someone is sexually assaulted
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Yes— definitely plays into the trope that victims will eventually enjoy themselves during an assault which is harmful— but the character that perpetuates sexual violence is very clearly portrayed as a villain— I am a survivor and often sensitive to this trigger and still very much enjoy this movie
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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Yes, sort of in the same way Frankenstein would be categorized as a child being abandoned by a parent
someone leaves without saying goodbye
Yes
there's child abuse
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even if *technically* no, the insinuation is there, which is still triggering.
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
Yes
there's domestic violence
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One character whips another.
there's abusive parents
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Frank could be considered a parent because he created Rocky. He is very abusive toaards him.
the abused forgives their abuser
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Kind of. Brad is manipulated into sex by Frank and develops feelings for him to the point where he briefly tries to claim Frank did nothing wrong--BUT he is also clearly confused and upset about how he was treated. As the film ends only a short time after the manipulation occurs it is unknown how he'll feel about it when he's had more time to think about it.
someone gets gaslighted
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Characters are tricked and lied to but I don't think anyone is gaslighted.
someone is abused with a belt
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Not a belt but a whip
the abused becomes the abuser
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Kinda but not really, Frank does mistreat Riff Raff and Magenta and they take over at the end of the film, killing Frank and Rocky in the process, but it's more of a mutany than abuse
someone is stalked
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Not really, but 2 characters watch Janet and Rocky have sex on the security cameras
there's corporal punishment
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Frank whips his servant Riff Raff for Rocky escaping
there's emotional or verbal abuse
Yes
someone uses drugs
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Their is a brief reference to heroin and a picture of someone about to use is show, but it is only for a couple seconds
there's addiction
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one character is said to be a junkie, another is shown very briefly doing heroin and an other character smoked a cigarette
alcohol abuse
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Riff Raff drops a bottle of wine, because he can't hold his liquor.
someone smokes or vapes
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At least twice including post-coital smoking
an animal dies
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There are taxidermied animals on the walls of the castle. Otherwise, no.
animals were harmed in the making
Yes
there's animal fighting
Yes
an animal is abandoned
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It's not explicitly mentioned but the castle has some guard dogs, and when the aliens return to their home planet there is no mention of what happens to the dogs. In some stage productions Magenta realises she didn't lock up the dogs (and so they have presumably run off) just before they leave (but does nothing as she's in a hurry to go.)
an animal attacks someone
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Rocky is chased by dogs. I feel like it’s implied one of them bites his hand but he’s okay.
there are spiders
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Cobwebs but no spiders.
there's genital trauma/mutilation
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a character gets kicked in the balls but thats pretty much it
there's amputation
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a character (though already dead) is cut up into pieces and fed to the others
someone breaks a bone
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Frank breaks his neck at the end, after being zapped and falling from the curtain. No triggering visuals (just his head tilting back), and the audio also sounds very fake
someone is held under water
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Characters are shown under water but aren’t held under
someone is drugged
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The lyrics allude to the floor show performers being drugged, as the lyrics are from the musical (in which they were drugged.) And they act strangely during the show
someone is restrained
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a character has his ankles shackled to the bed so he can't run away
a woman gets slapped
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Frank slaps Janet during the dinner scene after she jumps into rocky's arms
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
a kid dies
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While yes technically rocky is only 8 hours old, he has the appearance of an adult and i dont think anyone views him as a "kid"
a non-human character dies
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Some characters are revealed to be space aliens and almost immediately one dies
a major character dies
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Yes, three important characters die at the end.
someone dies
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(spoilers, duh)
Eddie, Columbia, Frank, and Rocky die.
It is somewhat implied that Dr Scott, Brad, and Janet die after the end of the film, but canonically they survive
someone sacrifices themselves
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Columbia half-accidentally sacrifices herself by getting in the middle of Riff-Raff' fight with Frank.
