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The Dunwich Horror

1970 · 88 min · Director: Daniel Haller ★ IMDb 5.4 · 6,169 ratings

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Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.

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The Dunwich Horror (1970) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 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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Why it feels this way

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

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

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 13 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Fear53 %38 %41 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity44 %31 %24 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity38 %31 %16 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity43 %41 %21 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension54 %53 %33 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Tension60 %57 %39 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension59 %54 %33 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity60 %51 %31 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity65 %56 %41 %53 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Disturbing68 %61 %49 %61 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing71 %69 %56 %65 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Tension78 %76 %64 %65 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Tension73 %69 %53 %58 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Tension65 %60 %41 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing71 %68 %51 %60 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Tension81 %79 %68 %71 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Fear86 %84 %78 %74 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Tension88 %86 %80 %69 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Tension85 %84 %76 %66 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Tension80 %77 %68 %67 %
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

SD
Sandra Dee

Dean Stockwell

Wilbur Whateley

LB
Lloyd Bochner

LB
Lloyd Bochner

Dr. Cory

JM
Joanne Moore Jordan

DB
Donna Baccala

DB
Donna Baccala

Elizabeth Hamilton

MF
Michael Fox

Dr. Raskin

JW
Jason Wingreen

JW
Jason Wingreen

Sheriff Harrison

BM
Barboura Morris

Mrs. Cole

BD
Beach Dickerson

Mr. Cole

MH
Michael Haynes

Guard

TR
Toby Russ

Librarian

JP
Jack Pierce

Reeger

RN
Robert Nevin

Man in Cemetery (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Daniel Haller
Written by
H.P. Lovecraft, Curtis Hanson, Henry Rosenbaum, Ronald Silkosky
Type
Movies
Released
1970
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.4 · 6,169 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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