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Call Back

Name: Call Back
Director: Ben Ross
Released: 2009
Duration: 92 min

Representation Score

4.3/10

Fair

2009

Director

Ben Ross

Runtime

92 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Call Back operates as a corrective horror narrative that employs a meta-narrative structure to critique industry power dynamics. By reversing roles, the film dismantles the traditional predator/prey dynamic often found in the genre. The film’s strength lies in its ability to give real power to underrepresented groups. Female protagonists and a lesbian couple move from the sidelines to the center, actively deconstructing established hierarchies through their actions. However, the film lacks sufficient information to address racial or disability representation. While it successfully subverts gender and sexual orientation clichés, its broader social scope remains unexplored.

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Category Breakdown

Does Call Back have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film features a lesbian couple who take active roles in driving the plot through coordinated retribution. Their partnership challenges typical horror movie clichés.

How does Call Back portray gender?

Good

The narrative overturns traditional hierarchies by showing the male protagonist as weak and predatory. Female characters exhibit superior intellect and physical prowess, reclaiming control over the story.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Call Back?

Minimal

The film's cast includes diverse names, but the narrative lacks specific details regarding racial composition. There is insufficient evidence to assess the presence of racialized stories.

How does Call Back represent religion and culture?

Good

The story explores subjective morality and questions authority by depicting the director as a victim of his own actions within a bureaucratic system.

Does Call Back include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Reclaims control for female characters and a lesbian couple
Uses a meta-narrative to critique industry power dynamics
Challenges traditional horror movie clichés

Limited or Absent

Lacks focus on racial and ethnic diversity
Does not include characters with disabilities
Limited scope in cultural representation

Official Synopsis

After trying to seduce a naïve young actress, an overly cocky young horror director has the tables turned on him when the actress and her girlfriend restrain him and proceed to torture him in the same manner he had tortured people in the film that made him famous.

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