Rocky could have left and saved himself but decided to stay with Frank's body and gets killed.
there's a funeral or cemetery scene
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During “Dammit Janet” the church transitions from the wedding to a funeral
someone disabled played by able-bodied
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Dr. Everett V. Scott in the movie isn't played by a disabled actor although he is in a wheelchair.
a disability is miraculously cured
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Not really "cured" but there is a part during the second to last musical number where a wheelchair-using character is suddenly able to stand for the duration of the song.
a family member dies
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Dr. Scott's nephew dies. He doesn't seem ro care that much.
a parent dies
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Not onscreen but there's a whole song about how Eddie was affected by the death of his mom
A child's dear toy is destroyed
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Not destroyed, but a teddy bear is stabbed
someone cheats
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both brad and janet (his fiancée) cheat on eachother with the same person (it isn't seen but heavily implied) then janet cheats again with another character
someone is kidnapped
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Brad and Janet are not allowed to leave Frankenfurter’s castle, but are not explicitly kidnapped
there are jump scares
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During the dinner scene, the tablecloth is removed to reveal the corpse of a character.
trypophobic content is shown
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
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It is shown that Rocky is mummified and in a human sized tank of water. But it is not exclusively a claustrophobic scene.
there are clowns
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In the Floor Show scene toward the end of the movie, four of the characters appear wearing makeup that isn't really clown-like but it's kind of similar? Their faces are painted white but the makeup around their eyes and lips is more realistic than a clown's. However, if you think you would find this disturbing, turn the movie off when The Criminologist (narrator guy) says "no picnic."
there are shower scenes
Yes
there's natural bodies of water
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No, only swimming pools. No natural bodies of water
there are mannequins
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Not mannequins per se, but characters are at one point turned into marble statues, in the end they’re turned back (however there are similar statues around the castle and their fate is unknown)
there are aliens
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SPOILERS
The residents of the house are revealed to be aliens
someone is eaten
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It is heavily implied that a character killed earlier in the movie gets eaten by the rest of the characters.
There's audio gore
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A character is murdered offscreen with a pickaxe. The sound of the pickaxe repeatedly hitting the victim (along with the sound of the a screaming witness) is pretty gross.
someone wets/soils themselves
Yes
heads get squashed
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No, but at the end when a major character is shot and falls to the ground, you can hear their skull crack
there are 9/11 depictions
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The movie is from 1975.
there is copaganda
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No cops in the movie, the narrator is a criminologist.
there's incarceration
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Not police incarceration but characters are definitely held in captivity against their will(s)
a trans person is depicted predatorily
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*Frank is a crossdresser/gender nonconforming. "Tr*nsvestite" was once what both crossdressers and trans people were called but the term is now deemed outdated and is often considered a slur (if not in the time and context of this film). But yes, he's sexually predatory throughout.
there's transphobia
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Granted bare in mind at the time it was made “transvestite” was a somewhat neutral word, but it’s still there
an LGBT+ person is outed
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Frank makes a joke about Brad being queer to a friend of Brad's and Brad looks uncomfortable. But it's like one second and doesn't affect anything.
there's bisexual cheating
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Somewhat yes, a straight married couple “cheat” on each other with (+ sexually assaulted/coerced by) the same person, but it’s not biphobic about it
needles/syringes are used
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A picture of a character about to shoot up heroin is briefly shown
there's a mental institution scene
Yes
there's a hospital scene
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Not a hospital per se, but there is a laboratory.
Autism specific abuse
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A mentally disabled man gets abused but he's not autistic necessarily
there's misophonia
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In the scene where everyone is eating dinner for Rocky's birthday, Rocky chews his food really loud.
autism is misrepresented
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No characters are canonically autistic
someone suffers from PTSD
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Rocky is shown to feel instinctively scared of people after he's physically abused. There's not enough time for him to develop a chronic condition, but he appears traumatized.
a mentally ill person is violent
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The only person who could be considered mentally ill is Rocky (he is mentally disabled) and he's the least violent character.
