Pearl
Movie • 2022 • Horror
ReportTrapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
This movie contains 60 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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yvsminn_08
I'd say emotionally. The mother abandons and disregards the main character's emotions.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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glance
A character’s mother stops them from eating dinner as a punishment.
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Santz9
A character and one of their parents get into a brief physical altercation at a dinner scene that takes place during a thunderstorm. The altercation begins with threats of using a knife, one character starts yelling, the two characters slap each other while yelling, start pushing each other, and begin wrestling in the dining room.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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birddog
Pearl lights her mother on fire and kills her sister-in-law.
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cherreyes
There is a mutually abusive parent child relationship where one eventually overpowers the other and goes on to hurt and kill others too
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rubyfire77
a parent is verbally abusive and controlling, and there is a physical altercation between the two, but the child is an adult
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Addiction
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BrintyNM
Someone recreationally takes morphine meant for an ill family member.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
122 supporters
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Ollie2
No animals were harmed in real life for the making of this film. Should be 100% NO votes here.
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Santz9
A character stabs a goose that wanders into the barn with a pitchfork. The kill itself is off-screen but the cries of the goose can be heard, and its body is later shown and fed to an alligator. This first act happens within the first five minutes of the movie. Later, this same character also squishes a fertile alligator egg after mentioning how they hate it when the farm cow, Charlie, stares at them. This act occurs shortly after they are told "Life doesn't always turn out the way you expect" by a parent of theirs.
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Are animals abused?
175 supporters
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CherryColaa
Around 4:40 through 6:00 minutes.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Santz9
A goose is killed off-screen with a pitchfork in the opening minutes of the movie after a character feeds the other farm animals. The cries of the goose can be heard and its limp bloody body is shown, still attached to the pitchfork, before being fed to an alligator in a pond. A character also takes a fertile alligator egg from a nest and squishes it with their bare hands.
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Does a pet die?
141 supporters
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Ixtlacmiztli
A farm goose is killed, carried on a pitchfork, then fed tk an alligator
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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There is an alligator named Theda… kind of like a weird violent pet that the main character has.
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Are there bugs?
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GuacaMickey
Maggots crawl over a cooked pig that was left out for multiple days. Multiple up close shots of the maggots writhing.
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Assault
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Two women slap one another
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Is someone drugged?
1 supporters
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skillwithaquill24
Pearl’s father takes morphine for his condition. Pearl doses him with it once to keep him quiet while she entertains a guest.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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TheCassandraComplex
You could say people are killed by a bully. Pearl likes to make others feel afraid and likes to inflict pain.
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honkycat
not exactly(?), however a man shows the main character a porn movie without her consent and stands behind her while she watches and later puts his arm around her, nothing happens but personally it made me nervous so just be aware!
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Is someone's mouth covered?
1 supporters
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33
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TillmanReyes
Pearl kills her father this way.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
32 supporters
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thebadgerbabe
A knife is pulled in one scene but it’s not actually used on anyone.
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Is there throat mutilation?
1 supporters
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Someone is stabbed in the throat with a pitchfork.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Santz9
A character, while in the bathtub, grabs the throat of another character with one hand. The victim, while not visibly distressed, can be heard struggling to breathe. This same character, the previous victim, is also suffocated to death with a pillowcase later—albeit off-screen—loud groans can be heard.
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Is there decapitation?
1 supporters
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Shown on screen
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Is someone choked?
1 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
A paralyzed man is briefly choked.
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Is someone burned alive?
1 supporters
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Santz9
A character catches fire after they come too close to a lit fireplace at a dinner scene that takes place during a thunderstorm. This character does not succumb to their burns, but there is plenty of screaming and visible burn scars that are shown after the fire is put out.
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Is there body horror?
1 supporters
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frootsnak
Decomposing and charred bodies are shown in detail / in hallucinations, at the end corpses are dressed up. There's a pretty gross moment of a dead body's hair being brushed
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Is there amputation?
26 supporters
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Santz9
A character has their limbs and head cut off during a montage near the end of the movie. Of the many close-ups, there are ones of a severed neck and an arm that is cut in half numerous times on-screen.
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Does a head get squashed?
1 supporters
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Santz9
Technically no, but a character's severed head is fed to an alligator. The alligator does begin to bite down, but the full crushing of the head is never shown on-screen.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
26 supporters
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Anica
A man is suffocated by a pillowcase. Nothing is shown, but it is heard.
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Does someone become unconscious?
5 supporters
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Smiliey
Her mother is barely alive and unconcious
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Does someone break a bone?
20 supporters
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thebadgerbabe
There are a few violent struggles where characters could possibly break some bones BUT we don’t see it and it’s not actually confirmed.
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Is someone tortured?
1 supporters
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Yes, but it's psychological torture. Pearl's father can't move because he is paralyzed and he is forced to watch Pearl murder people (more implicit than explicit).
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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redvyn
An unconscious woman is dragged down stairs.
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Does someone fall to their death?
13 supporters
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skillwithaquill24
A dying character is thrown down the cellar stairs, but we later see evidence that they survived the fall.
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Is there eye mutilation?
