Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
This movie contains 57 potentially triggering events.
A mother and an uncle that later becomes the legal guardian of a child. The deciction of these two characters can be very triggering. If you struggle with these kinds if things, DON’T WATCH THE MOVIE!!
It was intense childhood abuse that caused the antagonist to split into his different personalities. Not all the personalities are abusive, per se, but they still kidnap teenage girls and one of the personalities is a literal monster called the Beast. This personality kills people and is heavily implied to eat them.
In a therapy session it is revealed one of the protagonist's personalities was abused as a child.
There is also a flashback scene where Casey's uncle asks her to play "animal" with him, and says animals don't wear clothes, and to take hers off. Implying abuse.
There's a thin rubber snake (looks like a kingsnake) curled around the edge of a shelf towards the very end of the movie. We see it only briefly and not very clearly.
We don't see the actual eating, as the camera stops immediately to the left of the eater's head, but it's clear from sounds and positions/movements what's going on - plus we've been told all along that it will happen, and we see someone with a large chunk of her abdomen missing.
Three teen girls are kept in a smallish locked room; later on they're moved into separate smaller rooms, and one of them is kept in a locker for a while. They're scared witless and threatened. I'm not sure if anyone is physically tortured.
Two of the girls and the therapist die. It is also heavily implied, that the father of a girl is killed. Most of these deaths happen offscreen but they are still horrifying and your imagination fills in the parts you don’t
Two of the girls and the therapist die. It is also heavily implied, that the father of a girl is killed. Most of these deaths happen offscreen but they are still horrifying and your imagination fills in the parts you don’t see
We're told in a flashback that a little girl's father has just died from a heart attack, and in the same scene the father's brother says that their father died the same way in the past. We don't see a parent dying or dead.
I got really nervous when the girl pees herself and the guy is really disgusted and like does a “ugh” noice but i can assure you theres no mentions of v* and no one v*
No, but one of the main characters is severely mentally ill and talks to a (kind) therapist about it more than once. The settings aren't the least bit hospital-like.
It is one of the most sickening movies I’ve ever watched as a person with DID. It portrays us as muderers, abusers and the whole “one personality is evil” trope and has done so much harm to plurals everywhere in terms of stigma and social awareness
There were absolutely no jokes about the feminine alter other than ones the viewer has. The presentation of a feminine alter was done respectfully in my opinion and not stereotyped.
As someone with diagnosed DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) I can confirm that this is not only a poor misrepresentation of DID, but a harmful one at that. This film depicts the person with DID as an abusive monster, a very real stigma targeted at the DID community that has only worsened by this films release. It lacks proper education, nuance, and respect that only continues to spread misinformation and fear to those uneducated. Mental health isn't a horror trope, though it's definitely treated as one in this film and takes to dehumanizing the main character instead of doing right by it's source material.