They Nest
2000 · 92 min · Director: Ellory Elkayem
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Dr. Ben Cahill, a fine city doctor, gets so stressed by marital problems and alcohol that he freezes up under pressure in the emergency room. To get his act back together, he decides to unwind a few months in the house he and his ex bought on Orr island, an insignificant (former) fishermen place off the coast of Maine. He almost immediately becomes the butt of spite from a gang of local nobodies. After the doctor started examining, at the request of the reasonable sheriff Hobbs who leans to his side, some animal and human corpses with strange internal as well as external injuries, one of the brutes, not so handy handyman Jack Wald, has a fatal nocturnal accident crashing into Dr. Cahill's car. The doc observes one of the red cockroaches which recently infest the island has pincers, most unusual, reads up and contacts the university entomology department, where this African species isn't too well-known either. Jack's even dumber brother Eamon Wald uses violence which ends up causing the sheriff's death, so the doc has no other help then the enterprising local store clerk Nell Bartle, who takes a liking to the only educated men around, to continue investigating fighting off Eamon's gang and as they find out how bad the danger is, try to evacuate...
Emotional fingerprint
They Nest (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear35%
- Disturbing25%
- Anxiety20%
- Surprise10%
- Tension10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Anxiety. Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Fear
- Curiosity
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Disgust
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Fear | Curiosity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 48 % | 47 % | 15 % | 25 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 40 % | 36 % | 10 % | 25 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Tension | 36 % | 32 % | 9 % | 26 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Tension | 36 % | 31 % | 10 % | 26 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Curiosity | 36 % | 23 % | 11 % | 25 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Disgust | 43 % | 23 % | 15 % | 33 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Curiosity | 49 % | 31 % | 18 % | 45 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 42 % | 24 % | 49 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Tension | 60 % | 54 % | 31 % | 51 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 50 % | 28 % | 60 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 39 % | 23 % | 64 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Curiosity | 59 % | 45 % | 30 % | 61 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Disgust | 73 % | 66 % | 48 % | 52 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Tension | 81 % | 79 % | 61 % | 43 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Disgust | 83 % | 80 % | 68 % | 41 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Tension | 84 % | 83 % | 72 % | 35 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Tension | 88 % | 88 % | 77 % | 28 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 89 % | 86 % | 75 % | 26 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Relief | 87 % | 80 % | 67 % | 22 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Johnnie Skee
Guy Barter
Sarah Barter
Al Crump
Peggy Crump
Mrs. Hobbs
Harbor Patrolman
Fisherman #2
Details
- Directed by
- Ellory Elkayem
- Written by
- John Claflin, Daniel Zelman, Daniel Zelman
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2000
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
Where to watch
Free
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