I Saw the Tv Glow
Movie • 2024 • Horror
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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jordanowen
a character suddenly leaves and reappears in a person’s life
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
27 supporters
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disabledkilljoy
Neglectful father but no abandonment
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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LoganC
Maddie's stepfather has no screentime but she says he "will break her nose again" and Owen's father is portrayed as abusive, since him and his mother are scared of him and his few lines are not kind.
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1800
Not physically abused on screen but it is described and 1 character is verbally abused.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
39 supporters
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gaslighting is intentional manipulation. there is none of that in the movie.
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jordanowen
a character mentions their stepdad breaking their nose but nothing on screen
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Addiction
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futurafree
theres only a short scene where a student smokes something out in a football field, but no other mentions of it
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Animal
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Assault
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Is someone drugged?
28 supporters
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a character in a tv show is force fed a liquid that ultimately leads to delirium + their potential death
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Is there pedophilia?
101 supporters
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LoganC
Mr. Melancholy, for whatever reason, licks Isabel's face in The Pink Opaque. It just kind of happens and Mr. Melancholy is an adult and Isabel is a teenager.
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Is someone held under water?
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Kind of grey. Owen is held by their father in the shower. No water submersion technically.
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Is someone restrained?
24 supporters
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fraisierdesbois
Mr. Melancholy restrains one of the characters of the tv show
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Mr. melancholy licks Isabel's face
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Is someone's mouth covered?
11 supporters
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a character in a tv show is dragged away while sometime tries to cover her screams
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
46 supporters
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puppghetto
okay so this might be taken differently by different people, but there is a brief like two minute scene where a character is mocked for not wanting to engage sexually with a female coworker, and then laughed at and made fun of for not maintaining eye-contact during the mocking.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
31 supporters
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jordanowen
look under “body horror”
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
26 supporters
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A character has asthma and occasionally wheezes. A character chokes when force-fed a liquid poison.
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Is someone buried alive?
26 supporters
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Mstykmshy
It is a central plot point, we see it happening to 2 characters (but only the initial burying where we see them lying in the grave and getting dirt thrown on them briefly), one character describes being buried alive in graphic detail (planetarium scene), it is talked about a lot in the second half of the movie.
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Is there body horror?
45 supporters
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jordanowen
very mild though-
in a campy tv show, two people have their hearts cut out off screen. the beating hearts are shown in a fridge, and one character is scene with a bloody wound in that area but this is not easy to see.
someone cuts open their chest with a boxcutter but this is surreal and there is no blood or gore.
in a campy tv show, two people have their hearts cut out off screen. the beating hearts are shown in a fridge, and one character is scene with a bloody wound in that area but this is not easy to see.
someone cuts open their chest with a boxcutter but this is surreal and there is no blood or gore.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
24 supporters
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disabledkilljoy
multiple people are buried alive, and Owen is asthmatic
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Does someone become unconscious?
6 supporters
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disabledkilljoy
I can't exactly remember, but either Tara or Isabel in The Pink Opaque is force-fed "luna juice" which causes some sort of partial consciousness
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Does someone have a seizure?
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sweetsakuras
I would be wary of a scene that shows a character lying in a grave convulsing and spitting up saliva + frothy stuff. Not like an epileptic seizure but a poison induced one. It's a very brief scene.
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Is someone tortured?
74 supporters
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LoganC
Extended scene of an episode of The Pink Opaque where a character in the show is captured and force-fed poison. Given the nature of the movie, it's implied Maddie/Owen are also being tortured.
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Is someone stabbed?
14 supporters
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jordanowen
in a show, two people’s hearts are cut out of their chest off screen. someone also cuts their chest with a boxcutter to nonfatal results
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Children
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Does a kid die?
41 supporters
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LoganC
I will say no but characters in The Pink Opaque are tortured to near death and they are teens, aged around 14-17.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
10 supporters
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Anonymous
Sort of. Maddy claims that she buried herself alive to get back to the real world, which could be seen as self sacrifice
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Does a major character die?
20 supporters
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jordanowen
SPOILERS!!!
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the main two characters do not explicitly die, but maddy disappears after suicidal ideation with nobody knowing where she went.
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the main two characters do not explicitly die, but maddy disappears after suicidal ideation with nobody knowing where she went.
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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jordanowen
multiple people are said to have died but outside of in the tv show within the film, nobody dies on screen
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
20 supporters
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cyankeshet
Justice Smith does not have asthma I'd say yes
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
15 supporters
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NolNol
There is a scene where someone is forcefed a kind of poison. They are shown to be in some sort of seizure-like state that results in them looking like they are choking on their own vomit. Not explicitly an overdose, but looks a lot like one.
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Family
Does a family member die?
19 supporters
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jordanowen
look under parents dying
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Does a parent die?
19 supporters
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jordanowen
owen’s mom dies of cancer off screen, owen’s dad dies from a stroke off screen but this is after a lot of time passes
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
24 supporters
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Not exactly a toy but someone's tv and favorite book are.
