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Evil Angels

1988 · directed by Fred Schepisi · 120 min
23,608 feet · Prominence
1,075th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $7m, re-releases included; about $19m in 2026 money.

Rank6,046 of 11,051In 198894 of 173

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards20 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Actress
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy45

Judged directly: 'A dingo ate my baby' entered language.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.9 from 12kWikipedia8k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 1,362 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 42 praise 95 legacy 45averages 61, placing it at23,608 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Meryl Streep19,819 ftSam Neill19,001 ft