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Sacrifice

2016 · 91 min · Director: Peter A. Dowling ★ IMDb 5.3 · 5,168 ratings

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Sacrifice is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan, to the remote Shetland Islands, 100 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland. Deep in the peat soil around her new home, Tora discovers the body of a young woman with rune marks carved into her skin and a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Ignoring warnings to leave well alone, Tora uncovers terrifying links to a legend that might never have been confined to the pages of the story-books.

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Sacrifice (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Fear 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Fear
  1. Fear25%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Fear, Anxiety. Genres: Mystery, Crime, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Fear and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.3/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
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 8 %, then rises around 78 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension45 %37 %22 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity41 %31 %31 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity53 %38 %49 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Disturbing64 %46 %59 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity59 %42 %57 %17 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity51 %35 %54 %12 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity56 %43 %51 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension65 %58 %50 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity66 %56 %57 %37 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Disturbing65 %52 %63 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity68 %62 %60 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension70 %65 %59 %47 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity64 %49 %56 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Sadness53 %36 %46 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity55 %46 %45 %27 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension74 %70 %50 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Tension86 %85 %41 %74 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Tension90 %89 %28 %80 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Disturbing87 %77 %21 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Sadness77 %54 %19 %42 %
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

IM
Ian McElhinney

Ian McElhinney

D.I. McKie

DR
David Robb

Richard Guthrie

JC
Joanne Crawford

Sgt. Dana Tulloch

LC
Liam Carney

Mr. Grey

DC
Declan Conlon

Stephen Gair

PV
Peter Vollebregt

Kenn Wickliff

RO
Rachel Oliva

Ruth Morgan

LT
Lesa Thurman

NY Hospital Nurse

CM
Conor Mullen

Stephen Renney

MR
Megan Riordan

Janet

DM
Deirdre Monaghan

Elspeth Guthrie

AH
Aron Hegarty

Officer

HR
Hilary Rose

Janice Shaw

BB
Bernadette Brown

Caroline Salter

MM
Melissa Maria Carton

Suzie

CB
Clare Barrett

Nurse

PA
Paul Alan Walsh

Digger

BD
Barry Dobson

Scottish Cleaner

Details

Directed by
Peter A. Dowling
Written by
Peter A. Dowling, Sharon Bolton, S.J. Bolton
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
91 min
Country
Ireland, Germany, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.3 · 5,168 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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