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Rawhead Rex

1986 · 89 min · Director: George Pavlou ★ IMDb 5.2 · 7,658 ratings

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The writer Howard Hallenbeck is spending vacation in the countryside of Ireland with his wife Elaine and children researching legends and myths for his book. Meanwhile, a farmer is trying to remove an old column on the field and accidentally unleashes the evil pagan god Rawhead Rex that begins a crime spree in the village where Howard and his family are lodged.

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Rawhead Rex (1986) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Tension. Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Disturbing and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 5.2/10 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
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Fear
Curiosity
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 3 %, then rises around 57 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity25 %16 %7 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity30 %15 %7 %27 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity41 %24 %14 %37 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Tension51 %42 %32 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Fear56 %52 %44 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Disturbing51 %44 %32 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension48 %43 %31 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension63 %55 %48 %32 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Disturbing70 %56 %49 %44 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity58 %49 %39 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension57 %52 %39 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Sadness70 %58 %43 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Sadness79 %62 %44 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Tension77 %67 %53 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension74 %71 %60 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Tension79 %77 %65 %42 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension84 %82 %69 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Tension83 %81 %67 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Tension83 %81 %67 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 87′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

KP
Kelly Piper

NT
Niall Tóibín

Reverend Coot

CL
Cora Lunny

Minty Hallenbeck

RW
Ronan Wilmot

Declan O'Brien

DM
Donal McCann

Tom Garron

Hv
Heinrich von Schellendorf

Rawhead Rex

NO
Niall O'Brien

Det. Insp. Isaac Gissing

Hugh O'Conor

Robbie Hallenbeck

EF
Eleanor Feely

Jenny Nicholson

GS
Gladys Sheehan

Ena Benedict

ME
Madelyn Erskine

Alice Gibson

GW
Gerry Walsh

Dennis McHugh

NO
Noel O'Donovan

Mitch Harney

JO
John Olohan

Dennis Nicholson

PD
Peter Donovan

Liam Blanchfield

BC
Bob Carlile

Garda Conroy

PD
Patrick Dawson

Detective Larkin

FL
Finbar Lynch

Andy Johnson

MG
Maeve Germaine

Katrina

Details

Directed by
George Pavlou
Written by
Clive Barker
Type
Movies
Released
1986
Runtime
89 min
Country
United Kingdom, Ireland, Soviet Union, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.2 · 7,658 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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