Movie review
January 25, 2018 · 84 min · NR
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Terrifier is a 2016 independent horror film with a limited 2018 theatrical release. A mute killer clown named Art stalks and brutally murders people on Halloween night, focusing on three young women and anyone in his path through extreme practical gore. The movie has no political messages, identity themes, diversity emphasis, or social justice elements.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Terrifier.
Woke representation / casting
The cast consists of standard young adult performers in a traditional horror slasher setup with no visible emphasis on racial, gender, or identity diversity or signaling.
Woke political dialogue
There is almost no dialogue in the film, and none that touches on politics, social issues, or activist ideas.
Identity-driven story themes
The story is a straightforward tale of a psychotic clown committing random murders; it explores no themes related to identity, representation, or modern social issues.
Western institutional / cultural critique
The film offers no commentary on Western institutions, gender roles, patriarchy, or cultural norms; the violence is presented as senseless and apolitical.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. This is an original story with no established source material or characters to reinterpret through an ideological lens.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No complaints exist that accuse the film of promoting woke, DEI, or identity politics ideas. Viewer pushback centers on gore levels instead.
Creator track record context
Key creatives like Damien Leone have built careers on apolitical extreme horror and have explicitly rejected attempts to politicize their work, with no history of left-leaning activist projects.
Production
