Dead Friend
2004 · 98 min · Director: Tae-kyeong Kim, Kim Tae-kyung
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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
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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
- Curiosity
- Sympathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Curiosity | Sympathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 35 % | 32 % | 2 % | 28 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Curiosity | 34 % | 29 % | 6 % | 25 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Curiosity | 38 % | 29 % | 21 % | 24 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Sadness | 50 % | 38 % | 34 % | 33 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Curiosity | 53 % | 45 % | 29 % | 35 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Curiosity | 40 % | 35 % | 23 % | 21 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Sympathy | 43 % | 32 % | 26 % | 28 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Tension | 61 % | 52 % | 33 % | 51 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Curiosity | 70 % | 66 % | 34 % | 60 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 70 % | 65 % | 40 % | 60 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Sympathy | 70 % | 60 % | 56 % | 56 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Sympathy | 73 % | 56 % | 69 % | 50 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Sympathy | 78 % | 58 % | 68 % | 55 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 76 % | 63 % | 54 % | 66 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Curiosity | 68 % | 65 % | 43 % | 65 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Sadness | 70 % | 48 % | 50 % | 47 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Tension | 76 % | 58 % | 53 % | 61 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Sadness | 73 % | 55 % | 57 % | 57 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 96′ | 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
Park Jun-ho
Eun-jung
Mi-kyoung
Yu-jung
Eun-jung's friend
Su-in's mother
Detective
Doctor
Doctor
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
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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