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Making Contact

1985 · 94 min · Director: Roland Emmerich ★ IMDb 4.7 · 2,139 ratings

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When Joey's dad dies Joey is starting to act strange. He's got psychic powers. He can talk to him on the phone! His red toy telephone! But what he doesn't know is that he is not talking to his dad. He is talking to an evil dummy and the evil dummy is starting to make Joey's world a living nightmare.

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Emotional fingerprint

Making Contact (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Anxiety 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anxiety, Disturbing. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Anxiety and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 4.7/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sympathy
Tension
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 38 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness72 %65 %15 %70 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness71 %63 %28 %64 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity70 %63 %35 %55 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sympathy65 %55 %31 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity60 %36 %36 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension64 %38 %54 %18 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sympathy63 %50 %56 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Sympathy56 %48 %48 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity59 %41 %50 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension71 %45 %66 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Tension76 %46 %73 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Curiosity65 %38 %57 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity59 %31 %51 %11 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension63 %31 %57 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Tension69 %39 %65 %13 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension78 %49 %76 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension85 %56 %85 %23 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Tension89 %68 %88 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Sadness90 %79 %68 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Sadness87 %82 %35 %85 %
Icarus

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

JM
Joshua Morrell

EK
Eva Kryll

TS
Tammy Shields

JZ
Jan Zierold

Martin

BK
Barbara Klein

Dr. Haiden

JL
Jerry L. Hall Jr.

William

SJ
Sean Johnson

Bobby

MK
Matthias Kraus

Bernie

RK
Ray Kaselonis

Steven

CG
Christine Goebbels

Alice

AB
Axel Berg

Ralph

Jack Angel

Fletcher the Dummer (English Version, voice)

Details

Directed by
Roland Emmerich
Written by
Roland Emmerich, Hans J. Haller, Thomas Lechner
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
94 min
Country
West Germany
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.7 · 2,139 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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