Is Fade to Black actually good?

Fade to Black sits in the 33.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 33.8% of them.

How does Fade to Black compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Fade to Black lands in the 31.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Fade to Black's score based on?

56 calibrated reviewers stand behind Fade to Black's score.

1980

global pct

33.8

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Fade to Black

Name: Fade to Black
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Released: 1980

Scored from 56 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

33.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

31.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

24.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

56 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1980, Fade to Black is a comedy, crime and horror film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 125 of whom clear the calibration test. Only 56 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 57 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.