Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
1972 · 86 min · Director: Bob Clark
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Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ritual works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
Emotional fingerprint
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Humor 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear35%
- Humor25%
- Disturbing20%
- Surprise10%
- Tension10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Humor, Disturbing. Genres: Comedy, Horror. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Fear
- Disturbing
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Fear
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Fear | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Fear | 47 % | 38 % | 35 % | 23 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 6′ | Humor | 44 % | 31 % | 24 % | 18 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Humor | 44 % | 31 % | 21 % | 18 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Humor | 45 % | 36 % | 25 % | 20 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Humor | 46 % | 35 % | 21 % | 23 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Humor | 51 % | 32 % | 21 % | 31 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 53 % | 33 % | 24 % | 38 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Humor | 49 % | 35 % | 20 % | 39 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Disturbing | 50 % | 41 % | 21 % | 40 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Humor | 53 % | 41 % | 23 % | 34 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Humor | 55 % | 31 % | 16 % | 30 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Humor | 56 % | 26 % | 11 % | 36 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Humor | 55 % | 34 % | 13 % | 44 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Disturbing | 61 % | 49 % | 29 % | 53 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Tension | 73 % | 65 % | 55 % | 56 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Tension | 81 % | 78 % | 73 % | 56 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Tension | 88 % | 86 % | 81 % | 61 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Tension | 89 % | 88 % | 81 % | 64 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Tension | 89 % | 84 % | 79 % | 65 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Fear | 92 % | 83 % | 83 % | 70 % |
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
Jeff
Winns
Orville Dunworth
Ghoul
Tallest Dead Thing
Ghoul
Details
- Directed by
- Bob Clark
- Written by
- Bob Clark, Alan Ormsby
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1972
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Country
- United States of America
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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