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Dead Friend

2004 · 98 min · Director: Tae-kyeong Kim, Kim Tae-kyung ★ IMDb 5.9 · 2,169 ratings

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The teenager Min Ji-won is suffering from amnesia and being haunted by weird visions. When she meets her former high school friend Oh Yu-jeong, she receives a picture of her high school group of friends: Kim Eun-seo, who had recently died; Shin Mi-kyeong, who is in the hospital and Eun-jeong. Ji-won questions who took the picture, and when she visits her former friends, she recalls Han Su-in, a girl that was badly treated and humiliated by their group, disclosing her past and the fate of Su-in and finding a scary hidden truth.

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Dead Friend (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Tension 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear30%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 5.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Sympathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Curiosity
Sympathy
Tension
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 evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 38 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriositySympathyTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity35 %32 %2 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity34 %29 %6 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity38 %29 %21 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sadness50 %38 %34 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity53 %45 %29 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity40 %35 %23 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sympathy43 %32 %26 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension61 %52 %33 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity70 %66 %34 %60 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension70 %65 %40 %60 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Sympathy70 %60 %56 %56 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Sympathy73 %56 %69 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Sympathy78 %58 %68 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Tension76 %63 %54 %66 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Curiosity68 %65 %43 %65 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
82.5 %≈ 81′Sadness70 %48 %50 %47 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension76 %58 %53 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Sadness73 %55 %57 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot 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

KH
Kim Ha-neul

Min Ji-won

NS
Nam Sang-mi

RJ
Ryu Jin

Park Jun-ho

JH
Jeon Hye-bin

LY
Lee Yoon-ji

Eun-jung

SY
Shin Yi

Mi-kyoung

JH
Jeon Hie-ju

Yu-jung

Ki Joo-bong

Detective 1

Kim Hae-sook

Ji-won's mother

GP
Greena Park

Eun-jung's friend

CR
Choi Ran

Su-in's mother

KH
Kim Hun-ho

Detective

HG
Heo Gi-ho

Doctor

LS
Lee Seung-chan

Doctor

LY
Lee Young-suk

Professor

Details

Directed by
Tae-kyeong Kim, Kim Tae-kyung
Written by
Tae-kyeong Kim, Kim Tae-kyung
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
98 min
Country
South Korea
Genres
Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 2,169 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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