1 supporters
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honkycat
not exactly eye mutilation, but a character’s corpse is shown with one of his eyes sort of bulging out that may be triggering.
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Is someone stabbed?
1 supporters
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Many standings throughout
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Is there excessive gore?
1 supporters
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GuacaMickey
A couple uncensored murders throughout. The goriest is definitely a small mirrored montage at the end of the film, where there’s hyper detailed up close shots of the main character dismembering a dead woman’s body with an axe.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
1 supporters
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kkcoolcat
No but there is a significant shot of maggots crawling through a rotting corpse of an animal. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
12 supporters
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MikeyRose
Not in a death way, but Pearl does sacrifice her own happiness and dreams, could be seen as a part of herself, in order to try and live the simple farm life with her husband that's always been expected of her. As shown in the credits, she knows she'll be miserable for the rest of her life.
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Does a major character die?
23 supporters
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26
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Pearl kills her mother, her father, her sister-in-law, and a film projectionist. There are few characters, so they’re all pretty much major characters
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Does a non-human character die?
22 supporters
Yes
24
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frootsnak
I guess people are voting yes for the goose? Its not a character though, it's just an animal that wanders into her barn. Every other death is a human
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Does someone die?
1 supporters
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Pearl kills her mother, her father, her sister-in-law, and a film projectionist
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
23 supporters
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Santz9
Two characters that could be considered "parents" both die in this movie. One is burned alive and pushed down a flight of stairs (their official "death" is off-screen) while the other is suffocated to death with a pillowcase off-screen although their struggles can be heard.
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Is someone kidnapped?
9 supporters
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One character is trapped in the basement.
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Does someone cheat?
1 supporters
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Santz9
A character cheats on their spouse, who is overseas, by having sex with another character. The sexual act itself is implied and mentioned rather than explicitly shown.
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
1 supporters
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Santz9
A character wanders into a cornfield and birds (likely crows) startle them as they walk around. Another character is also startled by another when they appear behind them and tap them on the back.
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Is there a shower scene?
8 supporters
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Santz9
No, but a character is shown sitting in and washing their hair in a bathtub. No nudity is shown though.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
2 supporters
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Movie occurs next to a large lake.
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Are there clowns?
11 supporters
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Santz9
Technically no, but during a dance recital, a character imagines that more dancers are following along with them onstage. These dancers are wearing military uniforms and are wearing what could be considered as clown makeup (Face painted white, painted on rosy cheeks, and black circles drawn around the eyes).
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skillwithaquill24
No, but a woman does hold a kitchen knife to a man’s throat and threaten to kill him.
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Are there mannequins?
5 supporters
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DeadGoldfish
Kinda, the scarecrow is a little mannequin-esc.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
1 supporters
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spoiler! After the guy who is the movie projector takes pearl back home, they get in a fight and she stabs him making blood come out of his mouth
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
1 supporters
Yes
53
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thebadgerbabe
We don’t actually see it in the movie but characters speak about how a physically disabled man often soils himself and needs to have his clothing changed and be cleaned.
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Is someone eaten?
31 supporters
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People are fed to an alligator. But they are already dead when this is happening.
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25
Does someone spit?
1 supporters
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Anica
Slight dribble from Pearl's father, and spittle from pearl when speaking with a lot of emotion.
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Is there audio gore?
1 supporters
Yes
57
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thebadgerbabe
Audio gore frequently accompanies the killings.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
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48
1
Movie set in 1918, so way before 9/11.
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Law Enforcement
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55
Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
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No
23
0
Despite what you might think, nobody actually gets arrested in this movie
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LGBTQ+
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Yes
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25
Yes
0
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25
Is there bisexual cheating?
21 supporters
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skillwithaquill24
There is cheating, but only among a heatersexual couple (as far as we’re shown onscreen).
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Loss
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Medical
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
10 supporters
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It’s implied that Pearl experiences low- or no empathy
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Yes
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
32 supporters
Yes
72
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2
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cherry
ambiguously but implied mentally ill character harms people and animals
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Yes
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2
Yes
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No
31
Yes
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No
59
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
72 supporters
Add comment
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43
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
18 supporters
Yes
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1
The main character really wants to be a film star. Some of the scenes mix real life and stage/film performance
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Does someone have a meltdown?
1 supporters
Yes
24
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3
Main character progressively has a meltdown throughout the movie.
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Is there misophonia?
1 supporters
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35
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Santz9
In terms of food-related misophonia, yes. There are multiple instances of characters eating food at a dining table and slurps of soup and the chewing of corn can be seen and heard.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
1 supporters
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6
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Santz9
On the extreme spectrum no, but a character does admit to feeling nervous before a dance audition. Outside of the church, they talk about feeling "frightened," they begin to become more silent, and they ask another character to take their place in line to avoid going first.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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54
Yes
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23
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
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redvyn
Subtextual beginnings of it. Nowhere near as intense as we know it will get in 'X'.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
76 supporters
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Yes
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
8 supporters
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kkcoolcat
Not underwater, but there are scenes that take place in a bathtub. The character in the bath do not submerge themselves and we do not see any explicit parts of their body.
