Vivarium
Movie • 2019 • Sci-Fi
ReportA young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
This movie contains 48 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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KatieAbel
Martin leaves the main characters behind in the house without saying goodbye.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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fraisierdesbois
Kind of? A "child" is left to starve in a car by his "father" but is later saved by his "mother"
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Gandalfs_fist
This is a tricky one. It could be triggering for some people as it shows 2 parental figures actively hating a child in their care. One of the main characters is physically abusive to the child at several points in the film. Having said this the child is firmly the antagonist of the film and his relationship with the main characters is not a traditional child and parent dynamic
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
38 supporters
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KankriVantas
I would say yes but it's up to interpretation. The Child is abused by Gemma and Tom and he begins to get close with Gemma later in the movie.
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Is someone stalked?
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Justalildoggy
I answered yes because the entire film focuses on the main characters feeling watched but not being able to catch their captors. There's a real sense of paranoia and dread that might be upsetting to those sensitive to stalking themes.
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Anonymous
There is one scene where the woman is held down by her boyfriend against her will but that is as far as it goes. He let's her back up.
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pantsless_gpa
*Spoiler: Answered yes because the kid ends up essentially mentally torturing at least gemma toward the end, and is at least partially responsible for her death—could be upsetting for viewers sensitive to this
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Is someone gaslighted?
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prosperolibre
In some ways, that is one of the effects of certain characters' behaviors, but it is not necessarily intentional gaslighting.
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Anonymous
There is one scene where the child is thrown onto the ground.
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Addiction
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KankriVantas
Cigarettes are drugs. Tom smokes them occasionally throughout the movie.
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Is there addiction?
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Snomberry
Main character smokes cigarettes
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
19 supporters
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KankriVantas
No one drinks anything other then a very small amount of champagne in the film, but they do mention getting blackout drunk when they first met. They don't go into detail and it's a sentimental moment.
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
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roseswiththorns
Not sure why someone voted yes. There aren’t even horses in this movie at all.
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StephanieRideout
Baby birds are shown dead on the ground in the beginning of the movie
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Are animals abused?
181 supporters
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perunamuusi
A woman smilingly asks if her boyfriend killed some baby birds, but it was not him. He then continues to goof around while burying them. So no abuse since the animals were already dead, but not very respectful either.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Drummerwitchakookoo
Baby birds are pushed out of the nest by cuckoos in the movie’s opening sequence, and are later shown dead on the ground.
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Are there bugs?
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Drummerwitchakookoo
Ants can briefly be seen crawling on one of the dead birds at the beginning.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Although a small child does watch parents have sex and claps.
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Is someone restrained?
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the boyfriend holds his girlfriend down on the ground for a breif moment and then lets her back up.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there throat mutilation?
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KankriVantas
The Child's throat puffs up. More alien then gore but could be triggering.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Anonymous
Someone gets sick and struggles to breathe because of that. You can hear them wheeze.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Snomberry
The house is set on fire at one point, but nobody's inside.
(I think the other commenter misread this as the "buried alive" section)
(I think the other commenter misread this as the "buried alive" section)
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Is someone buried alive?
30 supporters
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prosperolibre
No, but there are drawn out scenes of burying people who are still warm and recently deceased.
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Is there body horror?
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frootsnak
In the scene where the woman plays pretend with the child, his neck swells up unnaturally while he makes an inhuman noise. i think that's all though
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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frootsnak
No. You see dead bodies being put inside translucent body bags that are vaccuum sealed
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Does someone break a bone?
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prosperolibre
After death, bones are broken.
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Is someone tortured?
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Anonymous
No one is physically tortured but mentally they are.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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BurgerBoss
Debatable. Someone is thrown in a hole but it's unclear whether they are dead or dying.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Kellygator
An infant is delivered to the couple in a box, but there’s no mention or implication that the baby was taken.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
1 supporters
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Mochii_Says_Hi
People forced to be family members die
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Does a parent die?
1 supporters
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prosperolibre
People die, but not a biological parent of any character. I can see how this can be open to other interpretations, but I can't spoil it.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Anonymous
Two adults are kidnapped and deserted.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Drummerwitchakookoo
The closest thing we see to any sort of possession is someone feeling increasingly compelled to dig a hole. Nothing in the traditional demonic sense.
