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Hell Night

1981 · 101 min · Director: Tom DeSimone ★ IMDb 5.6 · 10,056 ratings

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As an initiation rite into Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity, four pledges must spend a night in Garth Manor, twelve years to the day after the previous resident murdered his entire family.

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Hell Night (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 40%, Tension 30%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Fear
30%Tension
20%Anxiety
  1. Fear40%
  2. Tension30%
  3. Anxiety20%
  4. Surprise10%

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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 5.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Fear

Tension
Fear
Empathy
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 38 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %27 %20 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Disturbing51 %36 %26 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension50 %36 %24 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor48 %29 %18 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension48 %36 %26 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension50 %49 %36 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension49 %49 %33 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension43 %43 %25 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension43 %36 %21 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor54 %41 %33 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Tension69 %63 %54 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension74 %74 %60 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension71 %71 %54 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension71 %71 %51 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension78 %78 %64 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension80 %79 %70 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension79 %75 %66 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Fear84 %79 %75 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Fear79 %74 %75 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Fear65 %60 %63 %20 %
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

Linda Blair

VV
Vincent Van Patten

PB
Peter Barton

SG
Suki Goodwin

KB
Kevin Brophy

JN
Jenny Neumann

JN
Jenny Neumann

May

JS
Jimmy Sturtevant

HR
Hal Ralston

CF
Carey Fox

RG
Ron Gans

GH
Gloria Heilman

Party Girl

Details

Directed by
Tom DeSimone
Written by
Randy Feldman
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 10,056 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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