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The Medusa Touch

1978 · 109 min · Director: Jack Gold ★ IMDb 6.9 · 8,609 ratings

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A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

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The Medusa Touch (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Curiosity 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Curiosity and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Curiosity
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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 8 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension52 %46 %51 %31 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity50 %40 %56 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity52 %41 %58 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Disturbing55 %45 %56 %45 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity54 %43 %59 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity59 %48 %62 %53 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Disturbing63 %54 %60 %57 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity57 %49 %56 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Curiosity52 %41 %56 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Curiosity53 %40 %61 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity59 %48 %61 %47 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Disturbing62 %51 %59 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity67 %59 %61 %53 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Tension75 %71 %59 %58 %
72.5 %≈ 79′Disturbing77 %74 %54 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension77 %75 %49 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 90′Tension78 %79 %43 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension84 %84 %36 %62 %
92.5 %≈ 101′Tension89 %89 %29 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 106′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

Lino Ventura

Brunel

Harry Andrews

Assistant Commissioner

Michael Hordern

Atropos - Fortune Teller

Derek Jacobi

Townley - Publisher

MT
Malcolm Tierney

Deacon

PS
Philip Stone

Dean

RL
Robert Lang

Pennington

AE
Avril Elgar

Mrs. Pennington

JH
James Hazeldine

Lovelass

JN
John Normington

Mr. Copley

RF
Robert Flemyng

Judge McKinley

NB
Norman Bird

Major Henry Morlar

JJ
Jennifer Jayne

Mrs. Morlar

Details

Directed by
Jack Gold
Written by
John Briley, Peter Van Greenaway
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
109 min
Country
France, United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 8,609 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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