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Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
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jmoneydawg
a scene near the end shows a character in the pink opaque being dragged off-screen with her mouth covered to a place where she is drugged
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
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LoganC
Not in any literal sense but if you've seen the trailers you will notice a glowing tattoo of a cartoon ghost.
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Are there jump scares?
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jordanowen
the only slight jumpscare is when owen watches the pink opaque for the first time and after two characters in it talk about ice cream not being sold in the winter, there is a smash cut to a large ice cream monster that is comical but somewhat creepy
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Is there a shower scene?
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twitchywitchygirl
nobody is naked. owen’s dad takes him to the shower to wash off his head after something happens
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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twitchywitchygirl
can be seen when tara and isabel are at the sleepaway camp
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Are there clowns?
12 supporters
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in a tv show, there’s brief clips of a clown dancing
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Is trypophobic content shown?
22 supporters
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hjchjchjc
Mr. Melancholy’s TV appearances might trigger that in some - think the moon in Majora’s Mask
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disabledkilljoy
Boxcutter scenes at the end of the film. One is graphic ish, one is intended use
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
91 supporters
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Anonymous
I normally can not watch these scenes but I personally did not find the visuals very triggeringing or disturbing more so the sounds at times.
All the V**** either looked like the a liquid version of the energy in Atlantis or like tv static when it happened. Sometimes the sounds were gag-y. I honstly could not tell you exact times as I saw this in theaters but I’ve tried my best to be as descriptive as I can about when it happens.
In the begining-ish when you hear “ice cream man” he looks as if he’s melting and you can see stuff come out of the mouth. The character is a melting ice cream cone. Personally did not find it triggering as it looks very 1980s goosebumps animatronic but could be for some.
In the middle of the movie after you hear “help me isabelle” there is a visual when a character is lying in a grave. Then again after you see a character in a snow globe. Another character gets forced to take some blue stuff an v***** (this one all takes place within like 5 min maybe)
In a later scene when a a main character has a flashback about the time when “everything happened” they expell this one is still blue but looked mostly like tv static to me. This one does happen very abruptly.
The final time it happens after a character has a mental break in the middle of work. You dont see it happen but it does cut to a scene where you see the v in a urinal.
All the V**** either looked like the a liquid version of the energy in Atlantis or like tv static when it happened. Sometimes the sounds were gag-y. I honstly could not tell you exact times as I saw this in theaters but I’ve tried my best to be as descriptive as I can about when it happens.
In the begining-ish when you hear “ice cream man” he looks as if he’s melting and you can see stuff come out of the mouth. The character is a melting ice cream cone. Personally did not find it triggering as it looks very 1980s goosebumps animatronic but could be for some.
In the middle of the movie after you hear “help me isabelle” there is a visual when a character is lying in a grave. Then again after you see a character in a snow globe. Another character gets forced to take some blue stuff an v***** (this one all takes place within like 5 min maybe)
In a later scene when a a main character has a flashback about the time when “everything happened” they expell this one is still blue but looked mostly like tv static to me. This one does happen very abruptly.
The final time it happens after a character has a mental break in the middle of work. You dont see it happen but it does cut to a scene where you see the v in a urinal.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
20 supporters
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jordanowen
no but someone mentions doing both
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Does someone spit?
10 supporters
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jordanowen
owen spits onto cotton candy and the spit is seen dissolving the cotton candy
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
56 supporters
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LoganC
This is a beautiful story about gender identity :)
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
30 supporters
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One character says “That’s not my name” when their childhood friend refers to them by their childhood nickname
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
21 supporters
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jordanowen
maddy mentions that someone that used to be her friend told everyone that she came onto her - most likely because she is a lesbian
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
6 supporters
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CecilioMunoz
SPOILER
maddie burns her tv
maddie burns her tv
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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
17 supporters
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jordanowen
not ever graphically stated but a character seen with a headwrap is implied to have cancer
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
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these kids are not alright
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jordanowen
(unspecific spoilers)
toward the end of the film, someone cuts open their chest with a boxcutter. there is no blood or gore shown and this whole scene is surreal
toward the end of the film, someone cuts open their chest with a boxcutter. there is no blood or gore shown and this whole scene is surreal
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jordanowen
a large part of the film are the character’s inability to separate their real lives from the show they are obsessed with
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Is there autism specific abuse?
37 supporters
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sweetsakuras
Speaking as an autistic person, there is a scene where a character is being treated badly by his coworkers. One keeps saying why won't you look at me in the eyes, and to me it is easy for it to feel like bullying aimed at an autistic person. It's off-putting but there is no kind of physical abuse.
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jordanowen
themes of suicide are present and implied but not ever directly shown
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
19 supporters
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hjchjchjc
Essentially the entire plot of the movie.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
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jordanowen
at the end of the film, owen starts suddenly shrieking which may be unsettling for viewers
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Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
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i dont have misophonia but i know my misophonic homies would hate this movie. heavy breathing, mouth noises, chewing, sound design went crazy
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Are there anxiety attacks?
