Does the dog die?
365 supporters
Gerald's Game
Movie • 2017 • Drama
ReportWhen her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
This movie contains 60 potentially triggering events.
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Anonymous
The dog attacks the woman several times during the movie and she kicks and hits it to make it go away. It is not harmed other than this.
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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TheCassandraComplex
Yes. Initially, anyway. The main character makes excuses for her father who molested her and victim blames herself and her mother.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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TheCassandraComplex
I think folks will have different feelings about this film. For now, I’ll say that the main character is a woman who spends 95% of the movie handcuffed to a bedpost wearing only a slip, while enduring hunger, thirst, attacks from wild animals, and injuries from the cuffs/ immobility. All while being antagonized by hallucinations, entities and other threatening presences. However, she is a well developed character and everything she endures serves a narrative purpose, it’s not violence-against-women done for its own sake.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Anonymous
The main character is gaslighted throughout almost the entire movie by her father & husband. Much of the gaslighting is related to sex & sexual abuse
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Anonymous
The main protagonist is shown in a flashback to have been sexually assaulted by her father as a child during an eclipse. The father masturbates with her on his lap. He is later shown manipulating her into not telling anyone what happened to her. It is implied that he may have assaulted her again.
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Addiction
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MissiKat
Gerald doesn't take an overdose of the medication. He takes the normal dosage but later has a heart attack.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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GwendolynCox
Alcoholism is briefly mentioned but never shown.
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Animal
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Anonymous
The body of an opossum (?) is shown in the road as a dog attempts to eat it. Near the beginning of the movie.
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Are animals abused?
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The dog attacks the woman and she kicks and hits it to make it go away
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Is there a dead animal?
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Anonymous
A dead possum (roadkill) is being eaten by a dog near the beginning.
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Is an animal sad?
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KristenC
The dog is stray and starving. He whines many times in reaction to things happening around him. He is also kicked in the face and whines.
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Are there spiders?
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Not sure why this is voted yes. There aren't any spiders
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
Flies are shown buzzing around a decaying corpse.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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IoriSylvor
Protagonist's father is shown sexually assaulting his daughter in a dream/memory sequence.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Jessie rightfully points out that Gerald has a rape fetish
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Is someone restrained?
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The main character, a woman, is stuck handcuffed to her bed after her partner dies during a bondage sex game.
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Plumberton
The couple plays a BDSM game where Jessie is handcuffed to a bed and Gerald sexually dominates her. She expresses discomfort a few moments in, but Gerald ignores her and continues. After further protest, Gerald stops, but verbally belittles her. In a flashback scene later in the film, 12-year old Jessie sits on her fathers lap while he masturbates (not assault strictly speaking, but certainly sexual abuse).
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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TheCassandraComplex
Yes, a woman’s mouth is covered while her husband is trying to force her participate in his rape fantasy.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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polteageist
No jokes. There is a mention of male SA survivors late in the film, in a respectful light.
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cam
as someone who has been SA'd, there are several scenes that are very triggering. if you aren't able to watch those i would recommend skipping this movie because the majority of it is about SA
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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towards the end of the movie she cuts herself on her wrist and palm to get herself out of the handcuff
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Are any hands damaged?
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TheCassandraComplex
Major, major hand and wrist damage. Might want to skip the film because it’s somewhat central to the plot, as weird as that sounds.
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Are there dislocations?
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Degloving of the hand but no dislocations
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Is there cannibalism?
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There is a guy who kills people and eats their flesh. Not actually shown him eating, but you can see the mutilation of the corpse.
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Is someone choked?
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aiwxo
Not shown, but discussed. Gerald choked Jess during sex and describes it as "the best sex he has had in ages"
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Is there body horror?
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Not much only really some blood and de-gloving of a hand.
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Is there amputation?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not quite but almost. (SPOILERS) Someone nearly takes off their own hand while trying to escape handcuffs.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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sarahcastic
Only mentioned.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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TheCassandraComplex
Mentioned but not shown.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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GreyCaprice
Mentioned, and some teeth shown in a box.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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thomasfernandomusic
Wrist mutilation. Shown in graphic detail.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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polteageist
[SPOILER]
Could be argued that this is Gerald's actual cause of death, considering the obvious severity of the head wound sustained when Jesse manages to push him off & he falls off the foot of the bed.
