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TV Show • 2019 • Horror
ReportA young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.
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Father of the main character is violent towards the mother. He isn't seen hitting her on-screen but it can be guessed via off screen sound effects, and it is later discussed in a non-ambiguous manner. The mother admits he has been hitting her for a while. In later episodes this is a subject that will be brought up several times.
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The premise of the show is that the main villain kidnaps children from homes he beleives are toxic/abusive to take them to "Christmasland". Not only does the show deal with this villain kidnapping children, but some of the homes they come from are legitimately toxic environments. Toxic and abusive parenting is a reccuring theme through the series, and there is at least one instance of a child being hit by his father on screen. Episode 8 around the 19 minutes mark. Main character's mother throws a glass bottle at her while in an argument. It hits the wall. (Main character is 18)
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Addiction
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Episode 7. A side character is seen taking a bunch of prescription pills for recreational purposes. Later the main character's best friend is seen smoking weed and passing some along to her. Episode 8. Side character is seen into a bar where she flirts with a girl who is seen taking some unknown drugs. She convinces said girl to share them with her and is later seen partying with her and taking more drugs.
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Is there addiction?
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Addiction to alcohol is a reccuring theme in the series. In addition to that, (spoilers for episodes 6 and 7) a character is shown to have an addiction to prescription pills. (Another character comments earlier that he doesn't want her to fall back into bad habits, and upon discovering her pill bottle mutters "not again", suggesting she has struggled with addiction in the past.) The main character's best friend smokes weed, as seen when he gives her some, but it's unclear whether or not he is addicted to it. (As far as episode 7 at least, I update these as I progress further in the series to be as accurate as possible.)
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Vic’s father and his girlfriend are alcoholics.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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Non visiva ma si parla di un criceto ucciso con un petardo in bocca
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Is there a dead animal?
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Un gatto viene ucciso
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Does a cat die?
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At the very end of episode 3, the main villain suddenly snaps a cat's neck on screen. There is a pretty disturbing noise, and while it's not overly graphic, this happens on-screen.
This scene is easily skippable by immediately jumping to episode 4 as Mittens appears on screen (and rubs against the villain's legs) because nothing else happens afterwards, it is the very last scene of the episode.
Mitten's body is very briefly shown in episode 4 as the main character finds him, but it isn't graphic and isn't on-screen for a very long time. (There isn't a clear shot of it, and the little that is shown looks a lot like a prop as well.)
At the very end of episode 3, the main villain suddenly snaps a cat's neck on screen. There is a pretty disturbing noise, and while it's not overly graphic, this happens on-screen.
This scene is easily skippable by immediately jumping to episode 4 as Mittens appears on screen (and rubs against the villain's legs) because nothing else happens afterwards, it is the very last scene of the episode.
Mitten's body is very briefly shown in episode 4 as the main character finds him, but it isn't graphic and isn't on-screen for a very long time. (There isn't a clear shot of it, and the little that is shown looks a lot like a prop as well.)
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Spoilers for episode 4. A young man sexually assaults his mother in a flashback. (Around the 33 minutes mark). It is heavily implied he sexually assaulted another woman he had abducted earlier, though it is not shown on screen. Episode 8. A man seems to be about to sexually assault the main character while she is tied up in his basement. However, she manages to free herself before he can molest her and incapacitates him.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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In episode 9 the main character is trapped into a house which is on fire, so she struggles to breathe because of that.
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Is there cannibalism?
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There are many scenes with children eating up people. Quite graphic.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Episode 10. A character's skin burns after an important object linked to their soul is lit on fire. (13m30 mark) Later on, two characters are trapped in a burning car as it explodes, burning them alive while another character attempts to save them. There is no close up shot of them burning, but there is a wide shot of the car exploding. (15 minutes mark)
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Does someone break a bone?
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Episode 5. A character gets run over by a car and suffers multiple injuries, including broken bones. The injury is never explicitely shown, but it is mentionned at several points and said character is seen walking with crutches from that point on.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Maggie has multiple seizures throughout the second season
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Episode 4 around the 16 minutes mark, after Vickie goes to bed and the camera pans out. A little girl removes one of her teeth. There is a disturbing noise as she does so. Later on she spits several more of her teeth into her hand.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Vic’s eye bleeds whenever she uses her power.
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Children
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Does a parent die?
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The very first scene of the show deals with the main villain kidnapping a little boy while his associate is murdering the mother (and her boyfriend/one-night stand).
(While I am not done with the show yet, the villain expresses very clearly that he targets children with parents he believes are bad, and that he has no qualms about killing said parents. I presume this theme is very probably a reccuring one through the show.)
(While I am not done with the show yet, the villain expresses very clearly that he targets children with parents he believes are bad, and that he has no qualms about killing said parents. I presume this theme is very probably a reccuring one through the show.)
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The premise of the show is that a malevolant man kidnaps children who comes from (what he believes are) abusive/toxic homes. The theme is recurring, and the whole intrigue is about finding the kidnapped children. In episode 3 (if I remember correctly) a woman is seen tied up in a basement by a man who gasses her with some sort of substance that makes her compliant. Episode 8. Main character is abducted by a villain who grabs her and gasses her until she is unconscious. She is later shown tied up into a basement where he drugs her again.
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Does someone cheat?
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Not entirely confirmed, but very heavily implied. In episode 2 of the show, the main character's father leaves the family home to go live with his girlfriend. Some time later the mother shows up to get her daughter home and asks said girlfriend how long she has been sleeping with him. The question isn't answered, but judging by the fact that Chris (the father) left suddenly to move in with a girlfriend, it's pretty obvious he has been cheating for a while.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Sort of children see dead people who were killed by or because of he villains. It's unclear what they are though.Season 2
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Are there jump scares?
