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Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes

2021 · 84 min · Director: Michael Harte ★ IMDb 6.3 · 5,020 ratings

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Set against the backdrop of 1980s Britain, when mass unemployment drew young men to London in search of their fortunes, only to find themselves destitute and easy prey, and weaving together interviews from police, journalists, survivors, bereaved families, and - for the first time the killer's own voice, this feature length documentary explores how Nilsen was able to get away with multiple murders and attacks, unchallenged, for five years.

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Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Curiosity 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Curiosity, Sadness. Genres: Documentary, Crime, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Curiosity and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Disturbing
  • Sadness
  • Empathy

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Disturbing
Sadness
Empathy
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 peaks around 23 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingSadnessEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity60 %50 %12 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Disturbing71 %66 %18 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity75 %73 %23 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Disturbing75 %74 %28 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Disturbing80 %80 %43 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Disturbing75 %71 %46 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity63 %46 %39 %44 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Sadness61 %39 %41 %49 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Disturbing68 %55 %41 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing72 %65 %46 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 44′Sadness80 %71 %60 %66 %
57.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing85 %79 %65 %73 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Sadness84 %73 %70 %76 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Sadness80 %65 %65 %66 %
72.5 %≈ 61′Disturbing78 %66 %56 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 65′Sadness79 %64 %59 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 69′Tension83 %66 %57 %69 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing88 %75 %60 %79 %
92.5 %≈ 78′Empathy89 %71 %68 %86 %
97.5 %≈ 82′Sadness88 %65 %75 %85 %
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

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Douglas Bence

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Dennis Nilsen

Self (archive footage)

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Bob Brenton

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Mike Cattran

Details

Directed by
Michael Harte
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
84 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 5,020 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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