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Hellbent

2004 · 85 min · Director: Paul Etheredge, Paul Etheredge ★ IMDb 5.5 · 2,940 ratings

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Two gay men on a date are murdered the night before Halloween in West Hollywood, California. Eddie and his friends Joey, Chaz and Tobey are going out the following night to the West Hollywood Halloween festival when they encounter the psycho, who sets his eye on them. The killer stalks them through the festival as Chaz parties, Joey chases his jock crush, Tobey tries dressing in drag, and Eddie pursues Jake, the bad boy he wants to get to know better. Not until the very end do you find out who dies and who survives their night of terror.

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Hellbent (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 30%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Humor
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension57 %45 %33 %40 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor46 %31 %34 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor43 %18 %40 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor49 %19 %44 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Tension56 %38 %44 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor58 %44 %48 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Humor50 %28 %44 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Love45 %19 %31 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Humor48 %20 %26 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Love50 %18 %34 %9 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Humor49 %24 %38 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Tension54 %45 %30 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Tension60 %55 %23 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Relief56 %44 %19 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Love57 %41 %19 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 66′Tension71 %61 %15 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 70′Tension83 %75 %13 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Relief70 %55 %21 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 79′Humor47 %25 %27 %17 %
97.5 %≈ 83′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Cinderella

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

DF
Dylan Fergus

BK
Bryan Kirkwood

BK
Bryan Kirkwood

Jake

HH
Hank Harris

HH
Hank Harris

Joey

MP
Matt Phillips

Tobey

KB
Kent Bradley James

Nick Name

WT
Wren T. Brown

Police Captain

NL
Nina Landey

Maria

SA
Samuel A. Levine

Mikey

KA
Kris Andersson

White Pepper

ST
Shaun T. Benjamin

Police Officer

BR
Baron Rogers

Jared Reynolds

MA
Miguel Angel Caballero

Jorge

BD
Blake Davis

Frat Guy

JF
Jerry Farmer

Tattoo Artist

PL
Paul Lekakis

CF
Colton Ford

J
Jazzmun

Black Pepper

Details

Directed by
Paul Etheredge, Paul Etheredge
Written by
Paul Etheredge, Paul Etheredge
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 2,940 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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