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Death Hunt

1981 · 97 min · Director: Peter R. Hunt ★ IMDb 6.9 · 9,234 ratings

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Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

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

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Excitement, Anxiety. Genres: Adventure, Action, Western. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Sympathy
Sadness
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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 13 %, then peaks around 48 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Sympathy68 %57 %62 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sympathy56 %41 %53 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy44 %24 %35 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor46 %29 %26 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension56 %44 %28 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor57 %44 %29 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sympathy56 %46 %39 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy63 %59 %49 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension73 %71 %45 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Tension76 %75 %36 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension69 %65 %34 %15 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension56 %51 %31 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor51 %46 %29 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension54 %49 %34 %4 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension55 %50 %41 %10 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Sympathy57 %52 %48 %18 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
87.5 %≈ 85′Sadness78 %63 %60 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Tension70 %57 %45 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Relief58 %43 %33 %23 %
Man in a hole

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

Ed Lauter

Hazel

HB
Henry Beckman

HB
Henry Beckman

Bill Luce

JC
Jon Cedar

JC
Jon Cedar

Hawkins

JO
James O'Connell

Hurley

LL
Len Lesser

Lewis

RD
Richard Davalos

Beeler

Maury Chaykin

Clarence

August Schellenberg

Deak de Clearque

DW
Dennis Wallace

Trapper #1

JM
James McIntire

Trapper #2

RB
Rayford Barnes

Trapper #3

MK
Maurice Kowalewski

Charlie Rat

Sean McCann

News Reporter

Details

Directed by
Peter R. Hunt
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
97 min
Country
Hong Kong, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 9,234 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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