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Dead of Night

1974 · 88 min · Director: Bob Clark ★ IMDb 6.6 · 7,034 ratings

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A young soldier who was thought to be killed in Vietnam returns home and exhibits disturbing behavior, much to the confusion of his family.

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Dead of Night (1974) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 30%, Fear 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Fear, Confusion. Genres: Horror. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Fear and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then peaks around 63 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness66 %33 %57 %62 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness67 %32 %59 %61 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Sympathy60 %33 %48 %41 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Sympathy51 %30 %31 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Disturbing46 %33 %23 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Tension48 %43 %23 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension57 %51 %33 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Disturbing64 %56 %40 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Tension62 %57 %39 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Tension60 %59 %39 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Tension63 %61 %35 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Tension72 %70 %31 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Disturbing73 %68 %35 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Sadness57 %50 %38 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Tension55 %51 %39 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Tension66 %65 %43 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension70 %69 %46 %38 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Tension73 %71 %50 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Tension82 %80 %55 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

RB
Richard Backus

HF
Henderson Forsythe

HF
Henderson Forsythe

Dr. Philip Allman

AO
Anya Ormsby

JD
Jane Daly

JD
Jane Daly

Joanne

MM
Michael Mazes

AA
Arthur Anderson

AA
Arthur Anderson

Postman

AB
Arthur Bradley

DG
David Gawlikowski

VC
Virginia Cortez

Rosalie

BH
Bud Hoey

Ed

RR
Robert R. Cannon

Drunk

RM
Raymond Michel

Policeman in Diner

JG
Jeff Gillen

Bartender

AO
Alan Ormsby

Bystander

BC
Bob Clark

Officer Ted

MJ
Mal Jones

Sheriff

EA
Edward Anderson

Deputy

GD
George De Vries

TV Announcer

Details

Directed by
Bob Clark
Written by
Alan Ormsby
Type
Movies
Released
1974
Runtime
88 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Genres
Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 7,034 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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