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They Look Like People

2015 · 80 min · Director: Perry Blackshear ★ IMDb 5.8 · 10,123 ratings

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In New York, the shy Christian likes his boss Mara but is afraid to ask her out on a date. When he stumbles upon his old friend Wyatt who is passing through New York, Christian invites him to stay in his apartment. Christian is not aware of the impending doom Wyatt believes is about to befall humanity, as the people Wyatt cares most about turn into evil creatures. The war between humans and these creatures is close, and Wyatt will have to decide who he can trust to survive.

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They Look Like People (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Fear 25%, Empathy 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 Anxiety, Fear, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
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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 rises around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor33 %15 %30 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Empathy38 %18 %35 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Humor48 %34 %35 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Tension54 %44 %32 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Empathy49 %34 %38 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 22′Empathy53 %40 %41 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 26′Tension58 %49 %39 %39 %
37.5 %≈ 30′Humor57 %49 %36 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 34′Tension59 %54 %32 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 38′Humor55 %48 %40 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 42′Empathy59 %48 %53 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 46′Tension63 %56 %46 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 50′Tension63 %60 %39 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 54′Tension71 %69 %49 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 58′Fear75 %71 %59 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 62′Tension70 %66 %56 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 66′Tension73 %71 %56 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 70′Tension84 %84 %64 %66 %
92.5 %≈ 74′Tension88 %81 %66 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 78′Relief82 %65 %65 %55 %
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

MA
MacLeod Andrews

ED
Evan Dumouchel

MY
Margaret Ying Drake

MC
Mick Casale

Psychiatrist

EG
Elena Greenlee

Sandy

LA
Laura Ambrose

Co-worker

BB
Ben Blackshear

Hipster

PB
Perry Blackshear

Polish Guy

JG
Julia Guo

Kat (voice)

AH
Amaani Hamid

Girl at Work

Details

Directed by
Perry Blackshear
Written by
Perry Blackshear
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 10,123 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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