Re-Animator (1985) | How Woke Is It?

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Re-Animator1985

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What We Think

Re-Animator is essentially woke-proof, focusing on madcap horror and satire without any hint of modern identity ideology. It’s a non-woke cult classic from a bygone, far less preachy era.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Re-Animator is squarely focused on its wild, horror-comedy narrative and mad science thrills. There’s no energy spent on identity politics or shoehorning in modern ideological talking points. Characters are developed based on their role in the gruesome plot, not box-ticking for representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film plays with dark themes and elements of traditional horror but doesn’t go out of its way to undermine family, faith, or masculinity. If anything, it leans into the classic (and gory) ethical dilemmas of mad science, with zero wokeness detected in its attitude toward culture or tradition.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

No ideological groupthink here, any commentary is pure 80s schlock and punkish rebellion against bland authority, not modern social justice talking points. Viewers seeking an agenda will find only guts, camp, and grim humor.

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