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Night of the Creeps

1986 · 88 min · Director: Fred Dekker ★ IMDb 6.7 · 29,377 ratings

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In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

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Emotional fingerprint

Night of the Creeps (1986) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Humor 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Fear
25%Humor
  1. Fear30%
  2. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Humor, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Humor and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Tension
Disturbing
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 3 %, then dips around 38 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension47 %43 %23 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Disturbing50 %38 %25 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor53 %25 %13 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor54 %20 %9 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor56 %30 %23 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor56 %36 %29 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor50 %29 %26 %5 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Humor46 %26 %33 %4 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Disturbing51 %35 %41 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Humor50 %34 %30 %9 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Humor49 %34 %25 %11 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Disturbing55 %44 %39 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Sadness60 %50 %46 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Tension73 %56 %60 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Sadness83 %56 %75 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Disturbing76 %55 %64 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension73 %65 %45 %15 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Tension80 %79 %41 %9 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Tension71 %64 %29 %9 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Joy48 %28 %10 %5 %
Cinderella

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

JL
Jason Lively

SM
Steve Marshall

JW
Jill Whitlow

Cynthia 'Cindy' Cronenberg

WT
Wally Taylor

Detective Landis

AK
Allan Kayser

Brad

BS
Bruce Solomon

Sgt. Raimi

VP
Vic Polizos

Coroner

KH
Ken Heron

Johnny

AC
Alice Cadogan

Pam

JH
June Harris

Karen

David Paymer

Young Scientist

DO
David Oliver

Steve

ES
Evelyne Smith

House Mother

LR
Leslie Ryan

Sorority Girl with Hairbrush

LK
Liz Kern

Kathy (as Elizabeth Cox)

JJ
John J. York

Todd

RK
Robert Kerman

Patrolman with Searchlight

Details

Directed by
Fred Dekker
Written by
Fred Dekker
Type
Movies
Released
1986
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 29,377 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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