Does the dog die?
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My Friend Dahmer
Movie • 2017 • Drama
ReportJeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
This movie contains 35 potentially triggering events.
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Kristen Lea Hyland
He lures a dog out Into the Woods with the intent to kill it, but chickens out last minute and yells at it to go away. Later on, the carcass of a large animal is found, but it is blurry so you can't tell if it's a dog or not. It definitely isn't the same dog though, because it's a different color. It might be a deer
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is someone stalked?
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dogsandsobs
The main character becomes obsessed with a local doctor that jogs a route near Dahmer's house on certain days of the week. He is shown hiding amongst trees/plants and watching the jogger.
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A couple are in a verbal disagreement over divorce papers, the woman hits the man in the head with the papers, knocking his glasses off. This causes them to briefly be shown grabbing at each other and arguing.
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Addiction
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AllenPmaC
marijuana in social scenes
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Is there addiction?
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AllenPmaC
There is heavy alcoholism with the main character and a vague hint at prescription drug abuse with the main character's mom.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Dahmer develops an alcohol addiction. He is seen drinking heavily, and this habit is referenced to by other characters in the dialogue.
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Jeff and his friends go out fishing and despite being told that they needed to release anything they caught, Jeff kills a fish on-screen and gruesomely, saying he wanted to see what its insides looked like.
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Are animals abused?
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johnny
A fish is stabbed, a dog is lured into the woods with intent to do harm but is let go. The dog is yelled at to go away. All other animals were already dead when found, but it’s implied more were killed.
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Is there a dead animal?
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AllenPmaC
roadkill: a cat, a possum.
Preserve jars for study: baby pig(?), other unclear jars you'd see in a biology class.
Unspecified animal bones.
Preserve jars for study: baby pig(?), other unclear jars you'd see in a biology class.
Unspecified animal bones.
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Does a cat die?
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Eva Carbonell Swan
Right at the beginning the main character is walking along the road with a plastic bag with a dead cat inside that he's planning to disolve in acid.
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A doctor touches a character’s testicles offscreen, however it is done as normal medical procedure
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Dahmer slices open a fish with a knife. A character cuts the side of his hand, which is briefly shown, with another knife and mentions how his father slit someone’s throat with it.
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Is there cannibalism?
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ironically, no lol
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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School bully gives a kid a wedgie during the first lunchroom scene. Had to turn the movie off after that so I’m not sure if it continues throughout.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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No, but Dahmer does fake/mock seizures in the hallways of his school.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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No toys are destroyed, but Dahmer’s dad destroys the young Dahmer’s shed and throws out his bone collection.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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*SPOILER ALERT WARNING*
The last scene is kidnapping but doesn't show anything more than a consenting hitchhiker getting in a car and the car drives away.
The last scene is kidnapping but doesn't show anything more than a consenting hitchhiker getting in a car and the car drives away.
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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There is a clown mannequin in the mall.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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About six minutes in a kid makes gagging/vomit noises when Dahmer shows him his shed
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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There are several mentions of being in a mental institution/putting a character in a mental institution
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There is a somewhat-long, awkward scene inside a doctor’s office
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Anonymous
A character cuts himself with a knife to show off how sharp it is
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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No, but there are scenes suggesting a mockery of an autism meltdown.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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shallowtowns
Although no anxiety attacks specifically are shown, a character’s fake seizures may be similar enough to affect someone
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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No Suicide happens, but a character point a gun to his head, playing russian roulette, and pulls the trigger but there is no bullet
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Mackenzie23
The word faggot is said
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Dahmer and friends repeatedly use problematic language and gestures regarding disabled people. It is done so frequently they refer to it as “doing a Dahmer”
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MelodyHill
A character jokes that his father was a nazi who killed jews.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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SiRenfield
Well he doesn’t die in the movie itself but the epilogue does mention the real Jeffrey Dahmer’s death in 1990
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Are there fat jokes?
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AllenPmaC
only one. One of those "your mom" jokes.
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Is there hate speech?
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There is ableist and homophobic language used, including slurs.
Dahmer also asks a black man insensitive questions about the color of his skin, and how his body compares to Dahmer's body because of it.
Dahmer also asks a black man insensitive questions about the color of his skin, and how his body compares to Dahmer's body because of it.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Masturbation scene, topless photo of a woman, and a lot of talk about sex
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Is there blood/gore?
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deaddogfanclub
Since the film deals with the early years of Dahmer’s life, no murders are shown. However, there are dead animals including gory roadkill, a couple of small but bloody injuries and a scene where a fish is sliced apart. Dahmer talks about having a fascination with the insides of people and animals, often referencing surgery and cutting people open.
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Is there gun violence?
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dogsandsobs
A character eerily plays with a gun, recklessly firing it and pointing it at his head.
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