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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 · 80 min · Director: Don Siegel ★ IMDb 7.7 · 60,974 ratings

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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Anxiety and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Fear
Disturbing
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 53 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity50 %37 %18 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity45 %30 %14 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity44 %31 %15 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity46 %36 %16 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity54 %44 %21 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity66 %57 %40 %51 %
32.5 %≈ 26′Tension73 %66 %56 %59 %
37.5 %≈ 30′Tension69 %63 %50 %54 %
42.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity59 %50 %30 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity56 %48 %28 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 42′Tension69 %64 %46 %50 %
57.5 %≈ 46′Tension79 %77 %60 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 50′Tension80 %79 %64 %50 %
67.5 %≈ 54′Tension81 %77 %66 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 58′Disturbing84 %78 %66 %75 %
77.5 %≈ 62′Disturbing86 %80 %66 %71 %
82.5 %≈ 66′Tension88 %85 %71 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 70′Tension89 %86 %75 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 74′Sadness91 %85 %76 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 78′Tension92 %85 %78 %72 %
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

KD
King Donovan

Jack Belicec

CJ
Carolyn Jones

Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

KP
Kenneth Patterson

VC
Virginia Christine

VC
Virginia Christine

Wilma Lentz

GW
Guy Way

BC
Bobby Clark

Jimmy Grimaldi

BM
Beatrice Maude

Grandma Grimaldi

Whit Bissell

Emergency Room Psychiatrist

RD
Richard Deacon

Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)

RO
Robert Osterloh

Ambulance Attendant

GR
Guy Rennie

Restaurant Owner

ES
Eileen Stevens

Anne Grimaldi

TF
Tom Fadden

Uncle Ira Lentz

JA
Jean Andren

Eleda Lentz

EG
Everett Glass

Dr. Ed Pursey

Details

Directed by
Don Siegel
Written by
Jack Finney, Don Siegel, Daniel Mainwaring, Richard Collins
Type
Movies
Released
1956
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 60,974 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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