American Psycho
Movie • 2000 • Horror Report
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mivaldi
The main character graphically stomps a homeless man's dog to death (somewhat from a distance, yelping is very audible). This is very upsetting and early in the film. The same character nearly shoots a cat, but does not.
(SPOILER WARNING BELOW)
It is later revealed that some events may not have actually happened, which would include the dog's death.
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lanie
This says other than a dog, cat, or horse - seek first question at top for answers about the dog scene and how to skip it
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dog owned by homeless man stomped to death
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Yes but not visible
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batemanbytes
There is a scene where he almost kills a kitten but doesn't go through with it.
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Jethro
This is a complicated one due to the main character being confused and unaware of who he actually is but characters in the film call him by other names and say that he hasn't actually done stuff he vividly remembers doing, all of this is ambiguous due to his deteriorating mental state
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batemanbytes
It's assumed so, it's not seen on screen. The main character tells a person of a different character's life in oddly specific detail.
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csbyron1
Explicit cocaine use
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atthehuskinbee
A character gets drunk, but that's about it.
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atthehuskinbee
One character is shown having drug withdrawals.
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Thankfully it isn’t shown on screen but it is heavily implied
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Kylogumii
Patrick puts drugs in a character's drink
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atthehuskinbee
Most of the sex is consensual, but there's two scenes where the same hooker is bribed into sex with Bateman and other women for Bateman's pleasure. The second time, the hooker tries to walk away, but he lures her into his car with money.
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We see a drawer full of weapons and tools that is very disturbing and then we see two victims after being tortured. We see them physically and emotionally harmed and disturbed. We also see body parts and corpses repeatedly and the main character casually mentioning his violent acts. And we see his doodle drawings of his torture and violence in detail.
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kyxnseo
near the end there's a scene where the main character is on the phone and seems like he's struggling to breathe because he's overwhelmed
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PeachPidge
[SPOILERS, scene descriptions] There is a scene after Patrick has sex with two sex workers where he opens a drawer with knives and a wire coat hanger, and immediately after the sex workers are seen leaving his apartment limping and injured (what he did is left to the imagination). Towards the end of the movie, a journal is shown with explicit drawings of genital mutilation and torture, which was extremely triggering. I recommend looking away when [SPOILERS] the secretary sits to read the journal.
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One of the most well known scenes in the movie depicts Patrick Bateman repeatedly hitting someone with an axe, getting blood everywhere
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Sibelos
In the opening of the movie, we see Bateman shaving
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patrick tries to choke someone, but it doesn’t actually happen. he has his hands around his neck though.
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KamiSteele
Patrick kills a sex worker by dropping a chainsaw on her from the top of a spiral staircase while she is trying to escape from him. Her body is seen from Patrick's perspective looking down as she bleeds out near the bottom of the steps.
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csbyron1
Bateman sets police cars on fire when the cops are shooting at him
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aussiekanga
not sure why someon said no. there is a head in patrick's fridge
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moviefanlover
a character is killed by an ax to the head, their injuries aren't clearly shown onscreen but you see the ax swung and hear the impact, and the character that kills them is covered in their blood.
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kezyne
A character mentions doing so, but it's not shown on screen.
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batemanbytes
Thankfully there are no children in this film.
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Lots
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OllyKI
Yes, multiple characters cheat.
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mauraleigha
In the opening of the movie, the main character is shown standing in the shower.
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batemanbytes
While there are eerie and suspenseful scenes, there's never any instance of a sudden cut to a shocking image or a sudden loud noise. It all flows nicely into its horrid imagery.
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Howdybaby
Well Patrick Baynton is dure acting like one 🤡🤡🤡
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mumrikmoth
Several times throughout the film, you can hear blood splatter and other disturbing sounds one might hear when well..committing a murder.
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aussiekanga
a main character gags but does not vomit.
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shainutluvr
This movie was released in 2000 and is set in the 80s. Because of these dates, it's impossible for there to be any references or depictions of 9/11.
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OllyKI
Medical instruments are shown briefly and imply malicious use, but no on-screen use is shown.
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atthehuskinbee
There is no hospital scene, but a character does mention how her friend had to be sent to the hospital because of how badly Bateman cut her up.
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batemanbytes
While there aren't anxiety attacks there are still quite a few mental breakdowns.
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GwendolynCox
Bateman's voice might trigger it, kind of dry mouth ASMR-y
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csbyron1
Bateman tells a girl he is on a diet, and that he can "always be thinner." Just a passing comment, though
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Not explicitly body dysmorphia, but Patrick is obsessed with his body and appearance. For example, when offered food by Jean, he says he’s on a diet, and when Jean expresses shock and tells Patrick he doesn’t need to lose weight, he replies “you can always look better. Be thinner.”
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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diningatdorsia
regardless of the end and what it might "change" in the events of the movie, the main character 100% has an antisocial personality disorder and is violent, has harmful behaviors and is depicted as a killer. (tw: he calls himself a "psychopath")
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atthehuskinbee
The camera is slightly shaky in some scenes where Bateman is running or chasing someone, but not enough to cause any harm to viewers. There's also a slight vertigo scene where a character is running down the stairs while the camera spins.
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batemanbytes
In one scene while the main character and his friend are at a club, there are flashing lights. It lasts for a few seconds but they're there.
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SiRenfield
There are bits of Patrick Bateman narrating but it’s not clear if he’s actually speaking to us directly
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FriedNoodles
No, but there is a scene involving vaginal mutation which shows a coat hanger- this is visually reminiscent of a “coat hanger abortion”
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mooper
Look at the title of the movie.
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mauraleigha
Homophobic slurs are used.
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csbyron1
First scene in the restaurant opens with this, character is called out on it though
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mauraleigha
There is a scene in which someone nearly strangles a gay man, but does not go through with it.
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c4rr0th34d
while not super out there, multiple remarks on womens weight are made
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DoritoPrincess
The first on-screen murder in the movie is Patrick Bateman killing a black homeless man and his dog.
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GwendolynCox
F slur is used quite a few times in their business friends chats. Uncomfortable, but not used in a direct or violent homophobic attack
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Howdybaby
He says a prostituir is his cousin (she’s not) and drugs the prostituye and his friend and makes them smash to watch which isn’t really incest but just weird
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redvyn
It's implied at several points that Patrick thinks of women as sexual objects.
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csbyron1
There are many sex scenes between Bateman and prostitutes, a prostitute and a model, Bateman and Courtney.
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pancakess
Not only is a character homeless, he is also the first person to die onscreen, and the main character later claims to have killed 5-10 homeless people in total.
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DoritoPrincess
It’s uncertain, but whatever the case, the main character definitely isn’t happy by the end.
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lanie
I feel as though the chainsaw scene should be mentioned after attempting to have a threeway with two women he bites into one of them and the other women realizes as she gets up to sneak away and he, bloody and naked, chases her down the hall with it and then drops it on her leaving her body in a pile of her own blood
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batemanbytes
Not a nuclear explosion but there is an explosion at one point.
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deniallol
Moderately bloody shootings.
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