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The Killing Room

2009 · 93 min · Director: Jonathan Liebesman ★ IMDb 5.6 · 15,498 ratings

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Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.

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The Killing Room (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 30%, Disturbing 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 Anxiety, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Thriller, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 5.6/10 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
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
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 8 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity45 %27 %13 %4 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity40 %24 %13 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity41 %28 %16 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity51 %43 %29 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension66 %64 %51 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension79 %76 %73 %57 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Disturbing83 %76 %81 %57 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Disturbing83 %77 %79 %57 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension84 %83 %73 %63 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Tension84 %81 %73 %59 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Disturbing80 %73 %76 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Disturbing80 %73 %79 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension83 %80 %76 %63 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension83 %83 %71 %65 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Tension81 %80 %70 %60 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Tension81 %79 %68 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Tension88 %85 %71 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing93 %89 %84 %73 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Disturbing92 %87 %90 %72 %
97.5 %≈ 91′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

Nick Cannon

Paul Brodie

Shea Whigham

Tony Mazzolla

Chloë Sevigny

Ms. Reilly

Peter Stormare

Dr. Phillips

Clea DuVall

Kerry Isalano

BS
Bill Stinchcomb

Cope

MP
Meade Patton

Forsythe

MB
Michael Byrnes

Orderly

GG
Gregory Gast

Echo

JR
Joan Roberts

God (voice)

LS
Luke Sexton

Orderly #1

TJ
Tim J. Smith

Orderly #2

Details

Directed by
Jonathan Liebesman
Written by
Ann Peacock, Gus Krieger
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 15,498 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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