Chopping Mall

Movie • 1986 • Horror  

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A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the “intruders.” The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.
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Does the dog die?
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Anonymous
There is a scene in a pet store, but no dogs die.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Sky2Fall
However, there is a scene in a pet store in which a number of dogs are shown in very small enclosures.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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ashrimpfriedthisrice
All characters are essentially stalked and hunted by the robots
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mxrebo
no, but the married couple bickers to the point another character makes a comment that they’re either having sex or fighting
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skillwithaquill24
Leslie flees in terror and then has her head violently exploded by a laser. It’s the goriest death in the film.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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ahie126
One character discusses her need for cigarettes
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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mxrebo
no, but i believe a cat yowls in the pet store and scares the character while she’s trying to leave
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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YES!! Tarantulas crawl all over a girl in the pet store.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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skillwithaquill24
A couple snakes escape from their enclosures at the pet store and slither around a woman’s legs. Given that they’re pet snakes, they’re harmless breeds & never bite.
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Sky2Fall
One character is hit by a sleep dart.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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DeadGoldfish
A man grabs his girlfriends breasts from behind, and pulls into an embrace. She seemed to be alright with it.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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Sky2Fall
One character's death is due to throat mutilation, the aftermath of which is explicitly shown.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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ashrimpfriedthisrice
Sort of, a character’s head is blown off.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Sky2Fall
A character burns to death and screams very believably for the duration of the event.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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DeadGoldfish
Exploded, not squashed.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Cryptid_Crow
Necks get snapped
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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skillwithaquill24
The robots use their claw-like hands to stab victims in the throat.
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AJMiller
For the genre, no.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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skillwithaquill24
SPOILERS
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Only Allison and Ferdy make it out alive.
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skillwithaquill24
The robots are “killed” in self-defense by the human characters. But the robots aren’t humanized much.
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Does someone die?
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skillwithaquill24
Only two human survivors make it out alive.
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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skillwithaquill24
SPOILERS
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A husband and wife are both killed by the robots. The wife is killed first, sending the husband into a vengeful rage that eventually gets him killed too.
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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skillwithaquill24
There’s a scene in a women’s locker room with multiple extras who are topless or completely nude as they walk in & out of the showers in the background.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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DeadGoldfish
One of the scenes they are trapped in a clothing store with mannequins, and use them as a tool to mess with the robots.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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skillwithaquill24
Technically yes, since the group of friends are trapped in the mall by a security system until 6 AM.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
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mxrebo
no but there’s a lot of electrocution via the robots. only put here because it best relates
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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ashrimpfriedthisrice
Not really a meltdown, more of an anxiety attack. Still somewhat upsetting if meltdowns are triggering
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
One of the main characters is chewing gum every moment he's on screen.
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awerling
In the air duct
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Anonymous
Characters have to crawl through air vents.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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DeadGoldfish
No, however one of the kills, someone falls over the railing and plummets below. You see the aftermath of him on the ground, and could be triggering.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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awerling
A particularly loud telephone. Screams.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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skillwithaquill24
Lots, especially Leslie after she discovers a dead body & flees in terror and Susie when she burns to death.


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ashrimpfriedthisrice
just rude language and swearing
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DeadGoldfish
An abundance of flashing lights from explosions and lazers
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Paranoia
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skillwithaquill24
The robots stalk and sneak up on various characters throughout the movie.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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mxrebo
no, but a husband refers to his female mechanic wife as “butch”
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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RoboPigeon
There is an overweight customer at a diner and his weight and dietary habits are the object of ridicule by two servers.
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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vlixxord
A man says one of the robots has an "unpleasantly ethnic quality."
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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
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ashrimpfriedthisrice
Only naked breasts
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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skillwithaquill24
All of the women, except maybe Allison. Allison is the only female character not seen topless or in lingerie.

There’s a long shot of Leslie’s ass directly in front of the camera.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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DeadGoldfish
Multiple sex scenes and naked breasts.
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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skillwithaquill24
After the credits, one of the robots comes up to the camera and says “Thank you, have a nice day!”, which is what they say after killing every victim.
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AJMiller
It's not sad per se. It's happier than a lot of horror endings, that's for sure.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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mxrebo
no, but there’s lot of glass shattering/ windows being broken if that’s in a similar vein.
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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AlexBurns87
a girl has her head blown up. this effect actually looks quite realistic for a cheap-assed 80s B horror flick .. there are also gunfights and explosions
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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