Does the dog die?
378 supporters
Pet Sematary
Movie • 1989 • Horror
ReportDr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.
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angrydoberman
An australian cattle dog gets killed, buried in the pet sematary and then comes back as a zombie.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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TheCassandraComplex
Rachel’s parents left her alone with her dying sister, who was in mental decline from her illness, when she was just 8 years old and her sister was only a few years older.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not exactly but there are a few events that might be upsetting for those with this trigger:
- There is an “outdoor” cat.
- (minor spoilers) The cat dies —he is hit by a car— and is brought back to life. The cat is not the same when he comes back and so, some time later, he is killed again by his owner. He’s lured with meat and then euthanized with a syringe. So, more “betrayed” than abandoned but I felt like it’s similar enough to mention.
- There is an “outdoor” cat.
- (minor spoilers) The cat dies —he is hit by a car— and is brought back to life. The cat is not the same when he comes back and so, some time later, he is killed again by his owner. He’s lured with meat and then euthanized with a syringe. So, more “betrayed” than abandoned but I felt like it’s similar enough to mention.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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TheCassandraComplex
Rachel’s parents left her alone with her dying sister, who was in mental decline from her illness, when she was just 8 years old and her sister was only a few years older.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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TheCassandraComplex
Rachel’s parents left her alone with her dying sister, who was in mental decline from her illness, when she was just 8 years old and her sister was only a few years older.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Quothetheraven79
After Gage dies Louis hits the bottle pretty hard
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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AuntieDepressant
Sorry, guys, unless you’re blind, or not in possession of a soul, how can you consider the cat(s) in this stupid movie as being unharmed??
The cat is grabbed violently BY THE SCRUFF AND KEPT ALOFT FOR MINUTES, TOTALLY LIMP, he’s then THROWN to the ground, head lolling, laboured breathing, pupils dilated; you’re telling me this cat wasn’t drugged, possibly even euthanised, for this awful film?? Adult animals must NEVER be held, grabbed, and certainly NOT LIFTED by their scruff! It’s extremely painful, distressing and harmful! C’mon!
The cat is grabbed violently BY THE SCRUFF AND KEPT ALOFT FOR MINUTES, TOTALLY LIMP, he’s then THROWN to the ground, head lolling, laboured breathing, pupils dilated; you’re telling me this cat wasn’t drugged, possibly even euthanised, for this awful film?? Adult animals must NEVER be held, grabbed, and certainly NOT LIFTED by their scruff! It’s extremely painful, distressing and harmful! C’mon!
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Anonymous
When the cat gets brought back to life, he drops a dead mouse in the bathroom of Louis while he is taking a bath.
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Are animals abused?
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AuntieDepressant
I cannot believe that people are ignorant of the quite obvious abuse of the cats who portrayed Church are in this awful film!
I came here initially in order to see if I’d be triggered by cat abuse (there is little that gets to me more than seeing cats suffer), and although I was sceptical that only 6 voted yes, after seeing the film I cannot believe that 17 people claimed there is NO ABUSE??!!
Near the climax of the film, after the main character fills his syringe, a raw steak is thrown on the ground in order to trap the cat, who is obviously half-starved, as a well-fed, or even occasionally fed cat doesn’t experience this type of blood lust, and in fact will turn its nose up at raw meat. As the cat tries to desperately scramble away, he is violently grabbed BY THE SCRUFF AND HELD IN THE AIR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES! NO adult animal should EVER be held or grabbed by the scruff, and certainly NEVER suspended by it!! It is extremely painful! The cat goes totally limp, then is THROWN to the ground, still limp, but alive—barely, as it’s very clear that this cat has been DRUGGED IRL! Dilated pupils, laboured breathing, HEAD LOLLING—all in the name of getting the perfect shot for a subpar King film, which is saying a lot considering 99% of SK films are overrated garbage! This poor cat is so often thrown, tossed, traumatised & terrorised in order to get the hissing with ears flattened shot, covered in a sticky substance and crammed into a tiny carrier that’s obviously made for rodents or reptiles, it’s repulsive. If no one out there considers this “abuse”, I question how far a production has to go to elicit a reaction in this age of dysfunction, violence, gorn and dystopian landscapes!
WHY do so many continue to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to cruelty and exploitation as long as it’s “just” a cat?? They aren’t “disposable” nor are they inanimate accessories!
I came here initially in order to see if I’d be triggered by cat abuse (there is little that gets to me more than seeing cats suffer), and although I was sceptical that only 6 voted yes, after seeing the film I cannot believe that 17 people claimed there is NO ABUSE??!!
Near the climax of the film, after the main character fills his syringe, a raw steak is thrown on the ground in order to trap the cat, who is obviously half-starved, as a well-fed, or even occasionally fed cat doesn’t experience this type of blood lust, and in fact will turn its nose up at raw meat. As the cat tries to desperately scramble away, he is violently grabbed BY THE SCRUFF AND HELD IN THE AIR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES! NO adult animal should EVER be held or grabbed by the scruff, and certainly NEVER suspended by it!! It is extremely painful! The cat goes totally limp, then is THROWN to the ground, still limp, but alive—barely, as it’s very clear that this cat has been DRUGGED IRL! Dilated pupils, laboured breathing, HEAD LOLLING—all in the name of getting the perfect shot for a subpar King film, which is saying a lot considering 99% of SK films are overrated garbage! This poor cat is so often thrown, tossed, traumatised & terrorised in order to get the hissing with ears flattened shot, covered in a sticky substance and crammed into a tiny carrier that’s obviously made for rodents or reptiles, it’s repulsive. If no one out there considers this “abuse”, I question how far a production has to go to elicit a reaction in this age of dysfunction, violence, gorn and dystopian landscapes!
