a dog dies
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a dog is briefly heard barking but is never seen and there are no further sounds of distress
someone is sexually assaulted
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Not explicitly.
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A person undresses and provocatively draws a knife against their stomach in front of a doll that contains the consciousness of a child (think locked-in syndrome). Also aspects of the story and imagery could be triggering to survivors.
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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Lee’s father is not present in her life but from what I remember it’s unexplained
someone leaves without saying goodbye
Yes
there's child abuse
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Multiple children are murdered over the course of the film, though not on screen
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
Yes
there's domestic violence
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Spoiler: many of the deaths involve the murder-suicide of many families and some of the deaths are seen on screen or heard off screen. The very last scene at the end of the movie has verbal abuse from a husband towards a wife.
there's abusive parents
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A mother is described as hating her child because the child’s birth was difficult. The plot also revolves around fathers killing their children but it is not implied that the fathers are abusive beforehand.
the abused forgives their abuser
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No but at least one character has Stockholm syndrome
someone gets gaslighted
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To a degree, yes. The main character is gaslit by her mother when she visits her
someone is abused with a belt
Yes
the abused becomes the abuser
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It does seem like it towards the end but takes a turn
someone is stalked
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All throughout the film
alcohol abuse
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The main character's superior drinks on screen and gets drunk, but he's not abusing it
someone uses drugs
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There's a brief scene where needles and pills are shown in the mother's house but it's not actively being used
a cat dies
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a cat is shown in a carrier alive and is not seen again
an animal dies
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I read all the comments here before seeing the movie so I was extra careful in order to help others.
The scene indeed happens during the interview of the girl in the mental institution. It happens just after the mother is shown stabbing a sort of doll.
The cow is already dead and fully decapitated and we only see the father taking the head away.
there's a dead animal
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Cow is shown decapitated during a flashback when the main character visits a side character in a mental institution
a dragon dies
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There are no dragons in the film
animals are abused
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No, but there is a quick scene that shows a man (a farmer?) holding a decapitated cow’s head.
animals were harmed in the making
Yes
an animal is abandoned
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A cat is seen in a cage at a crime scene where the people have been dead for a month
an animal is sad
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There is a sad cat in a crate that has been left alone after their entire family is murdered
there are spiders
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No spiders at all
there are bugs
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Maggots on a dead body that has been left in a house for a month. They prep you for about to see a dead body under some covers in a master bedroom. When they go to remove the covers, look away.
there are snakes
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roughly 50 minutes in, during an 'autopsy' there is a flash to a red filtered sequence of snakes moving around. very quick. Happens again roughly 17 minutes later right after you see a spider crawl under a door and finally towards the end after someone says "there once was a little girl..."
there's amputation
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Not on screen, but a man is seen walking away from the body of a newly decapitated cow, carrying its head.
someone breaks a bone
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Character smashes their head on a desk. Breaks entire face and it takes place after character says “hail satan.” It’s about a 20-30 second sequence. Part 3.
someone dislocates something
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Not onscreen and only possibly implied
someone is held under water
Yes
someone is restrained
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Longlegs is handcuffed during interrogation and there's a flashback where the main character's mother is tied up closer to the end
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
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In a flashback, the mother has a rag shoved in her mouth to silence her
a kid dies
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multiple kids are murdered but their bodies aren't shown
a non-human character dies
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The doll dies ig
a major character dies
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Longlegs kills himelf by banging his head on the table repeatedly. Curtis dies towards the end after being taken over from the ritual. Lee shoots her mother.
someone dies
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Many people die
someone sacrifices themselves
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A character talks about sacrificing themselves for the safety of another character
a parent dies
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The plot revolves around entire families dying, including the parents. An orphaned child is featured, and multiple parents die in front of their children.
