How It Feels to Be Run Over

How It Feels to Be Run Over

Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth

Produced by Hepworth Picture Plays

19001 min6.0 / 10

An early cinema novelty that uses the illusion of an oncoming vehicle to create suspense and shock, blending genuine tension with playful audience manipulation.

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an automobile comes up the road, straight towards the camera. As it gets nearer, the occupants start to wave frantically, but can a collision be avoided?

Questions people ask

  • Is How It Feels to Be Run Over sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Does How It Feels to Be Run Over end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is How It Feels to Be Run Over easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is How It Feels to Be Run Over violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is How It Feels to Be Run Over scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

64/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity97

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise90

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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