Could be argued that this is Gerald's actual cause of death, considering the obvious severity of the head wound sustained when Jesse manages to push him off & he falls off the foot of the bed.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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PigeonQueen
A corpse is briefly shown with its eye sockets empty from having its eyeballs eaten.
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Is there excessive gore?
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KristenC
1:19:45 is when the degloving starts, it's over by 1:20:48. Her wrist/hand is still gory but it just looks like a bloody hand afterwards. She quickly bandages it with a pad.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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IoriSylvor
Protagonist's father is shown sexually assaulting her (as a child) during a dream/memory sequence.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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TheCassandraComplex
No but there are other bugs crawling on a bed that has become soiled.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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IoriSylvor
In the beginning of the movie, the protagonist's husband dies of a heart attack on top of her during sexual activities.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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TheCassandraComplex
No. (Vague spoilers) Carel Struycken has acromegaly. (/spoilers)
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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polteageist
Main character's spouse. One's spouse is family. By law & tradition.
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Does someone cheat?
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PigeonQueen
A character speculates about their partner's possible cheating but it is never confirmed.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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PigeonQueen
There are hallucinations of dead people but no ghosts.
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Are there jump scares?
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vlixxord
The Moonlight Man appears a couple times unexpectedly but it is never accompanied by a loud sound.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Smorgasbord
A woman coughs up some water into a sink later on in the film. It isn't too distressing.
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Is someone eaten?
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aiwxo
Dog eats a dead man's arm.
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Does someone spit?
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polteageist
Jess spits water pretty loudly & repeatedly in one scene late in the movie.
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Is there audio gore?
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polteageist
One of the worst examples of this I've come across in recent years(having only just watched this in 2024).
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Anonymous
A man is shown in handcuffs in a courtroom being sentenced for murder.
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LGBTQ+
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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gaydria
BOOK ONLY: The primary antagonist of Gerald's game is later depicted as transgendered/crossdresser who wears lingerie.
This was a bit of a shock it did nothing to add any depth to the story... I should have known because it's Stephen King, but if any of you are considering reading the book and are trans or a trans ally, you may want to just be prepared for that
This was a bit of a shock it did nothing to add any depth to the story... I should have known because it's Stephen King, but if any of you are considering reading the book and are trans or a trans ally, you may want to just be prepared for that
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Anonymous
A name from a character's traumatic childhood is repeated back to them multiple times. It's used in the same antagonizing way as a deadname can be.
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Larkinik
Jessie is briefly shown in hospital at the end.
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Is there menstruation?
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polteageist
Menstrual pads are used onscreen for an alternative purpose.
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Mental Health
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Soph
The main character does harm themselves, although they do so to escape and not for suicidal reasons.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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GreyCaprice
SPOILER Near the end of the film the "moonlight man" is revealed to be a mentally ill disabled man whose criminal graverobbing escalates to assault and murder.
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KristenC
Basically the whole movie
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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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Anonymous
To an extreme degree.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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TheCassandraComplex
Anxiety/panic attacks but no autistic meltdowns.
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
Do not watch if you have sensory issues regarding loud chewing or licking. The dog eats raw meat very loudly the entire runtime.
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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 a claustrophobic scene?
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Anonymous
She is bound to the bed almost the entire movie
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sarahcastic
No, but the slashing of a wrist is pretty triggering
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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seraphling
The protagonist’s mother is pregnant in flashbacks.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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SalyxWoodbine
At first I while I was watching this I thought the other commenter was blowing things out of proportion, but no. Suddenly the scary lurking monster is a real person with a real disability (the actor has Acromegaly). There’s no reason for this. He could have been a real person without a disability and when she confronted him in the court room the fact that he wasn’t as scary as she’d thought would have worked well with the parallels the movie was getting at. Instead we get yet another disabled person demonized in a horror movie.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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gaydria
BOOK ONLY: The primary antagonist of Gerald's game is later depicted as a crossdresser who wears lingerie.
