Does the dog die?
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The Abyss
Movie • 1989 • Action
ReportA civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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goodandhorrid
There are no dogs in this movie.
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Abandonment
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greenteadragon
No, but a man slaps his partner while she is unconscious, in order to revive her.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Not exactly. A woman is smacked hard several times across the face and violently shaken in a desperate attempt to revive her after she drowned.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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No gaslighting, but a couple of people are invalidated by others when they talk about a phenomenon they claimed to have witnessed.
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Addiction
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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The American Humane Association rated this film "unacceptable" because of the rat that was submerged in oxygenated liquid in one scene.
"James Cameron later admitted that four rats had indeed gone through the procedure without problems; the fifth, however, suffered a cardiac arrest. Fortunately, Cameron was able to revive it through careful chest compressions, and later kept it as a pet."
Supposedly, the only purpose for the cuts in the sequence was to avoid showing the rats defecating from panic.
And you need only watch the scene to see a rat in enormous distress.
"James Cameron later admitted that four rats had indeed gone through the procedure without problems; the fifth, however, suffered a cardiac arrest. Fortunately, Cameron was able to revive it through careful chest compressions, and later kept it as a pet."
Supposedly, the only purpose for the cuts in the sequence was to avoid showing the rats defecating from panic.
And you need only watch the scene to see a rat in enormous distress.
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goodandhorrid
There are a couple scenes where a white rat is in peril that are a little upsetting but she lives.
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Are animals abused?
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goodandhorrid
There is a scene near the beginning where a white rat is used as a demonstration for a liquid oxygen. Her owner does not consent. She is totally fine but it is a little upsetting to watch.
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Are there spiders?
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ptsdean
No, but there are small dark-colored crabs, shown running across a dead man's face, which may trigger arachnophobia.
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Are there bugs?
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ptsdean
No, but there are small dark-colored crabs, shown running across a dead man's face, which may trigger anxiety.
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Assault
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Amy17
to be revived, in a moment where the man thinks she's dying and is desperate to wake her up
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Is someone drugged?
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Amy17
no though they are used to revive someone who is drowning
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Is someone held under water?
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OrganicMekanic
A pet rat is held underwater. It does not drown, but it is very distressed.
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Is someone restrained?
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There are several scenes where a person or animal is significantly restrained:
There's a scene early in the movie where a rat is forcibly submerged into a breathing liquid and restrained by a makeshift metal cage so it can't escape.
The same female character is man-handled and restrained on 2 occasions by one of Navy SEALS and her mouth is also taped shut during one of the scenes.
A male character has his hands bound by tape behind his back before being shoved into a room and locked in there with others.
Another male character, one of the SEALS, is thoroughly secured to a chair with lots of duct tape around his arms, abdomen, and legs.
There's a scene early in the movie where a rat is forcibly submerged into a breathing liquid and restrained by a makeshift metal cage so it can't escape.
The same female character is man-handled and restrained on 2 occasions by one of Navy SEALS and her mouth is also taped shut during one of the scenes.
A male character has his hands bound by tape behind his back before being shoved into a room and locked in there with others.
Another male character, one of the SEALS, is thoroughly secured to a chair with lots of duct tape around his arms, abdomen, and legs.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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A female character's mouth is taped shut.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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See self harm" comment
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Are any hands damaged?
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One male character gets his hand stuck in a motorized metal door/hatch, but his wedding ring protects it from getting crushed, so ultimately no damage to the hand.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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ActuallyAshlee
Several scenes involve characters visibly drowning or nearly drowning.
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Is someone choked?
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c_t
briefly, during a fight scene. the character survives
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Is someone burned alive?
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There are several scenes where things catch fire, but no one is shown being burned or dying in a fire.
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Does someone break a bone?
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ActuallyAshlee
A character is shown with his leg in a full splint, but the actual break is not shown.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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ActuallyAshlee
A man has a seizure-like incident during a dive that leads to him briefly being comatose. He fully recovers.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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ptsdean
A man's fingers are stuck in a hydraulic door as it closes, but they are protected by his ring and he is able to remove them safely.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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ptsdean
Inside a submersible vehicle -- pressure crushes it as it falls down deeper in the ocean.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Not stabbed, but a knife is used to cause a slash injury during a fight involving 2 male characters.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Lindsey (the white woman) lets herself drown so Bud can take them both back to get air.
