The Cellar (2022) | How Woke Is It?

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The Cellar2022

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What We Think

A refreshingly non-woke haunted house horror, 'The Cellar' puts scares before sermons. It’s a rare modern film that’s more interested in creaking floors than lecturing viewers, almost feels like a throwback.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

'The Cellar' focuses on classic horror tropes rather than shoehorning in modern identity politics. Characters exist for story purposes, with little emphasis on ticking diversity boxes or elevating identity over narrative or tension.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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There is no significant attempt to undermine religion, family, or traditional morality. The nuclear family is at the core and neither masculinity nor femininity is particularly derided or elevated, it’s all about the scares.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative worldviews aren’t a focus here, but they’re not actively mocked or straw-manned either. The film primarily sticks to conventional genre dynamics and simply aims to be spooky, rather than preachy.

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