Arachnophobia

Movie • 1990 • Comedy  

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A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
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Does the dog die?
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Reina
There is a dead cat in the spiderweb about 3/4 of the way through. It's very obviously a fake but still. There is also a dead rat. Neither were killed onscreen.
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
No, but one character is cramping and declaring to have a heart attack. They are in reality however being poisoned by a spider bite.

One doctor also declares a lot of people who died from spider bites to supposedly have died from heart attacks.
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Are there tsunamis?
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Is there audience participation?
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Is there live gunfire?
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Is there smoke or haze?
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Is there flying onstage?
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Are there entrances from audience?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
Two characters have a fight over rather some deaths are heart attacks or not. But no gaslighting. Neither of them doubts their own opinion or the other's sanity.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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AKWoman
A brief scene at a party. A drunk woman is protesting being cut off from the alcohol and is clearly self-medicating her grief of losing her son.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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fraisierdesbois
Even though real life animals weren't heramed, in the film several spiders are killed and mice are used for medical experimentation
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there bugs?
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Pretty self explanatory
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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sparklebunny
Of course a bunch of spiders die, but in the webs there are a bunch of dead animals, including some rats, a bat, one cat, etc. No living cats that we see die.
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Is an animal sad?
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Does a horse die?
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Does a cat die?
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Anonymous
You don't see it happen but you see it's body in a spider web.
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Does a pet die?
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LightJest
An unknown cat dies off screen. It may be a pet we saw earlier, in which case the owner is already dead.
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Does a dragon die?
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
There is no dragon in this movie :(
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Are there spiders?
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Anonymous
The whole movie is about a small town being terrorized by an army of deadly spiders.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Kathryn Lazzaro
A crow is bitten by the spider and dies. A mouse is injected with spider venom and dies. Lots of dead animals (that look super fake) caught in spider webs: mouse, rat, bat, maybe a cat.
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Are there snakes?
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AKWoman
There was a professional entomologist on set handling the spiders.
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone drugged?
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
Not intentionally by another person, but someone is stuck underneeth a shelf and struggles to get out in a tense situatuion.
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Is someone held under water?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Honkzilla
Some minor blood, most of the bodies look relatively pristine aside from a single spider bite
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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AKWoman
I'm not exactly sure what is meant here by "body horror," but there is a brief glimpse at a ravaged, dessicated corpse.
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HeartInTheClouds
There is a spider bite on a toe
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Does a head get squashed?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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LightJest
No but spiders are
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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fraisierdesbois
A spider
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone break a bone?
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AKWoman
Man gasping for air while dying of a potent neurotoxin.
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LightJest
Hand bitten by a spider
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Is someone choked?
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AKWoman
Sort of? A man is seen gasping for air while dying from a potent neurotoxin, but no one is actually choking him.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Anonymous
In the movie a fatal spider bite causes seizures.
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Are there dislocations?
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LightJest
No but someone falls off their landing
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LightJest
No, there are two falls from heights but both characters survive
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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LightJest
No but there is a shower scene involving a teenage girl
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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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AKWoman
A teenager dies, not a young child.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
A spider
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
Depends how you define major character. None of the characters this movie strongy centers around die.

Major side characters with several scenes do die however.
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Does someone die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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When ?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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AKWoman
There are human deaths. Some of them have families.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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AKWoman
Spiders have multiple eyes. The worst part would probably be the spider egg sac that pulsates and could trigger trypophobia.
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Are there razors?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Anonymous
A teenage girl is nearly attacked by a deadly spider while in the shower.
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Are there ghosts?
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LightJest
San Fransisco bay shown briefly in an establishing shot
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Is there defecation?
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LightJest
A character sits on the toilet but is interrupted
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Is someone eaten?
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Honkzilla
Chewed on and/or drained by spiders
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LightJest
Mentioned in an acedote
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Does someone spit?
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LightJest
The exterminator spits several times
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Is there farting?
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Large-scale Violence
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Honkzilla
The movie predates 9/11 by over a decade
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
The only cop is frequantly depicted as a contrarian
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
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A very expensive bottle of wine is knocked over
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Medical
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LightJest
On a mouse
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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fraisierdesbois
Doctor's office
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Is there menstruation?
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone self harm?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Spiders being crushed by shoes
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LightJest
Yes, the protagonist has a paralysing fear of spiders due to his first memory being trauma caused by a spider.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Honkzilla
The protagonist experiences panic attacks when he encounters spiders
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Honkzilla
One character has a severe case of arachnophobia, but no mental illnesses
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Honkzilla
There are a lot of flashing lights when the protagonist falls into the cellar
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Paranoia
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By a spider
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Honkzilla
Nothing verbal, but all but one fat character are portrayed as stupid and/or gluttonous
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is there hate speech?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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AKWoman
All deaths are Caucasian, from what I recall. The first one was a Caucasian male.
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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LightJest
Yes, but not fully. There is a scene of teenage boys dropping their pants but we only see their heads and feet. There is a more intimate scene of a teenage girl in the shower, we see her torso up close but not anything explicit.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there BDSM?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
No, but in one scene a person says something in the line of "with any luck this person is terminally ill". They are not.
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zXSledgehammerGirlXz
Someone declares to have a stroke and they do go into a seizure and die. But audience is aware, this is actually spider bite poisoning.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Yes
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LightJest
It is a funny/ironic ending
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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LightJest
Blood drips from mouths after deaths because the characters have bitten through their tongues. The protagonist has multiple cuts on his arms and head during the climax.
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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