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Bloody Birthday

1981 · 85 min · Director: Ed Hunt ★ IMDb 5.7 · 6,428 ratings

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In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and innocent facades. A boy and his teenage sister become endangered when they stumble onto the bloody truth.

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Bloody Birthday (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
Fear
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 3 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity31 %19 %8 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity34 %26 %12 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity36 %28 %17 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity41 %32 %25 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Sadness57 %51 %40 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Tension66 %62 %47 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Tension60 %57 %44 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Tension55 %53 %37 %37 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Curiosity54 %52 %34 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Tension60 %55 %43 %43 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity63 %57 %52 %42 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Disturbing66 %61 %54 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Tension66 %63 %53 %45 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Disturbing61 %57 %53 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Tension65 %55 %60 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 66′Disturbing73 %57 %64 %37 %
82.5 %≈ 70′Tension75 %67 %53 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Tension78 %77 %47 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 79′Tension81 %80 %51 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 83′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

LL
Lori Lethin

MC
Melinda Cordell

JB
Julie Brown

Beverly Brody

SS
Susan Strasberg

Miss Viola Davis

JP
Joe Penny

BK
Bert Kramer

BK
Bert Kramer

Sherriff James Brody

EH
Elizabeth Hoy

KM
K.C. Martel

BM
Ben Marley

Duke Benson

EH
Erica Hope

Annie Smith

EG
Ellen Geer

Madge

WC
Ward Costello

Mr. Taylor

MD
Michael Dudikoff

Willard

SW
Sylvia Wright

Girl in Van

AF
Andrew Freeman

Steven Seton

Details

Directed by
Ed Hunt
Written by
Ed Hunt, Barry Pearson
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 6,428 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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