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Student Bodies

1981 · 86 min · Director: Michael Ritchie, Mickey Rose ★ IMDb 5.4 · 6,108 ratings

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This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.

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Student Bodies (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Smile 25%, Fear 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Humor
25%Smile
15%Fear
  1. Humor40%
  2. Smile25%
  3. Fear15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Fear. Genres: Comedy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 5.4/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 59/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Surprise
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Humor
Surprise
Tension
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 peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorSurpriseTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %40 %10 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor50 %48 %26 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor55 %54 %35 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor53 %54 %25 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Humor51 %53 %18 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor55 %55 %24 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Humor57 %59 %29 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Humor56 %59 %24 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor54 %56 %20 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Humor55 %58 %24 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Humor60 %60 %30 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Humor59 %56 %26 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Humor53 %51 %18 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Humor53 %51 %20 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Humor59 %56 %28 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Humor64 %55 %29 %54 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Tension68 %45 %38 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Surprise71 %45 %57 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Surprise69 %50 %64 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Surprise63 %48 %57 %47 %
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

KR
Kristen Riter

MG
Matthew Goldsby

JF
Joe Flood

JF
Joe Flood

Mr. Dumpkin

MW
Mimi Weddell

JT
Joe Talarowski

CJ
Carl Jacobs

OJ
Oscar James

OJ
Oscar James

Football Coach

RF
Robyn Flanery

JE
Janice E. O'Malley

PC
Peggy Cooper

KM
Kevin Mannis

Scott

SE
Sara Eckhardt

Patti

BB
Brian Batytis

Wheels

CG
Cullen G. Chambers

Charles Ray

JB
Joan Browning Jacobs

Mrs. Hummers

AB
Angela Bressler

Julie

KO
Kay Ogden

Ms. Leclair

DC
Douglas Cotner

Mr. Hummers

CL
Charles L. Trotter

Announcer

JW
Jonathan Walling

Al

Details

Directed by
Michael Ritchie, Mickey Rose
Written by
Mickey Rose
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.4 · 6,108 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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