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Very mild. Sometimes the main character has visions where images rapidly flash on the screen, and some of them could be a little upsetting. (Such as a little girl with sharp teeth for example). Those are not accompanied by sudden noises, and generally speaking did not make me jump. There is one however at the very start of episode 8 (4:17) that is a little more intense. With a sound effect and a zoom on a child with sharp teeth. It happens just as Vickie wakes up and rubs her eye.
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Is there a shower scene?
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A woman is put to sleep via a toxic gas while she is showering. She gets out of the shower to find that she has been locked inside the bathroom, and passes out shortly afterwards. This scene can be avoided by skipping to a little later in the episode when the man with the gasmask enters a house. (We hear the shower running.)
A woman is put to sleep via a toxic gas while she is showering. She gets out of the shower to find that she has been locked inside the bathroom, and passes out shortly afterwards. This scene can be avoided by skipping to a little later in the episode when the man with the gasmask enters a house. (We hear the shower running.)
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Are there clowns?
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Episode 8. 21m40, the main villain walks into a bar towards a character dressed like a somewhat creepy clown. The clown immediately leaves and is only seen for a few seconds.
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Does someone vomit?
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Episode 8. A character makes another vomit because she is intoxicated with pills and alcohol. It's shown on screen. You can avoid this by skipping directly to episode 9 when the main character approaches Maggie laying on a mattress. Episode 9. Same character is seen after the intro credits vomiting off-screen.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Very first scene of episode one. A man is killed because an intruder stabs him with a syringe containing a deadly substance (of unspecified origins). He is seen convulsing on the floor. This is the last we hear about him. This can be avoided by skipping ahead when the mother's one night stand steps into the living room and sees static on the TV.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Minor mental institution scenes in the first few episodes. Nothing of note to report on them. However (Spoilers for episode 6) the main character signs up to be voluntarily admitted to a mental institution where she is put under medication without her explicit consent and is constantly threatened that her stay might be elongated. She also befriends a woman who has been in the institution for a long time and has been medicated for a condition she likely does not have. This can be avoided by skipping from the beginning of the 6th episode to the 20m mark.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There is a whole episode where the main character is in a mental institution. Outside of this, another character is seen visiting a mental institution beforehand. Later a side character is seen in the hospital after being hit by a car.
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In season two a man (John) talks about burning his arms with cigarettes and shows another character (Maggie) the scars. He then burns her and encourages her to do the same. Graphic.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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This one is a little bit of a tricky one for me. The character in question isn't confirmed to be autistic, but some of his character traits could be reminiscent of the autistic spectrum and I felt uneasy watching the scene because of this (and also because it is an unpleasant scene in general). In early episode 4 we get a flashback from one of the character's memories. This character is established as being a little slow mentally, even though very sweet. We see that as a child his father was very abusive to him, and at some point the father gives him a little kick while he's laying down telling him to "get up, retard". This is followed by an emotionally taxing scene where we see the same character (though a little older) kill his father (after the father repeatidly calls him stupid) and repeat the same "get up, retard" sentence. He doesn't seem to understand what he just did at first, and is later found having what could sincerely look like an anxious meltdown by his mother. Again, this character is not confirmed to be autistic, but as an autistic person myself I couldn't help but draw the parallel, and I got a little upset by this scene, so I want to be on the safe side here.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The manifestation of Vic’s power strongly resembles a panic attack.
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Beginning of caesarean section is shown in episode 2.5.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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One character is called "retard", "stupid", "dumb", "a thing" by his father in a flashback. Same character refers to himself as "you thing" when berating himself several times through the series after that. No other character use ableist language in the series otherwise.
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Are there fat jokes?
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It's not a joke but the villain makes comments about Lous body
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Is there hate speech?
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An abusive father calls his son the “r” word, also uses a slur against Asian people when discussing his war experience.
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Sex
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Spoilers for episode four. It is revealed in one scene that a young man sexually assaults his mother after attempting to kiss her on screen. Happens around the 33 minutes mark.
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Is there sexual content?
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There are several sex scenes. Nothing graphic as far as I've seen. No genitals/breasts are shown, but it is made clear that the characters are having sex through use of camera work and voice acting. These do not seem to last very long, in general.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Dubious? But the main villlain kidnaps children and promises to take them to "Christmasland" (sometimes by posing as the christmas father) so it is very possible that christmas got spoiled for some of those children. The spirit of Christmas is definitely not respected by this man, though.
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Does a car crash?
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Beginning of episode 6. Fairly small car crash with no casualties or major injuries. (spoilers) the main villain is seen trying to run over a girl, but she manages to escape and he crashes into another car instead. The car is a little banged up, and apart from minor cuts the man inside is unscathed, he immediately gets out of the car and seems to be fine.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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End of Episode 5. The main villain's car runs over one of the side characters. This happens on screen. She is seen passed out and injured, and we learn later that she had multiple fractures. However, she is taken into the hospital and survives with great chances of total recovery.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Several moments with blood through the show. Nothing extremely gorey as far as I've seen. There are minor injuries, the main character sometimes has visions with blood dripping from random objects, etc... End of Episode 7. A man is repeatidly stabbed by demonic children who then eat his body. This is not very explicitely shown but there are still camera shots of bloody snow and bloody teeth. This can be avoided by skipping to episode 8 when the sheriff arrives in Christmasland.
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Is there gun violence?
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Episode 10. Two characters are held at gunpoint in two separate instances, but the gun isn't shot in both.
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