7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Archive 81 (2022)
Archive 81 (2022)
Overview
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film primarily explores supernatural horror and mystery, focusing on individual struggles against an insidious cult rather than engaging with explicit political ideologies or offering politically charged solutions, leading to a neutral rating.
The series features visible diversity in its lead cast with a Black actor and a Saudi Arabian-American actress in prominent roles. The narrative, however, focuses on supernatural horror and mystery, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its plot.
Secondary
Archive 81 includes a supporting character, Mark Higgins, who is openly gay. His sexuality is depicted incidentally, presented as a normal part of his identity without being central to the plot or themes. The portrayal avoids stereotypes and is neither overtly positive nor negative, resulting in a neutral overall impact.
Archive 81 does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Consequently, there is no portrayal of transsexual identity to evaluate based on the provided rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Netflix series "Archive 81" is an adaptation of a podcast. A review of the main and recurring characters indicates that their genders in the on-screen adaptation align with their established genders in the original podcast. No significant character gender changes were identified.
The series "Archive 81" is an adaptation of an audio podcast. The races of the main characters, Dan Turner and Melody Pendras, were not explicitly specified or visually depicted in the original audio-only source material. Therefore, the casting of actors of different races for the live-action adaptation does not constitute a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.7
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