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Dogman

Name: Dogman
Director: Richard Brauer
Released: 2012
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

4.7/10

Fair

2012

TV-14

Director

Richard Brauer

Runtime

90 minutes

Average Rating

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Dogman follows a standard horror structure rooted in traditional Western rural archetypes. The narrative centers around a husband and wife facing a biological threat in the Midwest. The film's diversity is enhanced by the inclusion of a Native American character who play a significant role in driving the story, which introduces Indigenous wisdom as a key solution. However, the film lacks complexity in representing multiple aspects of diversity, relying on traditional gender roles and lacking LGBTQ+ identities or characters with disabilities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Dogman have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on a traditional marriage between Hanklin and Dorothy, where no LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisgender identities are present.

How does Dogman portray gender?

Fair

The film uses a conventional domestic framework where Dorothy, while a central figure, seems secondary to Hanklin's role in the main conflict.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Dogman?

Good

Francis Wellman, a Native American character, significantly boosts diversity by discovering an ancient antidote, which drives the plot forward.

How does Dogman represent religion and culture?

Fair

The setting draws heavily on rural mid-western archetypes, creating a thematic tension between Western science and Indigenous wisdom regarding the antidote.

Does Dogman include disability representation?

Minimal

No characters with physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities are mentioned in the provided story details.

Present on Screen

The inclusion of Francis Wellman provides meaningful ability to act to a Native American character.
The narrative disrupts standard clichés by positioning Indigenous wisdom as a key solution to the plot's central conflict.

Limited or Absent

The film relies on traditional assumptions about straight relationships and gender roles.
There is a lack of representation for LGBTQ+ identities and characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Hanklin Purvis enjoys the outdoors, and he loves to hunt. He and his wife, Dorothy, live on a farm in the rural mid-west. For some reason, during the season before autumn, things start happening. The first victims are family pets, then wild animals. But it's not until people are injured that the police get involved. The attacker is not human, that's for sure and it needs to be stopped. Then they discover that the wounds have a deadly bacteria and the clock is ticking for those infected. Enter Hanklin's neighbor, Francis Wellman, a Native American who believes she has discovered an ancient antidote. And will they ever find the perpetrator of these horrifying attacks? They do.

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