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Is there shakey cam?
1 supporters
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AnaCludiaTeixeira
towards the end of the movie there's a scene with hand-held camera. it's shakey, but nothing too extreme
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Does a baby cry?
15 supporters
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No babies in this movie
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Yes
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1
Is there obscene language/gestures?
1 supporters
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1
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glance
A character masturbates using a scarecrow.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
43 supporters
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32
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Santz9
A heavy thunderstorm outside frequently flashes light into scenes from the window. There are also some outside shots where lightning strikes and light flashes momentarily.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
12 supporters
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19
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raechl
we don’t see someone being watched, but the mother says to pearl that she sees the things pearl does when she thinks no one is watching
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Is the fourth wall broken?
11 supporters
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13
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Santz9
Technically no, since no characters acknowledge the audience in the film, but the final scene falls into a bit of a gray area. In it, a character walks into a house and is greeted by another character with a comment and a creepy smile. The final shot of the film is that character holding a smile while staring directly into the camera for nearly the full duration of the end credits—to the point that tears well up in their eyes. Their staring could be interpreted as them looking at the audience, as the other character in the room never comments on their staring, nor does the smiling character stop staring to engage with the other character in the room.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
52
1
Insinuated; not actually depicted
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Does someone miscarry?
20 supporters
Yes
61
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2
13
duckinalagoon
Mentioned but not shown.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
13 supporters
Yes
4
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redvyn
A fertilized egg is crushed, and some blood comes out. To avoid, look away when Pearl goes up to the hayloft.
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56
Are there abortions?
11 supporters
Yes
0
No
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2
Not abortion, but a mother who is clearly stating that she did not want a baby (that didn’t survive). Nothing is shown on screen, just discussed
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Prejudice
Yes
0
No
60
Is there ableist language or behavior?
39 supporters
Yes
66
No
17
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Anonymous
I have no idea why people voted no. The main character repeatedly complains about, berates, and contemplates and performs violence against her disabled father. She herself seems to have some mental issues and falls into the mentally ill killer trope
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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57
Yes
0
No
23
Is a minority is misrepresented?
23 supporters
Yes
13
No
22
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Anonymous
I’d say yes. The main character is a murderer and implied to be mentally ill
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Does the black guy die first?
17 supporters
Yes
0
No
58
5
MikeyRose
There are no Black people in the film, probably for the best given the setting is 1918 Texas
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Is there hate speech?
28 supporters
Yes
0
No
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Santz9
No, but one character recalls how they and their family have been mistreated for being German during a dinner scene
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Race
Yes
0
No
23
Relationships
Yes
1
No
51
Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
Yes
21
No
1
1
Multiple scenes where people are praying
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Are there demons or Hell?
13 supporters
Yes
2
No
19
0
kkcoolcat
Religious consequences and sin are frequently discussed, mostly by the mother who accuses Pearl of sinful behavior (implying she will go to hell)
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Sex
Yes
57
No
2
Is there bestiality?
79 supporters
Yes
0
No
34
0
glance
A character kisses a cow on the lips, but there's no sexual element to it.
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Yes
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No
23
Is someone sexually objectified?
1 supporters
Yes
45
No
18
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honkycat
the guy who works at the movie mentions (a few times i think) that he would like to see the main character in a porno.
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Yes
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No
65
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skillwithaquill24
Pearl bathes in front of her father multiple times, which could be uncomfortable or triggering. However, nothing incestuous happens between them.
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Is there sexual content?
1 supporters
Yes
79
No
0
11
thebadgerbabe
There’s a scene where the main character is shown an early 1900s black and white porno film. In the film we see full female nudity — including genitalia — and butts.
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Yes
0
No
23
Sexism
Yes
0
No
57
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
19 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
2
glance
A character is described as "infirm" and their illness is central to the main character's mindset.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
42
Does someone have a chronic illness?
10 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
5
qlinnx
Pearls father has an unspecified illness which makes him unable to walk and speak. He’s taken care of by his daughter and wife troughout the movie. If this triggers you i suggest skipping the movie because he plays a pretty major role.
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Yes
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No
30
Social
Yes
0
No
28
Is someone homeless?
6 supporters
Yes
6
No
47
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redvyn
One character lives where he works, and refers to himself as a 'bohemian', but he has no issue with it.
3 comments | Add comment
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20
Yes
0
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22
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
55
Are there end credit scenes?
36 supporters
Yes
5
No
16
2
glance
A scene plays in the background of the credits, but disappears a few minutes in.
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Does it have a sad ending?
53 supporters
Yes
51
No
5
3
cherry
imo the smile seemed more forced/with mixed feelings than only sincere joy
3 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
4
No
40
Does a car crash?
20 supporters
Yes
38
No
18
4
redvyn
Someone is killed in a car they were trying to drive. It rolls some distance before stopping. Later, we see it being pushed into a lake.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
55
Yes
0
No
51
Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
0
No
53
3
cherry
no, though bodies are put in a pond
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Is there blood/gore?
1 supporters
Yes
70
No
0
5
thebadgerbabe
Many instances of blood and gore.
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0
No
51
Yes
1
No
53