The Descent

Movie • 2006 • Horror  

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This movie contains 53 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
354 supporters
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ScramblinSue
I am 100 % sensitive to dog death & I would not consider this “yes, the dog dies.” There is a brief shot of a luminescent animal head. No sounds, action, torture.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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3
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Seenit
Not in the human sense, but yes in the predator prey sense
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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The protagonist sees someone, goes to the group to tell them and they tell her she didn't see what she saw. Might be triggering to some, but it's not a long discussion.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Seenit
A child does die in a car accident
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Addiction
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georgiarose
the main character takes what looks like prescription medication - she doesn't abuse it though
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Is there addiction?
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GwendolynCox
No alcoholism plots, just light party drinking and possibly drinking to get through traumatic memory.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
147 supporters
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maulidon
A character inspects an already dead deer. There is a brief disturbing shot of its decomposing face.
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Are animals abused?
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maulidon
No live animals are shown, but two dead animals and piles of bones are seen.
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GwendolynCox
A dead moose (seen in daylight), and a dead wolf head and bones seen through nightvision.
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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2spirit
Only dead wild animals are shown post mortuam.
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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maulidon
Maggots are seen on a dead deer.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
28 supporters
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Is there pedophilia?
101 supporters
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Seenit
There is an extended and graphic fight where a woman and a creature are repeatedly pulled into a blood pit
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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2spirit
Spoiler- when a character breaks her leg she has a exposed fracture and her friends restrain her while resetting her leg. There are also very intense claustrophobic scenes.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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silverobscurity
One character sustains a deep gash in her hand early in the movie, but it is not a recurring theme
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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GwendolynCox
Panting from tight spaces, exertion and fear, low oxygen, and throat injury.
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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The “humanoids” eat the people after killing them
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2spirit
They don’t die but it is a close call when a character is stuck in a very narrow space and manages to escape a cave in.
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Though no one dies this way, there are a few scenes in the film that could potentially trigger someone with this sensitivity.
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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GwendolynCox
(SPOILERS) Mercy kill, not shown up close.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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2spirit
Not directly but someone dies from a neck wound and you can hear her gurgling from her blood.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Pretty graphic leg break. The bone is shown, and eventually, someone pushes the bone back into the leg in order to put it in a splint; all of that is shown as well.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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GwendolynCox
Maybe I missed it? There's deep rope burn on hands and some fingers clawing for grip.
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Is someone tortured?
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moschidae
The scene where they are fixing that womans broken leg for a prolonged period of time feels pretty close however.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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GwendolynCox
I don't think anyone dies from impact
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A character sticks her thumbs into a humanoid creature’s eye sockets and kills him.
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Is someone stabbed?
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2spirit
This is an extremely gorey movie. If this is a trigger please do not watch this.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
41 supporters
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GwendolynCox
In the first six minutes of the movie, there is an accident. A four year old dies, but we do not see the child during or after the accident, only before. It shows the mother wailing.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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7
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Seenit
Almost all of them do
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5
“Character” would be a stretch, but the protagonists kill a bunch of the cave goblins who attack them
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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Seenit
A father/husband, a child, and multiple women.
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Yes
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Seenit
A father/husband and a daughter
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Does a parent die?
19 supporters
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LouisHolmes
Sarah’s husband is killed alongside their daughter when their car crashes.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Seenit
People are dragged away by monsters, which could be a trigger
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Does someone cheat?
17 supporters
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hokeyreligions
Not shown, and only very heavily implied towards the end of the film, though there are a few hints scattered beforehand.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
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37
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Seenit
More like hallucinations, but potentially yes
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Quite a few throughout
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GwendolynCox
Someone starts a shower and the scene transitions
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Seenit
Cave system with multiple naturally occurring bodies of water, one being mixed with bodies to make a gore/blood pit
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
91 supporters
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Literally the very last scene, after the truck drives by
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Seenit
Multiple someone, rather graphically
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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maulidon
Characters sometimes spit at a dead creature.
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Yes
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GwendolynCox
They do the whole "wakes up in hospital and pulls everything off/out." Not super close up but is there
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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GwendolynCox
After the accident
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Seenit
A mother has PTSD after her husband and child die in a final destination style car accident in front of her
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Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
28 supporters
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Yes
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jaysbaddecisions
i don’t think i agree with @SeenIt as there is more context (SPOILERS AHEAD) that the protagonist with PTSD finds out her friend was cheating with her (the protagonist’s) husband, as well as the protagonist thinks that the friend killed her other friend (which she did but it was an accident). it’s not necessarily because of her mental illness although it’s towards the end of the film where she does injure the friend and leave her to die (pretty maliciously) after a very traumatic second and third act so *shrugs*
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
37 supporters
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silverobscurity
When the crawlers are introduced, it is unclear if they are real or the result of hallucinations
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
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6
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Pretty unpleasant screaming
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georgiarose
the usual panicking of characters in a horror movie, and a character panics while stuck in a tight passage
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Yes
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Yes
1
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AylinFevzi
Beth mentions about those creatures being human
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huviks
The entire movie
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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georgiarose
not explicitly, but it could be interpreted that the main character suffers ptsd from the loss of her family - she has nightmares and flashbacks
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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georgiarose
yes, and some scenes are shown through the eye of the video camera which is even shakier
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Does a baby cry?
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georgiarose
no babies, no pregnancies
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Is there screaming?
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Some cursing
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GwendolynCox
There are bright red flares and white flashlights in a dark cave. I don't think there's any strobe
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Yes
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Yes
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Yes
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Juliette8235
No one is explicitly LGBT, but some could say that some of the characters who are killed are queercoded.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
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10
Yes
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georgiarose
there are no black people in this film
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
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The monsters are nude, but they hide it quite well. You don't see genital parts, when a monster is facing up front, it gets hidden by a torch or they are shown with their back towards the camera. Only a monster woman shows boobs but also not that graphic.
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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10
Is someone sexually objectified?
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Yes
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17
Are there incestuous relationships?
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40
Is there sexual content?
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Is there BDSM?
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Yes
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5
Sexism
Yes
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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8
Does someone have a stroke?
10 supporters
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17
Does someone have a chronic illness?
9 supporters
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13
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Yes
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11
Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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9
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Yes
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hokeyreligions
SPOILERS: Depending on if you watch the original version or the US cut, either everyone dies or only one character survives. The US cut removes the final scene, which in my personal opinion ties everything together far better, despite being very dark.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Yes
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Does a car crash?
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0
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strawberrysodas
The first few minutes of the movie after they get out of the river
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Does a plane crash?
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Yes
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GwendolynCox
The car crash, but there's no hitting a pedestrian.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
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GwendolynCox
There is some struggling in the water but no drowning
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Is there blood/gore?
54 supporters
Yes
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0
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hildahildahi
Girls do NOT watch the unrated version (obvious but either way it's really gross)
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Yes
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Seenit
No guns
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