24 supporters
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one major one at the very end of the movie
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Is there ABA therapy?
15 supporters
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disabledkilljoy
no, but lots of focus on pressure to fit in and be "normal"
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
28 supporters
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jordanowen
no, but someone talks about doing things that would most likely kill them due to their rsealift being warped
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Is there body dysphoria?
16 supporters
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jordanowen
not directly but this can absolutely be implied and may resonate with viewers who experience body dysphoria
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
17 supporters
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47
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futurafree
mentions and a small scene of someone being buried alive
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Yes
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LoganC
Nobody dies by suicide on screen but Maddie explains how she paid someone to bury her underground in detail + At the end someone cuts themself open on purpose, but neither "die" on screen.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
39 supporters
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42
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jordanowen
not explicit but childhood trauma is implied
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
31 supporters
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45
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LoganC
Most of the jumpscares in this movie are audio only, and the volume gets very loud mixed with audio gore to unsettle the viewer.
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Is there shakey cam?
36 supporters
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14
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articulateTirade
very short shot in the beginning of the film is shaky
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40
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
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jordanowen
lots of shrieking and screaming toward the end of the film
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
6 supporters
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jordanowen
pg-13 level, nothing major
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Are there flashing lights or images?
45 supporters
Yes
61
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hjchjchjc
In several scenes, but particularly toward the end.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
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10
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agentofcalamity
-SPOILERS-
Technically no, however the TV show being watched is suggested to be the real lives of the main characters in another reality, and the main villain of the TV show has a snow globe that shows one of the main characters briefly
Technically no, however the TV show being watched is suggested to be the real lives of the main characters in another reality, and the main villain of the TV show has a snow globe that shows one of the main characters briefly
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Is the fourth wall broken?
1 supporters
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61
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10
A lot of looking directly into the camera and narrating/talking to the audience
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Pregnancy
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Yes
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40
Yes
0
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41
Prejudice
Yes
0
No
41
Is there ableist language or behavior?
41 supporters
Yes
9
No
32
5
During his lunch break Owen gets ridiculed by his coworkers how he doesn't want to look them in the eye
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40
Yes
0
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42
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
33 supporters
Yes
10
No
34
11
A parent says to their masculine appearing/passing child “that’s a show for girls”
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Yes
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No
24
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jordanowen
there is no point where an out trans charcter is misgendered
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Does an LGBT person die?
30 supporters
Yes
33
No
15
6
Anonymous
The movie uses death and reawakening as a metaphor for queer awakening
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Yes
0
No
41
Is there aphobia?
19 supporters
Yes
11
No
29
8
I would say that the way the protagonist’s manager treats them is aphobia
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
Yes
0
No
43
5
no, this is amazing representation of trans people
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Does the black guy die first?
20 supporters
Yes
6
No
33
9
disabledkilljoy
Main character is Black and his mother dies of cancer early in the movie
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Yes
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No
35
Race
Yes
0
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38
Relationships
Yes
0
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47
Religious
Yes
1
No
39
Are there demons or Hell?
14 supporters
Yes
30
No
20
8
Anonymous
Demonology is mentioned in reference to The Pink Opaque. The show also has characters described as "demons", Marco and Polo, though they do not have an appearance usually associated with demons.
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Sex
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No
42
Yes
0
No
41
Yes
0
No
43
Yes
5
No
37
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
87 supporters
Add comment
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No
45
Is there sexual content?
55 supporters
Yes
41
No
14
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jordanowen
barely - a character accidentally walks in on two characters who are engaged in something sexually but this is not at all lingered on
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40
Sexism
Yes
2
No
36
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
17 supporters
Yes
50
No
1
8
A minor character has cancer and dies off screen. No hospital scene or any part of the grieving process is shown. It’s just a time skip with a narrator saying — died of cancer.
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Does someone have a stroke?
10 supporters
Yes
44
No
7
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jordanowen
a character is said to have had two strokes - the second one killing them, but this is only ever told and not depicted
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
9 supporters
Yes
42
No
3
9
m.worm
the main character is asthmatic and is shown having asthma attacks several times during the film
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No
35
Social
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Yes
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Is existentialism debated?
12 supporters
Yes
51
No
0
0
Anonymous
existentialism is a major theme
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Spoiler
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Yes
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Does it have a sad ending?
51 supporters
Yes
57
No
3
5
honestly the saddest ending I've seen in a movie. it felt so hollow and you were hoping that something good would happen but it never does.
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Vehicular
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2
No
34
Yes
0
No
38
Yes
0
No
39
Yes
0
No
37
Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
4
No
44
3
No,
SPOILERS
but someone is buried alive and cannot breathe
SPOILERS
but someone is buried alive and cannot breathe
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Is there blood/gore?
54 supporters
Yes
46
No
3
8
jordanowen
in the show in the film, two characters have their hearts cut out off screen and the hearts, still beating, are shown in a fridge.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
36
Yes
0
No
39