Incarnate (2016) | How Woke Is It?

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Incarnate2016

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What We Think

"Incarnate" is about as non-woke as modern horror gets, favoring straightforward scares over lectures. Identity politics and revisionism are absent, and traditional themes are treated with neutrality. It’s a basic, no-frills exorcism flick that doesn’t bend the knee to the current Hollywood trends.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on a fairly standard supernatural horror plot, centering on an exorcist battling demonic forces. Characters are driven by personal motivations, with identity traits playing little to no role in the story. Representation feels organic, if barely noticeable, and there’s no real sense that ideology trumps narrative needs here.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional themes like family and faith are respected if a bit sidelined for genre thrills. Religion (in the form of exorcism) is portrayed as a legitimate response to evil, and masculinity isn’t mocked or undermined. There’s no obvious attempt to subvert or critique cultural norms, so this aspect stays mostly untouched.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Alternative worldviews aren’t really addressed, though that’s par for the horror course. The film doesn’t dwell on ideological messaging and seems uninterested in sending any modern moral lessons. If anything, it’s almost refreshingly apolitical, a rarity these days.

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