6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Mystery, Crime • 2018 • 109 min
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
Overview
A teenager in a tight-knit, churchgoing suburban community starts to suspect his father is a serial killer. The story unfolds inside a world of scout troops, Bible studies, and polished family appearances, which makes the horror land harder when the facade cracks. The Leans Traditional label reflects the setting more than any political stance. The film takes place in an explicitly conservative, religious environment and treats that world seriously rather than as a target. Christianity registers as a negative signal because faith functions as cover for hidden evil, a familiar genre move. No DEI themes, no political commentary, just a family secret with very dark dimensions.
Starring Cast
Dylan McDermott • Charlie Plummer • Samantha Mathis
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
A teenager in a tight-knit, churchgoing suburban community starts to suspect his father is a serial killer. The story unfolds inside a world of scout troops, Bible studies, and polished family appearances, which makes the horror land harder when the facade cracks. The Leans Traditional label reflects the setting more than any political stance. The film takes place in an explicitly conservative, religious environment and treats that world seriously rather than as a target. Christianity registers as a negative signal because faith functions as cover for hidden evil, a familiar genre move. No DEI themes, no political commentary, just a family secret with very dark dimensions.
Starring Cast
Dylan McDermott • Charlie Plummer • Samantha Mathis
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film focuses on the psychological horror of discovering a parent's hidden evil and the individual's struggle for truth and justice, without engaging with broader political ideologies or societal critiques.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a predominantly white cast without any apparent intentional race or gender swaps for diversity purposes. Its narrative focuses on a psychological thriller within a suburban family, and it does not present an explicit critique of traditional identities or incorporate strong DEI themes as central to its story.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film depicts a seemingly traditional nuclear family embedded in a conservative, religious community, complete with traditional gender roles and values. However, the narrative focuses on the psychological horror of a father's hidden life as a serial killer, which shatters the facade of these norms without explicitly endorsing or critiquing the traditional family model itself.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film depicts a community where outward Christian piety and respectability serve as a perfect cover for a serial killer. The narrative uses the killer's devout facade and his integration into a Christian-leaning community to highlight hypocrisy and the darkness that can hide beneath a veneer of virtue, without offering a counterbalancing positive portrayal.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is solely centered on a psychological thriller involving a son's suspicion that his father is a serial killer, exploring themes of hidden darkness and family secrets within a seemingly normal family.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The Clovehitch Killer does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a family's unraveling as a son suspects his father is a serial killer, with the victims consistently portrayed as cisgender women, and no plot points or character arcs relate to transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Clovehitch Killer is an original film with no pre-existing source material, historical figures, or prior adaptations. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there are no instances of a character's gender being changed from an established canon.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Clovehitch Killer is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or established canon for its characters. Therefore, no character could have been previously established as a specific race to be subsequently race-swapped.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.4
Critic Ratings
7.9
5.9
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