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The Amityville Terror

Name: The Amityville Terror
Director: Michael Angelo
Released: 2016
Duration: 84 min

Representation Score

2.5/10

Limited

2016

Not Rated

Director

Michael Angelo

Runtime

84 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The Amityville Terror sticks closely to the conventions of low-budget horror. It emphasizes genre clichés and supernatural suspense over exploring diverse identities or social commentary. The narrative relies on conventional character archetypes and traditional domestic structures. This approach leads to a lack of demographic diversity or subversion of standard social hierarchies. Ultimately, the film serves as a standard morality tale focusing on the conflict between a family and an evil spirit, without offering progressive representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Amityville Terror have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film centers on a traditional nuclear family facing supernatural threats. There are no representations of non-binary gender identities or critiques of traditional gender roles.

How does The Amityville Terror portray gender?

Fair

The characters tend to fall into typical protector and victim roles. The narrative structure follows traditional gender roles within a standard horror framework.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Amityville Terror?

Limited

The story depicts a homogeneous social environment with a new family and hostile townspeople. There is no indication of a diverse cast influencing the plot.

How does The Amityville Terror represent religion and culture?

Limited

The plot unfolds as a straightforward morality tale of good versus evil. It does not offer a nuanced look at Western cultural institutions or frameworks.

Does The Amityville Terror include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information about characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

The film adheres to established horror genre conventions.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks intentional demographic diversity or varied casting.
The film relies on traditional gender roles and predictable character archetypes.
There is no evidence of non-binary gender identities or queer narratives.
The story fails to deconstruct cultural institutions or social hierarchies.

Official Synopsis

When a new family moves to an old house in Amityville, they are tormented and tortured by an evil spirit living in the home while trapped by the malicious townspeople who want to keep them there.

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