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The Curse of the Cat People

1944 · 70 min · Director: Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch ★ IMDb 6.7 · 8,025 ratings

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Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

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The Curse of the Cat People (1944) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Melancholy, Awe. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Empathy
Sadness
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 dips around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy42 %42 %23 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Empathy48 %48 %29 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Empathy56 %56 %41 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 12′Empathy63 %63 %50 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 16′Empathy60 %57 %44 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 19′Love48 %41 %29 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 23′Sadness41 %34 %26 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 26′Empathy48 %32 %23 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 30′Tension57 %38 %23 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 33′Empathy63 %51 %36 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 37′Love58 %46 %30 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 40′Love50 %25 %10 %5 %
62.5 %≈ 44′Love53 %23 %10 %4 %
67.5 %≈ 47′Love61 %41 %28 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 51′Tension69 %59 %48 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 54′Sadness78 %70 %66 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 58′Sadness85 %73 %70 %69 %
87.5 %≈ 61′Tension89 %69 %55 %85 %
92.5 %≈ 65′Tension90 %70 %41 %81 %
97.5 %≈ 68′Love90 %73 %38 %67 %
Icarus

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

JR
Jane Randolph

AC
Ann Carter

AC
Ann Carter

Amy Reed

EM
Eve March

JD
Julia Dean

ER
Elizabeth Russell

ER
Elizabeth Russell

Barbara Farren

EG
Erford Gage

SL
Sir Lancelot

SL
Sir Lancelot

Edward

NH
Nita Hunter

SS
Sarah Selby

Caroler Miss Plumett (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch
Written by
DeWitt Bodeen
Type
Movies
Released
1944
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 8,025 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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