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The Necromancer
2018
Director
Stuart Brennan
Runtime
88 minutes
Average Rating
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When a group of soldiers decide to flee from the Napoleonic Wars, their journey home takes them through the Black Forest, leading them to an ancient evil and a fight for their lives.
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Overall Score
2.7/10
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Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film lacks evidence of non-heteronormative identities. It focuses on a standard military ensemble within a historical context.
Gender Representation
The narrative centers on soldiers, roles historically dominated by masculine archetypes. There is no evidence of female characters possessing high agency.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The story focuses on a specific group of soldiers in the Black Forest. It lacks specific data indicating a non-Anglo-Saxon majority.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The film utilizes a traditional Western historical setting. It follows a standard survivalist horror structure rather than challenging established institutions.
Disability Representation
No characters with visible or invisible disabilities are identified in the documentation.
Strengths
- The film maintains a consistent historical setting within the Napoleonic era.
- It utilizes established folk horror tropes to drive its survivalist narrative.
Areas for Improvement
- The film lacks representation for LGBTQ+ identities and characters with disabilities.
- The narrative relies on traditional masculine archetypes, limiting gender diversity.
- There is a lack of racial and ethnic variety within the primary soldier ensemble.
AI Analysis
The Necromancer is a period-set horror film that prioritizes historical genre tropes over intersectional complexity. By focusing on a military unit during the Napoleonic Wars, the narrative leans heavily into traditional masculine archetypes and survivalist frameworks. The film's diversity is constrained by its historical setting and its adherence to folk horror tropes. The lack of representation across several categories suggests a production centered on genre-driven storytelling rather than social subversion. Ultimately, the film functions as a conventional genre piece. It relies on established character archetypes and a standard Western historical backdrop, offering little disruption to traditional social hierarchies.
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