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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962 · 135 min · Director: Robert Aldrich ★ IMDb 8 · 68,656 ratings

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A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 8.0/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Tension
Sympathy
Sadness
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 13 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness42 %20 %23 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity42 %31 %21 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity38 %34 %20 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity40 %36 %25 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Sadness51 %45 %34 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Tension60 %55 %41 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Tension57 %54 %40 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Tension55 %52 %38 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Tension63 %57 %46 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy63 %54 %49 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 71′Curiosity48 %35 %37 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 78′Sadness46 %31 %34 %27 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Tension63 %54 %46 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 91′Tension76 %73 %55 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 98′Tension76 %73 %53 %34 %
77.5 %≈ 105′Tension71 %67 %46 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Tension74 %70 %50 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 118′Tension81 %76 %63 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 125′Sympathy84 %69 %72 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 132′Sadness84 %56 %73 %75 %
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

JA
Julie Allred

AB
Anne Barton

MB
Marjorie Bennett

Marjorie Bennett

Dehlia Flagg

BF
Bert Freed

BF
Bert Freed

Ben Golden

AL
Anna Lee

Mrs. Bates

MN
Maidie Norman

MN
Maidie Norman

Elvira Stitt

DW
Dave Willock

Ray Hudson

WA
William Aldrich

Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach

EA
Ernest Anderson

Ernie

RC
Russ Conway

Police Officer

MC
Maxine Cooper

Bank Teller

RC
Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Shelby

MF
Michael Fox

Man in Television Commercial

GG
Gina Gillespie

Young Blanche Hudson

BM
Barbara Merrill

Liza Bates

DR
Don Ross

Police Officer

Details

Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Written by
Lukas Heller, Henry Farrell
Type
Movies
Released
1962
Runtime
135 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 8 · 68,656 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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