Does the dog die?
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The Fly
Movie • 1986 • Horror
ReportWhen Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
This movie contains 46 potentially triggering events.
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huviks
No dogs die. Baboons die, and a cat (in some versions), and a Brundlefly do.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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ErinHollow
It's more of an angry storming out at several points
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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UnagioLucio
Parent-child relationships are not shown in this movie.
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Is someone stalked?
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Ryukocha
A woman is followed by her ex-boyfriend in a car. He also shows up at her apartment unannounced.
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GentlyUsedLamp
Not in a direct physical context, but brundlfly's relationship with Veronica takes on an abusive tone towards the end (kidnaps her and tries to force her to "meld" with him) which could definitely be triggering
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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huviks
No, although Brundle's initial stages of becoming Brundlefly are coded as drug use/abuse
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Is there addiction?
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huviks
No, although Brundle's initial stages of becoming Brundlefly are coded as drug use/abuse
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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JellicleBat
Brundle gets frustration-tipsy alone after his love interest leaves. Minor for alcohol abuse, but it does contribute to him doing a Very Big Mistake.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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ErinHollow
I watched the behind the scenes documentary and it looked like the monkey was treated very well
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cswick2010
A monkey dies when it gets teleported and turns inside out. Ive only seen the 1 monkey die. And a deleted scene a cat and a monkey gets emerged together and is deformed. And then gets killed.
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Are animals abused?
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a baboon is used in a science experiment, brutally dies because of it
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Is there a dead animal?
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UnagioLucio
A baboon is turned inside-out in a failed teleportation experiment, and the grisly aftermath is shown.
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Is an animal sad?
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ErinHollow
Seth tells the second baboon that he's sorry he killed its brother. Baboon doesn't seem to care
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Does a cat die?
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Quiet_Wyatt
In a deleted / bonus scene depending on your DVD, a cat and a monkey come to a mutual miserable end.
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Does a pet die?
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UnagioLucio
If you consider the baboon used in experiments to be a pet, then yes. The first baboon to be teleported gets turned inside out and dies shortly thereafter. The second baboon survives in the theatrical cut. However, there's a deleted scene where the baboon is fused with a cat, and the resulting monstrosity is beaten to death with a pipe.
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Are there spiders?
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huviks
None in this version
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Are there bugs?
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huviks
Well, what do YOU think?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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ErinHollow
Fingernails fall off and the hand deforms
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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JellicleBat
Kinda, but they're struggling to, like, live at that point, so it's more like a general struggle
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Is there decapitation?
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UnagioLucio
Not decapitation per se, but a head explodes after being shot.
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Is there cannibalism?
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UnagioLucio
The Brundlefly melts off a man's hand and foot by regurgitating digestive enzymes, but he does not attempt to consume what's left.
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Is someone burned alive?
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bricker
melted by acid
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Is there body horror?
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UnagioLucio
Body horror is central to the film's premise of undergoing a slow, irreversible, uncontrollable transformation. Plenty of gruesome details, such as body parts mutating or falling off, are clearly shown.
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Is there amputation?
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ErinHollow
Brundlefly melts off someone's hand and foot
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Does a head get squashed?
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More like it explodes...
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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QuietWyatt
But something absolutely horrible happens to the front of a character's ankle in the finale.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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ErinHollow
Implied but not shown on-screen
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Does someone break a bone?
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Ensigera
Arm wrestling. I am in the veterinary profession and I still can't watch this scene: compound fracture of the ulna graphically and very well done.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Simonzra
Teeth fall out
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Including fingernails falling off.
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Is someone tortured?
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soladios
Brundle's downfall could be considered psychological torture
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Is there eye mutilation?
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UnagioLucio
During the climax, the Brundlefly's outer face gruesomely falls off, including its eyeballs, to reveal the monster underneath.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Pretty infrequent, not necessarily "excessive", but the gore shown is pretty gnarly; particularly a broken bone during an arm wrestling scene a little after midway-through
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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UnagioLucio
Kids do not appear in the movie.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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UnagioLucio
There are no children or teenagers in the movie.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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BasilSprig
No, but I want that bug IN my bed (Jeff Goldblum)
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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UnagioLucio
The main character, Seth Brundle, dies at the very end. After mutating into a half-fly, half-man and being accidentally fused with a broken telepod, his body is mangled beyond repair. He begs for death by holding the barrel of a shotgun to his head. His lover reluctantly obliges his last request.
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Does a non-human character die?
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UnagioLucio
The Brundlefly dies at the end of the movie.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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ErinHollow
Seth used crutches at one point and some people interpret the movie as being about disability.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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UnagioLucio
As Seth Brundle mutates into a human-fly hybrid and loses his sanity, he kidnaps Veronica/Ronnie with the goal of fusing their bodies.
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Does someone cheat?