WHY do so many continue to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to cruelty and exploitation as long as it’s “just” a cat?? They aren’t “disposable” nor are they inanimate accessories!
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Is there a dead animal?
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AndriaFord
The family cat gets hit by a car. The death is not shown, only the corpse after. The cat dies again by injection.
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Does a cat die?
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Quothetheraven79
Cat dies, gets resurrected, then dies again
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Does a pet die?
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OJAndToothpaste
It's kind of the crux of the story.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone drugged?
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audreypom
[SPOILERS]
I suppose it depends on your definition? After Gage is brought back to life, his father Louis kills him by injection, which I would consider drugging in a sense.
I suppose it depends on your definition? After Gage is brought back to life, his father Louis kills him by injection, which I would consider drugging in a sense.
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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WesleyThomas
Zombie!Rachel has a splintered nail that looks extremely painful.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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WesleyThomas
Zombie!Gage kills Judd by biting out his throat.
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Is there cannibalism?
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audreypom
Both reanimated people are seen to eat people.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Quothetheraven79
Timmy Bateman kills himself, & his father in a burning house
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Is there body horror?
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TheCassandraComplex
Particularly flashbacks to Rachel’s childhood. Rachel had a sister who died of spinal meningitis. This character is supposed to be a preteen girl but is played by a grown man in order to make her body look unnatural and grotesque.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Very graphic head squash wound early in movie and reoccurs throughout. From being hit by a car.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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StrongFish91
Very graphic too.
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Is there a hanging?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
the housekeeper hangs herself in a very graphic way, pretty disturbing for those who are triggered by hangings. another more major characters corpse swings down (hanging) at the movies climax- from memory, we don’t see anything but the aftermath
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Nikita.Rose
The wifes sister convulses in a flash back.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Anonymous
Zombie Rachel's eye leaks Aqueous Humor/pus down her face.
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Is there excessive gore?
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WesleyThomas
There's rather less gore than what you'd expect from a toddler being hit by a semi-truck.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
Gage is run over by a Mack truck. He comes back as a monster.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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rutgerhauerfan
Rachel is killed by Gage, comes back to life and kills Louis.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Anonymous
Only if grave robbing counts.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Anonymous
Victor Pascal, a college boy who was run over by a car, attempts to warn Lous to leave an ancient burial ground alone. Pascale's ghost is in the same bodily condition as he was at time of death.
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Are there jump scares?
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Pascow is scary
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Is there a shower scene?
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Quothetheraven79
No but there is a scene in a tub
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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WesleyThomas
The Burial Ground borders a pond.
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Is someone possessed?
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cat_dad_queer
they talk about how the reason the undead creatures are evil is because the souls pass on but not the bodies and "a souless body is a demons playground"
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LeeC
There is a medical scalpel.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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johnatticus
Per se, no one v*mits in this movie, but I have a highly emetophobic sister who was triggered by several scenes nonetheless:
- when Missy Dandrige brings in the laundry basket near the beginning of the film, she retches and Louis asks if she's alright. SPOILER: Turn out she's having some sort of sickness related to her stomach
- SPOILER AGAIN: Later on, after Missy's funeral, Ellie Creed tells Jud about the symptoms she displayed before her death and mentions that she was "constantly thr*wing up"
- when Missy Dandrige brings in the laundry basket near the beginning of the film, she retches and Louis asks if she's alright. SPOILER: Turn out she's having some sort of sickness related to her stomach
- SPOILER AGAIN: Later on, after Missy's funeral, Ellie Creed tells Jud about the symptoms she displayed before her death and mentions that she was "constantly thr*wing up"
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Is someone eaten?
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LeeC
Kind of. The zombie baby kills someone by chewing out their throat.
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Does someone spit?
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WhatDaDogDoing
Pascow spits blood on Louis in the hospital
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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OJAndToothpaste
I don't think there are any named police characters at all, just a patrol car driving by when Louis is in the graveyard.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
Yes, to kill the cat and Gage after they come back.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Anonymous
Lewis is a doctor at a university.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Quothetheraven79
Missy believes she has it
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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LeeC
It’s heavily implied that Zelda was mentally ill as a result of the pain from her terminal illness.
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helensm
A person commits suicide.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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gatorgirlgab
It’s unclear if Zelda’s character is mentally ill or just physically ill, but she does have some violent moments especially when she comes back in visions
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LeeC
A suicide is graphically shown on screen.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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TheCassandraComplex
Characters are unsure if they are hallucinating and there is one point where the inside of a house appears to be a jungle. However, reality is mostly grounded in the film, despite the supernatural elements.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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TheDreammweaver
Body horror, no body dysmorphia
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Anonymous
The maid, Missy, hangs herself.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Cryptesthesia
Rachel has PTSD due to being in the house when her sister dies
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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PetSemataryologist
The characters use swear words
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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TheCassandraComplex
The existence of an afterlife is discussed heavily.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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OJAndToothpaste
Not in this film, but if you choose to read the book there is brief sexual content.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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OJAndToothpaste
Rachel's sister Zelda is very sick. She dies before the events of the story, but you see her bedridden through flashbacks.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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The wife’s late sister is briefly shown as she suffers from spinal meningitis.
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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OJAndToothpaste
The central theme of the story is learning to move on from grief and accept mortality, as refusing to do so is why bad things happen.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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LokiKrueger
It's not a car but several trucks honk, and one screeches on the road
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Does a car crash?
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
there may be other instances, i haven’t watched in a while. i very intense theme though is when a huge truck runs over a young child.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Anonymous
A college student is hit by a car offscreen.
A child is run over by a semi truck.
A child is run over by a semi truck.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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AndriaFord
There is gore after an achilles tendon is sliced with a scalpel.
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