Girl in the Box
2016 · 87 min · Director: Stephen Kemp
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
May 1977. 20-year-old Colleen Stan is hitching from Oregon to California to visit friends. With a little over 40 miles of her journey left, she accepts a lift from a young couple, Cameron and Janice Hooker. It's a fateful decision. Kidnapped at knifepoint, Colleen spends the next seven years imprisoned for up to 23 hours a day in a coffin-sized box hidden beneath her captors' bed. When not incarcerated, she is employed as the Hooker's slave and child-minder, and is gradually drawn into a bizarre and complex world of extreme obsession and fantasy... Based on a true story, GIRL IN THE BOX is a dark psychological drama told through the eyes of one of the crime's perpetrators, Janice Hooker. Janice came under the spell of the likeable and charismatic Cameron when just sixteen: but Cameron harbours a dark secret: an insatiable addiction to extreme bondage and S&M. Unable to cope with Cameron's ever more extreme demands, Janice strikes a deal: if Cameron will stop using her for his S&M practices and let her have a child, she will allow him to keep a slave. It's a deal with the devil...
Emotional fingerprint
Girl in the Box (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 42%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 18%. 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, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.
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Emotional journey
- Disturbing
- Tension
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Disturbing | Tension | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Disturbing | 82 % | 78 % | 78 % | 32 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 86 % | 81 % | 83 % | 45 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Disturbing | 91 % | 89 % | 83 % | 65 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Disturbing | 93 % | 93 % | 80 % | 71 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Disturbing | 90 % | 90 % | 80 % | 63 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Disturbing | 86 % | 86 % | 79 % | 51 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Disturbing | 86 % | 86 % | 75 % | 52 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Disturbing | 89 % | 89 % | 73 % | 59 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Disturbing | 91 % | 91 % | 74 % | 60 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Disturbing | 90 % | 90 % | 74 % | 57 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Disturbing | 88 % | 86 % | 73 % | 63 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Sadness | 88 % | 85 % | 69 % | 73 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Disturbing | 88 % | 86 % | 64 % | 69 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Disturbing | 88 % | 88 % | 65 % | 64 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Disturbing | 89 % | 88 % | 74 % | 60 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Disturbing | 86 % | 73 % | 74 % | 53 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 79 % | 54 % | 64 % | 55 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Disturbing | 80 % | 65 % | 71 % | 60 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Tension | 88 % | 80 % | 74 % | 64 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sadness | 90 % | 78 % | 57 % | 70 % |
Rags to riches
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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Details
- Directed by
- Stephen Kemp
- Written by
- Stephen Kemp
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2016
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Country
- Canada
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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Data: JustWatch
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