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Wood Eyes

Name: Wood Eyes
Director: Roberto Suárez
Released: 2017
Duration: 64 min

Representation Score

7.6/10

Good

2017

Director

Roberto Suárez

Runtime

64 minutes

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Wood Eyes offers a unique regional perspective that diverges from typical Hollywood horror. Its strength lies in its cultural specificity and its exploration of psychological trauma through a child's viewpoint. However, the film remains somewhat conventional in its social representations. It lacks explicit LGBTQ+ characters and does not significantly challenge traditional gender roles within its family structure. Overall, the film stands out as a piece of non-Western genre cinema, trading mainstream clichés for a more subjective, psychological exploration of grief and the breakdown of perceived reality.

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Category Breakdown

Does Wood Eyes have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly depict LGBTQ+ characters or identities. It centers on a nuclear family structure involving an aunt and uncle.

How does Wood Eyes portray gender?

Fair

The story focuses on the psychological struggle of a male child and his adult relatives. While female characters are present, there is no clear challenge to traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Wood Eyes?

Good

This South American co-production brings a culturally distinct perspective. By featuring actors from Uruguay, Argentina, and Venezuela, the film avoids the typical Western-centric approach in horror.

How does Wood Eyes represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative validates a child's subjective experience of fear, challenging adult authority. This approach aligns with complex storytelling traditions about truth and perception.

Does Wood Eyes include disability representation?

Good

Victor deals with post-traumatic stress and psychological visions. The film explores mental health through Victor's internal perceptions rather than treating it as mere spectacle.

Present on Screen

The South American co-production breaks away from Anglo-Saxon dominance in the horror genre.
The film provides a culturally distinct lens by focusing on non-Western perspectives.
It delves into mental health and neurodivergence through a subjective, internal perspective.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ characters or identities.
There is limited challenge to traditional gender roles or hierarchies.
The film centers around a standard nuclear family structure for its main conflict.

Official Synopsis

A tale of children's horror for adults. A story that intermingles fantasy and reality. The eyes of a child who perceive what adults are not able to see.

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