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The Darkness

Name: The Darkness
Director: Greg McLean
Released: 2016
Duration: 92 min

Representation Score

0.8/10

Minimal

2016

PG-13

Director

Greg McLean

Runtime

92 minutes

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The Darkness is a conventional horror film that leans heavily on genre clichés, favoring a homogeneous cast and a traditional nuclear family model. It offers limited exploration of diverse identities and social structures. The film upholds established social norms, emphasizing the importance of the family unit against external threats. It does not seek to challenge or critique these norms. Overall, the film adheres to standard Western narrative structures, resulting in a lack of diversity across various identity categories.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Darkness have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-straight identities. It focuses on a traditional nuclear family structure.

How does The Darkness portray gender?

Fair

The film emphasizes traditional gender roles within the home, where the mother plays a central role in the emotional storyline while reinforcing typical gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Darkness?

Minimal

The cast is primarily white, reflecting a homogeneous demographic often seen in Western horror films. Characters of color are not given prominent roles.

How does The Darkness represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story centers on the sanctity of the nuclear family within a Western context, without engaging with critiques of religious or cultural norms.

Does The Darkness include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities as part of their main storyline. Vulnerabilities arise from supernatural threats rather than physical or cognitive differences.

Present on Screen

The mother plays a central role in the film's emotional storyline.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks racial diversity, featuring a predominantly white cast.
There is no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight characters.
The narrative does not include characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
The story reinforces traditional social structures without challenging them.

Official Synopsis

A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

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