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Gross
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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KankriVantas
There is a scene where Gemma is on the toilet and you can hear her peeing though.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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roseswiththorns
We do see someone sitting on a toilet, but nothing more than that.
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Does someone spit?
9 supporters
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dezdod
In a few scenes the two main characters spit toothpaste when brushing their teeth
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Is there audio gore?
44 supporters
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Drummerwitchakookoo
When the alien body in the office is rolled up inside a body bag, the sound of bones crunching can be heard.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
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Drummerwitchakookoo
Not cancer specifically, but someone does die from an unnamed chronic illness.
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Mental Health
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Anonymous
It is implied that a man cut his wrists in the bathtub. You only see him sitting in the bathtub in a pool of blood, no slicing.
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kiddiepupz
Yes, pretty much the entire movie can be triggering for derealisation.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
44 supporters
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Mallaidhmauk
There is abuse of a child that acts in a manner very easily read as autistic. He is regularly punished for behaviors that are specifically autistic-coded. His surrogate parents do threaten to, attempt to, and consider killing him or letting him die.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
21 supporters
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perunamuusi
The movie has an uncanny “fake world” feeling, kind of like dolls living in a dollhouse. Everything is meticulously “perfect” and directions have lost their meaning. If i remember right, Edward Scissorhand had a similar type of vibe.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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KankriVantas
The Child repeatedly screams whenever he needs anything. Tom and Gemma also get angry and yell alot.
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Is there misophonia?
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malovela
There's one scene in which we see super close-ups of three different people's mouths chewing open (food visible) and hear the sound it makes. Yucky.
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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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Anonymous
You see someone in a deep small hole and it could trigger someone with claustrophobia.
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Anonymous
It is implied that someone slits their wrist in a bathtub but you only see him in the tub in a pool of blood.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
1 supporters
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the kid screams a lot at seemingly nothing
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Is there shakey cam?
1 supporters
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malovela
Yes, in the scene where the woman has crawled into a space under the sidewalk, and everything is red.
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Does a baby cry?
1 supporters
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BexxBat
And also a young child screaming / shrieking over and over.
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Is there screaming?
1 supporters
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roseswiththorns
The child screams several times, and the adults yell on some occasions further into the film.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
45 supporters
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Anonymous
No, but there is a scene where someone turns on a TV and it has a quick moving pattern that made me motion sick.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
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pantsless_gpa
A kid watches 2 adults have sex.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
1 supporters
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malovela
Character sitting stiffly in a car, driving, near the very end of the movie. If he doesn't stare into the camera (which I felt he did), it's at least very close, like one centimeter off (which my co-watcher felt he did).
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
1 supporters
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malovela
Baby, alive and well.
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Does a pregnant person die?
25 supporters
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malovela
There is no pregnant woman.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
43 supporters
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elliotelephants
I’d argue that the way the child is treated hits a similar spot. He’s not intentionally autistic, but he’s extremely autistic-coded.
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GreyWolf_644
A child is referred to as “it/it’s” and not “he/him” by the protagonists because the child is not human.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
1 supporters
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Carz
While burying the baby birds, a character does meaningless chants over their grave. It’s clearly meant to invoke the idea of someone else’s religion in a horribly offensive way.
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Does the black guy die first?
20 supporters
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LydiaRing
The movie has no black characters.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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cruck2734
A character wonders if a hole in the setting could lead to hell, and another states that 'they're already in hell'.
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Sex
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emma11
Not really but a child watches the adults that are taking care of him have sex
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Is there sexual content?
55 supporters
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malovela
Intercourse, twice. No visible genitals.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
1 supporters
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Mochii_Says_Hi
Closer to the end, Tom clearly looks terrible, and constantly wheezes and acts lethargic. You never know what illness he has, but you can definitely tell he’s dying because of it.
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Social
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
33 supporters
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graywolf2010
If anything, there are pro-choice themes (the couple are forced to raise a child that they never wanted nor loved, and it destroys them)
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
56 supporters
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Drummerwitchakookoo
Both main characters die, and the last few scenes of the movie show the cycle beginning again.
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
1 supporters
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malovela
No flying scenes.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
1 supporters
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BexxBat
Blood in a bathtub, gore sounds but not visuals really.
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