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The Alphabet Killer

2008 · 98 min · Director: Rob Schmidt ★ IMDb 5.2 · 9,515 ratings

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Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department

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The Alphabet Killer (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Curiosity
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 28 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension67 %58 %53 %50 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity59 %43 %55 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness60 %40 %50 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Disturbing66 %50 %39 %51 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sadness61 %44 %35 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity53 %34 %46 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity54 %33 %56 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Sadness59 %38 %58 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity61 %49 %60 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity66 %60 %63 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension75 %73 %56 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension76 %74 %50 %56 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity69 %61 %59 %51 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity66 %54 %70 %46 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Curiosity70 %56 %65 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing74 %66 %56 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Tension78 %76 %56 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Disturbing84 %79 %50 %74 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Sadness82 %70 %35 %77 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Disturbing77 %62 %25 %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

Eliza Dushku

Megan Paige

HT
Hope Tomaselli

Michael Ironside

Captain Nathan Norcross

TM
Tom Malloy

Bill Moseley

Carl Tanner

Carl Lumbly

Dr. Ellis Parks

Tom Noonan

Ray Gullikson

FR
Frank Rossi

Francis Baker

Martin Donovan

Jim Walsh

MC
Meltem Cumbul

Elisa Castillo

Details

Directed by
Rob Schmidt
Written by
Tom Malloy
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.2 · 9,515 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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