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It Comes

It Comes

2018

Director

Tetsuya Nakashima

Runtime

135 minutes

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Synopsis

To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.

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Diversity & Representation

Overall Score

5.2/10

Fair


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Limited

The film lacks prominent LGBTQ+ narratives or explicit critiques of heteronormativity. Character dynamics focus on traditional familial and professional structures. It avoids derogatory tropes but offers little queer visibility.

Gender Representation

Fair

The narrative shifts away from male-centric tropes by centering stakes on a female perspective. It explores the strength of women in chaotic environments, providing meaningful roles rather than decorative ones.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Fair

As a Japanese production, the cast is predominantly homogeneous. The film maintains an authentic cultural groundedness and avoids whitewashing, though it does not utilize diverse ethnic blending.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Good

The film offers a sophisticated critique of traditional social hierarchies and institutional stability. It portrays authority figures as potentially corrupt or incapable of providing true protection.

Disability Representation

Fair

Characters with extraordinary abilities are explored through a supernatural lens. These figures possess significant agency, using their unique psychological or physical states to drive the plot forward.

Strengths

  • Provides meaningful, non-decorative roles for female characters.
  • Offers a sophisticated critique of traditional social hierarchies and institutions.
  • Grants significant agency to characters with extraordinary or unique abilities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Lacks prominent LGBTQ+ narratives or explicit queer visibility.
  • Maintains a predominantly homogeneous cast reflecting a single cultural context.
  • Does not explicitly subvert traditional masculinity through character tropes.

AI Analysis

Tetsuya Nakashima’s film uses the horror genre to deconstruct the perceived safety of the family and the state. Its progressive value lies in its thematic skepticism toward institutional authority and the disruption of social norms. While the film lacks high scores in explicit demographic representation, it succeeds in providing characters with agency. The narrative architecture functions as a critique of the predatory nature of established institutions. Ultimately, the work prioritizes systemic critique over the preservation of traditional structures, using supernatural elements to explore the fragility of social contracts.

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