Semi-dokyumento: Maruhi yobai 

A strong representation of African Americans in this film features evil spirits and horror-themed elements.

A boy named Max experiences adventure within his own house while staying home alone.

Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.

An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.

Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.

A direct fall into the white savior narrative