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Dolls

1986 · 77 min · Director: Stuart Gordon ★ IMDb 6.3 · 14,674 ratings

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Five adults and a child (two parties traveling separately) are stranded in a storm and spend the night in the mansion of an elderly couple who are dollmakers. However, the travelers' young daughter realizes the dolls the couple makes were once wicked humans whom the couple has miniaturized and turned into dolls.

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Dolls (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: Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Disturbing and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Fear

Tension
Fear
Empathy
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 18 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor38 %26 %7 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Empathy46 %32 %12 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Empathy44 %33 %16 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Relief35 %26 %12 %30 %
22.5 %≈ 17′Humor35 %22 %8 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Humor41 %27 %8 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 25′Empathy44 %33 %14 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 29′Tension48 %42 %27 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 33′Empathy59 %56 %41 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 37′Tension68 %66 %49 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 40′Tension71 %69 %51 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 44′Tension64 %62 %43 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 48′Tension62 %59 %44 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 52′Fear69 %65 %56 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 56′Tension72 %70 %59 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 60′Tension77 %75 %64 %40 %
82.5 %≈ 64′Tension80 %77 %64 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 67′Tension71 %58 %44 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 71′Relief61 %35 %22 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 75′Relief55 %27 %15 %41 %
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

IP
Ian Patrick Williams

IP
Ian Patrick Williams

David Bower

CP
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon

CP
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon

Rosemary Bower

CL
Carrie Lorraine

CL
Carrie Lorraine

Judy Bower

GR
Guy Rolfe

Gabriel Hartwicke

HM
Hilary Mason

Hilary Hartwicke

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Bunty Bailey

Isabel Prange

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Cassie Stuart

Enid

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Stephen Lee

Ralph Morris

Details

Directed by
Stuart Gordon
Written by
Ed Naha
Type
Movies
Released
1986
Runtime
77 min
Country
United States, Italy
Genres
Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 14,674 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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