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Senior
Movie

Senior

2015Unknown

Woke Score
1.6
out of 10

Plot

A student who can smell ghosts work together with a dead senior classmate to investigate a murder from 50 years ago.

Overall Series Review

Senior is a 2015 Thai horror-mystery film set primarily within a Catholic convent boarding school. The story follows Mon, a new student and an outcast with the unique ability to smell spirits, and her unexpected partnership with the ghost of an unseen male senior. The duo works to solve a brutal murder that occurred fifty years prior when the school was a royal palace. The plot focuses on traditional mystery-solving, using Mon’s unique talent to uncover a past injustice. The film’s themes center on uncovering truth and seeking justice for past wrongs, using local Thai supernatural folklore in the process. The narrative avoids political or social commentary, prioritizing the mystery and the developing, platonic-romantic relationship between the two main characters. The female lead, Mon, is the main engine of the investigation, exhibiting tenacity and skill despite being a social pariah among her living classmates.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The narrative centers on the universal theme of justice and a character's unique paranormal ability, not on race or intersectional hierarchy. The protagonist, Mon, is an outcast not due to an immutable characteristic but because her special talent makes her appear eccentric to her peers. The casting is culturally authentic to its Thai setting, and the plot does not include any vilification of an identity group.

Oikophobia1/10

The film utilizes and respects Thai folklore, featuring ghosts seeking justice for a past murder in contrast to Western zombie tropes. The school setting, which was once a palace, serves as a historical backdrop for a personal crime rather than a deconstruction or demonization of Thai heritage or institutions. The core plot is a pursuit of moral justice for a historical wrong.

Feminism2/10

The female protagonist, Mon, is the central investigator and the active character who initiates the detection work, while the male character is a ghost who needs her help to interact with the world. She is not portrayed as a 'Mary Sue,' as her unique ability causes her to be an outcast and subject to ridicule. The male ghost is depicted as a cooperative partner, not a toxic or bumbling idiot, and the subplot focuses on their cooperative detective work and platonic-romantic relationship.

LGBTQ+1/10

The core plot is a supernatural murder mystery and a developing relationship between a girl and a male ghost. No elements of sexual ideology, centering of alternative sexualities, or deconstruction of the nuclear family are present in the narrative.

Anti-Theism3/10

The story is set within a Catholic convent, and the ultimate villain is an individual religious authority figure (Mother Superior Hannah) who confessed to a crime. This suggests corruption is found within a specific person rather than framing the entire traditional religion as inherently evil or the root of all problems. The presence of ghosts seeking justice reinforces a belief in transcendent moral law where wrongdoings must be accounted for.