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Madman

1981 · 89 min · Director: Joe Giannone ★ IMDb 5.1 · 7,985 ratings

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Madman Marz, an old folklore legend who murdered his family before escaping into the woods, is inadvertently summoned to a campsite to finish the spree he started decades ago.

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Madman (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 30%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.1/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Fear
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 18 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Fear49 %44 %41 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension47 %41 %37 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor38 %26 %20 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor33 %19 %12 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension35 %22 %15 %7 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor36 %22 %15 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension39 %29 %20 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension49 %44 %35 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension59 %56 %46 %33 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Tension60 %58 %46 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension59 %57 %43 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Tension62 %60 %46 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension68 %66 %56 %32 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Tension68 %65 %61 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension60 %57 %53 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Tension62 %59 %52 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension72 %69 %60 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Tension75 %72 %65 %37 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Fear65 %61 %58 %30 %
97.5 %≈ 87′Tension54 %50 %48 %28 %
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

GR
Gaylen Ross

TN
Tony Nunziata

HB
Harriet Bass

SJ
Seth Jones

JC
Jan Claire

AM
Alexander Murphy Jr.

JS
Jimmy Steele

CF
Carl Fredericks

PE
Paul Ehlers

TV
Tom Veilleux

SC
Stephen Clark

Jimmy

VK
Vicki Kenneally

Mary Ellen

SM
Shelley Mathes

Shirley

LM
Lori Mathes

Jeanie

JP
Jane Pappidas

Marz's Wife

TS
Travis Sawyer

Marz's Son

DH
Deidre Higgins

Marz's Daughter

MS
Michael Sullivan

Details

Directed by
Joe Giannone
Written by
Joe Giannone, Gary Sales
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.1 · 7,985 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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