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The Walking Deceased

Name: The Walking Deceased
Director: Scott Dow
Released: 2015
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

5.1/10

Fair

2015

Director

Scott Dow

Runtime

90 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film heavily relies on typical horror-comedy clichés and generic survivor archetypes. While it aims to depict a diverse group, the character descriptions lack specific details about race or ethnicity. Representation often feels like placeholders for genre conventions. The narrative focuses more on satirical takes on authority and survival than on meaningful social or cultural critique. Ultimately, the work prioritizes traditional, comedic archetypes over complex or progressive character development, reinforcing conventional storytelling patterns.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Walking Deceased have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film doesn't explicitly include LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-straight relationships. A lonely zombie seeking love hints at a queer theme, but it isn't clear or developed.

How does The Walking Deceased portray gender?

Fair

The story emphasizes masculine-coded roles such as a tough son and a Sheriff. Women in the film don't have prominent roles or challenge traditional gender norms.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Walking Deceased?

Limited

Survivors are described as coming from 'all walks of the apocalypse,' but the film doesn't provide specific details about race or ethnicity for its characters.

How does The Walking Deceased represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film critiques the breakdown of Western institutions like law enforcement. However, the focus remains on finding stability at a ranch rather than addressing broader social issues.

Does The Walking Deceased include disability representation?

Fair

A character with brain damage due to a coma is part of the cast. This portrayal risks using cognitive disability as a comedic cliché, focusing on incompetence rather than nuanced representation.

Present on Screen

Includes a character with cognitive impairment, introducing disability into the narrative.
A lonely zombie seeking love suggests a potential for unconventional companionship.

Limited or Absent

Relies on generic descriptions that don't specify racial or ethnic diversity.
Characterizations like the 'idiotic' Sheriff risk using disability as a mere comedic device.
Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight themes.
Gender roles are limited to traditional masculine-coded survivalist archetypes.

Official Synopsis

A group of survivors from all walks of the apocalypse – an idiotic Sheriff with definite coma-induced brain damage, his hardass son and a hobo with only a crossbow to stave off the walking dead, four squabbling friends forced to survive this zombieland together, and a lonely zombie who just needs love to fully regain his warm body – leave their once-safe mall hideout in search of the rumored Safe Haven Ranch, a refuge untouched by the zombie virus that has ravaged humanity.

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