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Child's Play
Movie • 1988 • Horror
ReportA single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
This movie contains 34 potentially triggering events.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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not by choice but andy does get taken away from his mom to be sent to a mental institution/hosptial
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Abuse
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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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liskoihminen
As usual in a horror movie, people do die, also women. At least one dies scared and suddenly, without having much of a possibility to stop it from happening.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Cryptid_Crow
A child is repeatedly told that what they are experiencing isn't actually happening.
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LucienTaylor1
Not traditionally, but the whole concept of the movie is based on a child's toy putting him in life-threatening situations.
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Addiction
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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liskoihminen
A goldfish is kept in a small, empty-ish bowl.
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Are animals abused?
160 supporters
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MacabreHouse
there are no animals present in the film
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Assault
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DanniHarper
A homeless man tries to assault the mother, but is stopped almost immediately
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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twitchywitchygirl
stabbing
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Are any hands damaged?
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marshmellobunnies
A woman gets her hand sliced open but it’s very minor, not a lot of detail is shown for the wound
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Buggyduckybug
The detective gets strangled by Chucky with car cables
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Is someone burned alive?
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DanniHarper
The Chucky doll is burned towards the end of the film and you hear and see them shouting in pain
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Is there amputation?
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twitchywitchygirl
Chucky's head, arm, and leg are shot off his body, not sure if this counts but limbs are lost
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Does someone break a bone?
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Mehperson...
Via voodoo doll
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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twitchywitchygirl
the detective is almost stabbed in the groin
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Jay17
A character falls to their death from an upper story window.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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liskoihminen
No, but a hammer does get dangerously close to an eye, but hits another spot right above it.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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Technically, if you count Chucky.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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twitchywitchygirl
Andy is lead by Chucky to a bus and leaves his school so Chucky can kill Eddie, not technically kidnapping but Andy is manipulated to go somewhere dangerous by himself
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Does a parent die?
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Jay17
Andy’s father has died before the events of the movie take place.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Brundlefly
Chunky is technically Andy’s toy doll
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Mehperson...
If you consider the doll
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Are there mannequins?
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liskoihminen
There are at least dolls. Not completely sure if mannequins were present at the store where Andy's mother works.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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twitchywitchygirl
just watched, it's safe
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Does someone spit?
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twitchywitchygirl
a man is electrocuted and blood kinda drips out the side of his mouth
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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twitchywitchygirl
cop depicted in a good light; helps defeat Chucky
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Is there incarceration?
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marshmellobunnies
A kid is put in a mental hospital because they believe he is lying about his doll being alive
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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LucienTaylor1
An old electroconvulsive therapy device was used to kill a doctor in the main character's hospital.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Jay17
A doctor goes to use one but is interrupted.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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jcat
Unclear if scenes take place at an institution or in a hospital
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Is there a hospital scene?
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jcat
No procedures shown, but scenes do take place in a hospital. Functions essentially as jail for children.
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Cryptid_Crow
There is zero body dysmorphia in this movie.
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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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twitchywitchygirl
Andy hides from Chucky in a closet briefly
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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doublehorror
A phone rings quite loudly at 21-22minute mark
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Does a baby cry?
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MacabreHouse
Not a baby but, there is a brief scene where the main kid starts crying
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Is there shakey cam?
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jcat
No, but there are doll-POV shots that could have the same effect
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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twitchywitchygirl
2 lightning sequences, easy to see coming
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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jcat
A black character does die, however
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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gaudygal
only black character falls under "magical negro" trope
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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twitchywitchygirl
not much
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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georgiarose
background homeless people in the city
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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twitchywitchygirl
scene where cop is being terrorized by Chucky while driving, he crashes into several things
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Cryptid_Crow
Fairly mild amounts for a horror movie.
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