This was a bit of a shock it did nothing to add any depth to the story... I should have known because it's Stephen King, but if any of you are considering reading the book and are trans or a trans ally, you may want to just be prepared for that
This was a bit of a shock it did nothing to add any depth to the story... I should have known because it's Stephen King, but if any of you are considering reading the book and are trans or a trans ally, you may want to just be prepared for that
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Is there hate speech?
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GwendolynCox
Some derogatory language and jokes against women
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Vanna36933
I guess this is open to interpretation. The husband looks a lot older than the wife (protagonist).
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Religious
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Sex
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not exactly but (SPOILERS) a young girl, approximately 12-13 years old, is molested by her father and it’s presumably her first “sexual” encounter. She later refers to the event as the loss of her innocence. (Trigger warning: description of SA/incest for context… The father masturbates while daughter is sitting on his lap. Although it’s not explicitly shown, you see their faces during the event and it’s obvious what is happening.)
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Ksg1059
Theres a scene where Jesse has a flashback to when she was sitting on her fathers lap while he masturbated. He later manipulates her into not telling anyone.
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Is there sexual content?
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GwendolynCox
The couple builds up to having sex but does not follow through. Discussions of sex. Middle of the movie as well, see "sexual assault" answer. (rephrasing because other comment had spoilers)
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Is there BDSM?
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TheCassandraComplex
Yes. Probably not a good film to watch if BDSM is a trigger. There is a really, really bad and dangerous attempt at BDSM that is central to the premise of the movie. Basically, a woman is handcuffed to a bed by her husband, who wants to spice things up. Wife is obviously uncomfortable while Husband attempts to r*ape roleplay, completely non-consensually, with zero discussion of boundaries or safewords first. Obviously, it doesn’t go over well and things escalate in a really bad way.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Main male character is assumed to have a stroke/heart attack as he's an older man and took Viagra
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
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pinkwill
someone honks for a long time at the end of the movie.
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Does a car crash?
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Anonymous
Toward the end of the film, the main protagonist escapes and drives away in her car. She has trouble staying conscious during the drive and veers off the side of the road but is able to continue driving. Eventually she crashes the car and is visibly injured by the impact (blood comes from her mouth and nose). The sound of the crash alerts people living nearby who come and help her.
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Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
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vaguetype
Dog almost gets hit
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
1 supporters
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Anonymous
One of the protagonists in the film dies suddenly, and his body is eaten by a dog throughout the film. You can see the dog walking away with bits of flesh in his mouth. Blood pools on the floor from the death and is spread in footprints by the dog and another character.
Toward the end of the film, shown in a flashback, the protagonist anxiously squeezes a glass and causes it to shatter in her hand. It bleeds and she is bandaged.
The most graphic scene is where the protagonist again shatters a glass to cut her own hand and wrist but this time purposely. She uses a shard of the glass to slit her wrist in order to slick her hand with blood so that she may slip out of the handcuffs. She is shown doing this action a few times. As she pulls her hand out of the handcuffs, her hand partially degloves and the skin separates from it showing the tissue underneath. It is shown briefly but graphically, and again in glimpses until she eventually uses pads to bandage her hand. She falls unconscious and wakes up with the pads soaked with blood.
The partially eaten and decomposed body of another character is shown briefly.
The protagonist crashes a car and is shown with blood coming from her nose and mouth.
Toward the end of the film, shown in a flashback, the protagonist anxiously squeezes a glass and causes it to shatter in her hand. It bleeds and she is bandaged.
The most graphic scene is where the protagonist again shatters a glass to cut her own hand and wrist but this time purposely. She uses a shard of the glass to slit her wrist in order to slick her hand with blood so that she may slip out of the handcuffs. She is shown doing this action a few times. As she pulls her hand out of the handcuffs, her hand partially degloves and the skin separates from it showing the tissue underneath. It is shown briefly but graphically, and again in glimpses until she eventually uses pads to bandage her hand. She falls unconscious and wakes up with the pads soaked with blood.
The partially eaten and decomposed body of another character is shown briefly.
The protagonist crashes a car and is shown with blood coming from her nose and mouth.
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