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Oculus

2014. Directed by Mike Flanagan, written by Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard and Jeff Seidman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    11 women characters. 4 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 3 scenes out of 184.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

Poster for Oculus

The film

Haunted by the violent deaths of their parents 10 years earlier, adult siblings Kaylie and Tim are now struggling to rebuild their relationship. Kaylie suspects that their antique mirror is behind the tragedy and contains a malevolent, supernatural force that infects the mind of anyone who gazes into it.

Released
11 Apr 2014
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated
R
IMDb
6.6 / 10
Metascore
61 / 100
Awards
3 wins & 18 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Kaylie 191 lines, woman
  2. Tim 127 lines, man
  3. Alan 67 lines, man
  4. Marie 51 lines, woman
  5. Little Kaylie 46 lines, woman
  6. Little Tim 39 lines, man
  7. Eliot 15 lines
  8. Auctioneer 8 lines, woman
  9. Dr. Graham 8 lines, man
  10. 911 Operator 5 lines
Full cast, 23 people
  • Karen Gillan as Kaylie Russell
  • Brenton Thwaites as Tim Russell
  • Katee Sackhoff as Marie Russell
  • Rory Cochrane as Alan Russell
  • Annalise Basso as Young Kaylie
  • Garrett Ryan as Young Tim
  • James Lafferty as Michael Dumont
  • Miguel Sandoval as Dr. Shawn Graham
  • Kate Siegel as Marisol Chavez
  • Scott Graham as Warren
  • Justin Gordon as Supervisor Mark
  • Dave Levine as Robert Clancy
  • Stephanie Minter as Virginia Lasser
  • Skye L. Johnson as Mary O'Connor
  • Courtney Bell as Auctioneer
  • Allison Boyd as Beatrice O'Connor
  • Jamie Flanagan as Tobin Capp
  • Alexandra Beer as Marcia Wicker
  • Marc D. Evans as Oliver Jeffries
  • Toni White as Alice Carden
  • Katie Parker as Phone Store Clerk
  • Ginger McNamara as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
  • Brett Murray as Officer 1 (as Brett Luciana Murray)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 184

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 400
5 to 815
9 to 12118
13 to 161415
17 to 2087
21 to 2434
25 to 2801
29 to 3274
33 to 3668
37 to 40104
41 to 44269
45 to 483113
49 to 521117
53 to 5654
57 to 6066
61 to 6454
65 to 6853
69 to 7255
73 to 7602
77 to 80109
81 to 8422
85 to 8884
89 to 9203
93 to 962725
97 to 10094
101 to 10476
105 to 10845
109 to 11201
113 to 11654
117 to 12043
121 to 12498
125 to 12831
129 to 13221
133 to 1362115
137 to 14034
141 to 14400
145 to 14898
149 to 15200
153 to 15613
157 to 16091
161 to 16400
165 to 16812
169 to 172410
173 to 17633
177 to 18003
181 to 18418

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
KAYLIE: We have to go eat. And I should record the thermostat data. We need some food - LITTLE KAYLIE: She’s hungry again. KAYLIE: You here? You with me?
KAYLIE: Oww! KAYLIE: Nice tricks. MARIE: Kaylie?
MARIE: Kaylie. LITTLE KAYLIE: Mommy?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 54 are women's.

296 lines from women, 252 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 9 men in the cast. 4 women and 6 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 6 of 574. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 10 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 63% of the words (3,903), men 37% (2,339). Women have 54% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Mike Flanagan (man)
Written by
Mike Flanagan (man), Jeff Howard (man)
Produced by
Marc D. Evans (man), Trevor Macy (man)
Shot by
Michael Fimognari (man)
Edited by
Mike Flanagan (man)
Music by
Andrew Grush (man), Taylor Stewart (man)
Production design by
Russell Barnes (man)
Costumes by
Lynn Falconer (woman)
Cast by
Kellie Roy (woman), Anne McCarthy (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Production

    3 women, 13 men, 5 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed

  • Other crew

    1 women, 1 men, 4 not listed

  • Art

    1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    4 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Lighting

    0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 26 on average. Men: 34 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Annalise Basso 15, Karen Gillan 26, Kate Siegel 31, Katee Sackhoff 33

Men

Garrett Ryan 14, Brenton Thwaites 24, James Lafferty 28, Rory Cochrane 42, Miguel Sandoval 62

Exhibit H: the money

It made 8.9 times what it cost.

Budget
$5 million
Box office
$44.5 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 184 scenes and 574 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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