Crime, Drama, Horror  •  2016  •  108 min

Hounds of Love (2016)

Hounds of Love poster

Hounds of Love (2016)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive

Viewer Rating
7.2

Overview

When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.


Starring Cast

Emma Booth  •   Ashleigh Cummings  •   Stephen Curry

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's core conflict revolves around individual acts of depravity and a victim's personal struggle for survival, with the narrative offering an individualistic solution through cunning and manipulation rather than promoting any specific political ideology or societal critique.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The movie features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps for diversity. Its narrative focuses on individual psychopathy and does not present a critique of traditional identities or center on DEI themes.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium

The film predominantly depicts highly dysfunctional and non-traditional family structures, including an abusive partnership and a strained single-parent household where parental authority is challenged, without presenting traditional family life positively.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

Hounds of Love does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on the dynamics between a heterosexual couple and their female victim, exploring themes of abduction and abuse without incorporating queer identities or experiences into its plot.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Hounds of Love does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on a disturbing abduction and psychological horror within a cisgender context, resulting in no depiction relevant to transsexual identity. Therefore, the overall portrayal is rated as N/A.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film "Hounds of Love" is an original story featuring characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which character genders could have been established and subsequently altered.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Hounds of Love is an original film featuring characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or established canon for these characters to compare against, thus precluding any race swaps.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
6.1

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.8
Metacritic logo
7.3

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