A child's dear toy is destroyed
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Technically, life size super realistic dolls are destroyed a few times. They're gifted as toys for the murdered children
a family member dies
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The whole movie centers around families dying.
someone is kidnapped
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The consciousness of a character is stolen and buried alive for years
there are jump scares
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In the very first scene of the movie, when the child is looking around in the snow, Longlegs suddenly appears. Later when Lee is looking at photos in her mom’s house there’s another jumpscare with Longlegs. These were the only jumpscares that stood out to me but other scenes may also qualify.
trypophobic content is shown
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
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Spoiler:
The entire film is geared to make you uncomfortable in that way. The color palette, score, changes in aspect ratio, manipulated shots
someone is possessed
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Spoiler - the end of the movie shows possession of some sort but it's not totally explained
there are clowns
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No actual clowns but there is a clown doll in one scene at the mother's house.
there's ghosts
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There's a ghostly demonic figure scene occasionally throughout the movie
there's natural bodies of water
Yes
there are mannequins
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Very realistic dolls play a big part in the plot
someone vomits
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I don't have the timestamp but it's in the third act (labeled on the screen). The main characters mother goes to a house to deliver a gift in a large box. She goes in, soon you'll see a man attack a woman in the house. As he is striking her she lands on the floor just out of view. Her hand reaches up briefly, back in frame, he strikes again. This is when you should look away and plug your ears. Seconds later the main characters mom leaves the house quickly and gets sick in the driveway. I didn't time it but I think if you waited 10 to 15 seconds from seeing the hand come back into frame during the murder scene you should miss it. I had my ears plugged and was squinting through my eyelashes to see when it was over and lived. It's far enough from the camera that if squinting you won't see much detail.
There's audio gore
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Beating, stabbing, and blood splattering sounds are heard throughout.
there's spitting
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Brief vomit scene and (spoiler) when a character smashes his head against a table
there's eye mutilation
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A face is smashed into a desk multiple times and you see it bloody and broken
heads get squashed
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longlegs smashes his head into a desk repeatedly until dead. there's a close up of the mutilated face after.
teeth are damaged
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character loses tooth when hitting head on table
there's decapitation
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A cow is decapitated
there are 9/11 depictions
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predates 9/11
there is copaganda
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The main character(s) are FBI agents searching for a serial killer.
there's incarceration
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A character is restrained and questioned in an interrogation room.
a trans person is depicted predatorily
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The villian is not explicitly queer but definitely takes cues from Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Feels very “man is scary because of man’s proximity to femininity”. Longlegs is a cis man, but the imagery could be read this way for sure.
a priceless artifact is destroyed
Yes
needles/syringes are used
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Needles are shown after Lee starts making food for her mother. They aren't shown being used.
there's a mental institution scene
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The main character visits a person of interest at a mental institution. They verbally talk about it before going, so there's a bit of warning before the scene.
there's a hospital scene
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Mental institution scene. There's some warning before the scene when the characters discuss going to visit it
autism is misrepresented
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In the press junket for this movie, the director has described the actress who plays Lee Harker as playing her with autistic mannerisms without his prompting. I don’t believe she’s confirmed that and no character is expressly said to be autistic
there's misophonia
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there was chewing in one scene, and also a lot of extremely loud noises
a mentally ill person is violent
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It's never specified that Longlegs is mentally ill
someone suffers from PTSD
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main character is traumatized by repressed childhood memories.
reality is unstable or unhinged
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A little bit. The movie is supernatural to a degree
D.I.D. Misrepresentation
Yes
there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
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Could be interpreted as disassociation, the main character stares off into space when thinking about her past or when contemplating things
there's body dysmorphia
Yes
someone has an anxiety attack
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The main character breaths heavily when she's scared which could be taken as an anxiety attack, but it's not exactly an anxiety attack
there's body dysphoria
Yes
someone has a mental illness
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Carrie Anne is described as "catatonic"; Ruth Harker is medicated, possibly for mental health problems.
someone has a meltdown
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In the height of the final act, Lee is driving Longleg's car to try to save Agent Carter's family and she starts screaming, mirroring an earlier scene where he does the same.
someone's throat is mutilated
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A throat injury is mentioned but not shown.
someone struggles to breathe
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The main character has moments of rapid breathing during adrenaline-fueled moments but no asphyxiation
there's flashing lights or images
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Brief subliminal flashes in the title sequence, but not prolonged.
