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Helter Skelter

2004 · 137 min · Director: John Gray ★ IMDb 6.4 · 3,806 ratings

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A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.

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Helter Skelter (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Anger. Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Disturbing
  • Tension
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Disturbing
Tension
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingTensionFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity55 %42 %42 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Disturbing56 %49 %39 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity53 %45 %41 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Tension51 %43 %45 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 31′Disturbing55 %44 %49 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 38′Tension68 %54 %63 %46 %
32.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing81 %73 %71 %60 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Sadness82 %77 %70 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 58′Disturbing81 %76 %73 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 65′Disturbing78 %66 %65 %57 %
52.5 %≈ 72′Sadness69 %51 %51 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 79′Curiosity69 %59 %49 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 86′Disturbing78 %75 %58 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 92′Tension89 %85 %77 %71 %
72.5 %≈ 99′Disturbing95 %93 %89 %86 %
77.5 %≈ 106′Disturbing86 %84 %76 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 113′Curiosity71 %68 %60 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 120′Disturbing69 %65 %60 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 127′Tension71 %66 %61 %40 %
97.5 %≈ 134′Disturbing68 %65 %53 %35 %
Man in a hole

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

Jeremy Davies

Charles Manson

Clea DuVall

Linda Kasabian

AS
Allison Smith

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme

MM
Marguerite Moreau

Susan 'Sadie' Atkins

Eric Dane

Charles "Tex" Watson

Michael Weston

Bobby Beausoleil

HO
Hal Ozsan

Joey Dimarco

Rick Gomez

Milio

Robert Joy

Detective Morrisy

Chris Ellis

Sgt. Whiteley

IH
Isabella Hofmann

Rosemary LaBianca

Robert Costanzo

Leno LaBianca

YD
Yvonne Delarosa

Catherine 'Gypsy' Share

CL
Cheselka Leigh

Kathryn 'Kitty' Lutesinger

JP
John Pleshette

Mr. Krenwinkle

WD
Whitney Dylan

Sharon Tate

SR
Susan Ruttan

Mrs. Kasabian

Bruno Kirby

Vincent Bugliosi

Details

Directed by
John Gray
Written by
John Gray, Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
137 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 3,806 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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