violent killings and the chief suspect appears to be Michael. He has been witness to all the killings via premonitions and out of body experiences. Is Michael the killer? Can he prove his innocence or is someone else being possessed by the evil spirit...?

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Don't Panic (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Fear
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 dips around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity47 %38 %25 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity49 %41 %27 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Sadness46 %29 %19 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Love51 %15 %5 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Love63 %11 %0 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Love66 %19 %8 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity59 %36 %20 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension56 %49 %30 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension66 %61 %44 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension75 %74 %56 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension78 %76 %60 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension76 %73 %59 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension75 %70 %57 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension74 %70 %56 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension75 %74 %61 %15 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension80 %79 %70 %11 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Tension84 %81 %73 %14 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension89 %88 %78 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Tension93 %73 %64 %63 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Sadness92 %38 %32 %82 %
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

JM
Jon Michael Bischof

GH
Gabriela Hassel

JL
Jorge Luke

Lt. Velazco

JI
Juan Ignacio Aranda

Tony

EN
Eduardo Noriega

Fred

EB
Edna Bolkan

Teacher

RA
Raúl Araiza

Robert

MM
Mindie McCullum

Cristy

EE
Evangelina Elizondo

Reception Nurse

CT
Cecilia Tijerina

Debbie

HE
Humberto Elizondo

TV Reporter

JH
José Herrera

Jose

GB
George Belanger

Doctor

JS
Jose Sambrano

Priest

LW
Lisa Whithey

Lisa

NV
Nelson Velázquez

Weiter

ML
Martin Luis Quintana

Guard 1

Details

Directed by
Rubén Galindo Jr.
Written by
Rubén Galindo Jr.
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
90 min
Country
Mexico
Genres
Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.8 · 1,759 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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