One moment flashes brightly after Lee looks at a polaroid.
Case files are shown than quickly cut away from at times giving a strobe effect.
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
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A character uses obscene language when talking about a woman’s breasts a couple times
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
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At the very very end before the credits, Longlegs looks like he's addressing the audience
there's childbirth
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No child birth but description of there being so much blood.
Someone talks about their mother hating them for what they did to their body and being born “wrong” (vertical c-section scar shown)
a pregnant person dies
Yes
there is a baby or unborn child
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
Yes
there are "Man in a dress" jokes
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It isn't cross-dressing. He's a dollmaker and there's a scene that overlays his face with a shot of a porcelain doll, hinting that it's what the intent was with his appearance.
religion is discussed
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Common theme through the movie
there's demons or Hell
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Discussed in length especially during the last half
someone dies by suicide
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Suicide is talked about in length regarding murder-suicides, and someone violently commits suicide on screen during the interrogation scene.
Someone attempts suicide
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One character attempts suicide offscreen and one character self mutilates onscreen to the point of presumed death
someone self harms
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Someone commits suicide by banging their head against a table. Another character runs a knife up their belly but does not draw blood. Another character commits suicide off screen.
someone says "I'll kill myself"
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a character essentially says “if he asked me to kill myself i would”
a minor is sexualized
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No, but it is suggested through dolls
there are incestuous relationships
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No, but there is symbolism involving dolls that could potentially trigger survivors of incest
there are nude scenes
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A background character/victim is shown in her underwear at one point but isn't nude
someone is sexually assaulted onscreen
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no but someone is held down in a way that could make it seem like they could be assaulted. in a flashback
there's pedophilia
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Not explicitly, but the movie can be interpreted as an allegory to CSA.
sexual assault is mentioned
Yes
sexual assault on men is a joke
Yes
someone has dementia/Alzheimer's
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No neurodegenerative diseases.
there's anti-abortion themes
Yes
there's fat suits
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Nicolas Cage wears facial prosthetics to make his face look fatter/puffy. He wears no other prosthetics to my knowledge.
existentialism is debated
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Lee and her mother discuss religion a couple times. Talk of biblical and mythical beasts by a few characters in relation to religion and satanism
there's end credits scenes?
Yes
a plane crashes
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No planes at all in the movie
a car honks or tires screech
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When a character is apprehended, the police cars' tires screech
there's blood/gore
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Bursts of brutal bloody horror violence throughout, including shootings, cutting, ax killings, and face smashing, shown in graphic bloody detail; blood splatters; decaying corpses shown in graphic gory detail; flashes of murder scenes with blood-splattered walls and floors; blood-stained clothing.
there's gun violence
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Yes in several scenes from beginning to end
there's excessive gore
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Depends on the level of gore you can handle/like. It's like Midsommar's gore: brief, but Very Intense and rather nauseatingly real.
so uh. ymmv xD
there's body horror
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No. There is some gore, but body horror generally refers to gore that is normally impossible, of which there is none.
someone is burned alive
Yes
there's shaving/cutting
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there is also mention of a suicide done by cutting but not shown
someone is crushed to death
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A character repeatedly slams their head into a table, presumably until they are dead
someone is buried alive
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No humans are buried alive but there is a scene where a doll made to look like a human child is discovered in a box buried under a barn floor. It’s tucked up in the box in a foetal position and for a very brief second, when the FBI agents remove the lid, it does almost look like a real person
someone is stabbed
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yes! sounds and visuals. axe and knife
someone falls to their death
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There is a statement by a character of what she imagined it would be like, then she later dies this way but it is not shown on-screen.
Someone becomes unconscious
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lee passes out after the doll is shot
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