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Does a major character die?
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SPOILER:
The main villain in the movie dies.
The main villain in the movie dies.
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Does someone die?
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There are several character deaths; mostly background characters abd one main character. Spoiler: Two other main characters are thought to be dead, but one recovers and the other is found not to not have died in the first place.
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Disability
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Family
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Are there jump scares?
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There's a minor jumpscare when a character turns around and is startled to see the villain standing there with a gun.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The entire movie takes place at the bottom of the ocean.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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ActuallyAshlee
A character vomits up water after being resuscitated.
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Does someone spit?
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ActuallyAshlee
Multiple characters spit water or other liquids out of their mouths.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Not in a jail, but a group of people are held in a room behind a locked door against their will.
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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greenteadragon
No, but defibrillators are.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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greenteadragon
The injection is not shown, but a character prepares a needle.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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ActuallyAshlee
Multiple scenes in a ship’s med baby but no actual hospital scenes.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Mild spoiler:
The villain experiences pressure-induced psychosis and descends into a state of severe paranoia and violence.
The villain experiences pressure-induced psychosis and descends into a state of severe paranoia and violence.
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Michael Biehn cuts his arm with a knife while suffering from high-pressure nervous syndrome.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Mild spoiler:
The villain experiences pressure-induced psychosis and descends into a state of severe paranoia and violence.
The villain experiences pressure-induced psychosis and descends into a state of severe paranoia and violence.
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A character dissociates from reality as a result of severe paranoia caused by pressure-induced psychosis and an encounter with previously unknown entities living in the ocean depths.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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No, but the characters' perceptions of reality are challenged when they encounter strange entities living in the depths of the ocean.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Most of the movie could be considered claustrophobic. Being in an oil rig and nuclear sub under water with low ceilings and narrow halls and people drowning
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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99% of the movie takes place under water.
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Is there shakey cam?
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ptsdean
Also a blurry fish-eye type of effect that may be nauseating.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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ActuallyAshlee
There are flashing and bright lights throughout most of the film.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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A character is watched on camera without his knowledge. Other characters spy on each other's actions and conversations.
Spoiler:
The underwater entities were always watching humans and our behavior towards each other.
Spoiler:
The underwater entities were always watching humans and our behavior towards each other.
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Pregnancy
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Does the black guy die first?
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ActuallyAshlee
The black character remains unharmed throughout the film.
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Is there hate speech?
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ptsdean
No, but there's a lot of time-typical misogynistic speech -- the usual you'll find in late-80's/early-90s movies.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Not really. One character, who wears a Christian crucifix necklace, thinks that the underwater entity he saw was an angel.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Lindsey (the white woman) is resuscitated through CPR, so Bud tears her shirt off. It is not sexual.
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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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ptsdean
One instance of a woman's bare chest during CPR.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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c_t
not *ridiculed* per say, but a comment is made close to the phrasing of “big boys don’t cry”
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Is existentialism debated?
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Spoiler:
No verbal debates, but the underwater entities show a human visitor some recorded images of the violence, wars, and weapons people use against each other. It's meant to elicit thoughts on the way we value life and each other and that, if we don't change our ways, everything will be destroyed. In one cut of the movie, the entities threaten to engulf the land with giant tsunamis until peace is agreed upon.
No verbal debates, but the underwater entities show a human visitor some recorded images of the violence, wars, and weapons people use against each other. It's meant to elicit thoughts on the way we value life and each other and that, if we don't change our ways, everything will be destroyed. In one cut of the movie, the entities threaten to engulf the land with giant tsunamis until peace is agreed upon.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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No cars, but small, submersibles collide and crash into things.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Not a car, but more than one person is hit by a small submarine.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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goodandhorrid
Many drowned bodies are shown near the beginning of the movie. About midway through the rig begins to floor and many people are locked behind a door. It is implied that they drown. Near the end of the movie when two characters are trapped in a small underwater vehicle one chooses to drown and be later resuscitated. The scene is pretty upsetting as the water rises and they begin to panic and drown onscreen. At the end a character resigns to running out of oxygen but is saved at the last minute.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Little bit of blood but nothing extreme
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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ptsdean
Threatened use of underwater nuclear warheads.
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