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ErinHollow
Seth hooks up with Tawny. It's a little unclear if that's cheating or if his "plasma pool" speech was him intending to break up with Veronica and then moving on to Tawny, but from the way he reacts when Veronica catches him, I think he was cheating on her
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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ErinHollow
Three. One after the first baboon teleportation, one in the abortion clinic, and one when Stathis is in the lab.
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Is there a shower scene?
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toastily
a side character is seen in a shower momentarily, though nothing below his shoulders is seen
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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UnagioLucio
The movie takes place almost entirely indoors.
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Is someone possessed?
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UnagioLucio
No one is possessed by ghosts, but Seth Brundle's sanity and morality erode as his mind is merged with that of a housefly.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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eBroadcastSystem
seth's later forms could be potentially trypophobia triggering- though not exactly hole-filled, they have a similar look
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hermitcrab
An electric razor
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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bricker
Brundlefly vomits white goo several times. Looks pretty gross.
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Is someone eaten?
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UnagioLucio
A man gets his hand and foot melted off with digestive enzymes, but no part of him is actually consumed.
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Does someone spit?
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Vomits goop ONSCREEN when he tries to eat a donut. (Very brief) it’s on his hand afterward.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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UnagioLucio
Not unless you consider the telepods to be priceless artifacts.
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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Not cancer, but a graphically degenerative disease.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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UnagioLucio
Not a real-world mental illness per se, but Seth Brundle clearly loses his sanity as his mind merges with the mind of the fly. He's fully aware that this is happening, but there's nothing he can do to stop his mental deterioration.
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Anonymous
Not in the cutting sense. However - and this doubles as a warning for hand/finger gore - in a scene that takes place in his bathroom, Seth discovers something wrong with his fingers that leads to him removing his own fingernails.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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ErinHollow
Eh... Seth isn't textually autistic but he's a socially awkward genius type. If he is intended to be autistic I think they represented it pretty well
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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UnagioLucio
Seth Brundle loses his sanity and becomes violent, but this is because his body and mind have been merged with a housefly.
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eBroadcastSystem
seth, as he transforms, does mention not recognizing himself in the mirror as a result of his changes
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OJAndToothpaste
In one final act of humanity, Seth points Veronica's gun at his head, urging her to finish him off and put him out of his misery.
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
There's definitely a lot of expected gross noises accompanying Seth's transformation, mainly squishy wet sounds. I personally found it hard to listen to at times so it might be a trigger for someone else as well.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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soladios
a creature asks non verbally to be killed
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Is there body dysphoria?
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ErinHollow
He goes back and forth between embracing it and panicking at his reflection in the mirror, even becoming enraged at his own body
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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bricker
There is a lot of body horror in the latter half, but no body dysmorphia (=distorted perceptions of one's regular human body)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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UnagioLucio
There is a scene where a character is locked in a telepod against her will.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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ErinHollow
No, but there are some food issues. Seth's eating habits change drastically until he can't eat normally
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Ryukocha
Not directly, but a character asks for another character to kill him by pointing the end of a gun to his head.
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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ErinHollow
It's an r rated movie. There's cussing
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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ErinHollow
Brundlefly watches from the roof as Stathis and Veronica talk
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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ErinHollow
No but if you're sensitive to that, proceed with caution
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Not shown but very major plot point around an unborn child
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Is there childbirth?
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Specifically childbirth of an insect/human hybrid, very likely to be traumatic
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Are there abortions?
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bricker
[SPOILERS] There is a scene that shows the actual procedure of an abortion right up to the removal of the fetus, but this ends up being a dream. The woman tries to go through with it again in real life, and is in the operating room when they are interrupted.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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SLIGHT LAST ACT SPOILERS:
They claim a baby being deformed as reason for abortion (though this isn't the truth)
They claim a baby being deformed as reason for abortion (though this isn't the truth)
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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ErinHollow
No, but there's a student/teacher relationship mentioned
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Religious
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Sex
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Is there bestiality?
79 supporters
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ErinHollow
No, but Brundlefly describes his condition as being "mated" with a fly, and after he's part fly he sleeps with two women.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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ErinHollow
According to the director, Seth loses his virginity the first time he sleeps with Veronica, but in the film it's not brought up that it's his first time
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NearEastMugwump
No one in this movie (aside from Seth and Veronica's unborn child) is related, so by default there can be no incestuous relationships.
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Is there sexual content?
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soladios
characters are seen during and after intercourse, nothing too explicit and no genitalia is shown
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
18 supporters
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UnagioLucio
Seth's tragic transformation can be easily interpreted as a metaphor for terminal disease.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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QuietWyatt
The character's gradual loss of mind & humanity is as horrifying as his physical decay.
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Social
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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OJAndToothpaste
Veronica wants to get an abortion and Seth objects, not because of any anti abortion bias but because he views the baby as the only remnant of his humanity.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
53 supporters
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OJAndToothpaste
I would say so. And to think it all went downhill because of a tiny little bug that went undetected.
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
53 supporters
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bricker
There is extreme body horror and no shortage of viscera.
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Is there gun violence?
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toastily
a character is shot near the end of the movie
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