Frank is a very classic "crazy serial killer" type character but there's nothing in the text implying that he actually is mentally ill.
reality is unstable or unhinged
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Frank hallucinates an audience during I'm Going Home. It is pretty clear to the viewer that this is a hallucination but still.
someone has a mental illness
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Nothing is specifically diagnosed but everyone definitely has something deeply wrong with them <3
there's body dysmorphia
Yes
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
there's body dysphoria
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Presumably. A character sings about crying because of not being able to dress like a girl
someone has a meltdown
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Columbia freaks out right at the end of Hot Patootie and after she leaves the table
someone is brainwashed or mind controlled
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During the second to last musical number all of the guests are sort of "hypnotized" and acting bizarrely.
someone struggles to breathe
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You can see a few people gasping in the pool scene.
there are sudden loud noises
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Screaming
there's flashing lights or images
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When Dr. Frank-n-Furter and his assistants are about to bring his creation to life from the tank full of water, the set lights flash on and off. I don't know why so many people said 'no'.
shaky cam is used
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no, but entering Frank's laboratory the camera is a bit shakey)?
there's underwater scenes
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Rocky is underwater during the resurrection scene though the camera doesn't go underwater, and near the end of the stage show the camera follows the characters underwater while they swim around.
there is obscene language/gestures
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If “transvestite from transsexual transylvania” is past your limit, that’s your warning, there’s the door
there are high-pitched noises
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A lot of very high-pitched screaming
someone is watched without knowing
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Frank and his staff have been watching Brad and Janet before they get to the castle. They can be seen during Dammit Janet.
the fourth wall is broken
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There is a criminoligist narrating the story to us and frequently speaks directly to the audience and looks into the camera
there is a baby or unborn child
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If you read Brad and Janet's police reports, you'll find out that Janet is pregnant. Frank alludes to this in Planet Schmanet Janet. Very easy to miss and not relevant to the plot.
there's ableist language or behavior
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Rocky could be decribed as mentally disabled, due to literally having only half a brain and being unable to speak or understand some things. He is mistreated, not because of it, but people are definitely taking advantage of him.
there are homophobic slurs
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There's a song titled "Sweet Transvestite"; however, the character is using the phrase to describe himself in a positive light. The show was written in a time when that was a commonly used phrase and as a trans person I always saw it as a reclamation type deal, however if you think this would be upsetting, I'd probably skip it.
there's fat jokes
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Frank says that Eddie deserved to die because "he had no muscle". However Frank is implied to have had a relationship with Eddie in the past and his current girlfriend finds him very attractive.
someone is misgendered
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Frank is explicitly stated to be a cross-dresser. He is gendered correctly throughout the movie.
there are "Man in a dress" jokes
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specifically "i thought it was the real thing"
someone speaks hate speech
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Dr. Frank-n-Furtur uses the word “transvestite” which was the common term at the time of filming, but is now outdated. It could make transgender audiences uncomfortable.
an LGBT person dies
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yes, a LGBT character dies (not graphically nor is the death homophobic in motivation)
there's Aphobia
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Frankenforter does attempt to get a woman and a man to be more open and sexual, by tricking them into having sex with him but it never comes off as aphobia
a minority is misrepresented
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definitely in the zone of questionable queer representation, if any outdated lgbt+ language/stereotypes are a big bother, probably skip it
there's antisemitism
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As far as I know (and I work at a RHPS theater) the only mention that the movie itself makes to him being a n*zi is a line during the dinner scene, which is easily skipped if need be (skip forward like 10/15 seconds when Dr. Scott says "it was worse than I imagined...aliens"). There are certainly some rude fans at the live shows who like to reiterate this joke over and over again, but if you're watching by yourself that shouldn't be an issue.
the black guy dies first
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In response to another comment, Rufus Collins is a POC and plays a Transylvanian, but he does not die.
there's slavery
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Idk I kind of feel like rocky being chained to the bed implies sex slavery
there are Nazis or swastikas
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Yes, a character is implied to have been a nazi scientist.
Frank-n-furter wears a pink triangle on his scrubs.
there's a large age gap
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It is implied that Eddie is pretty young and had a relationship with Frank. This is never really brought up, it's all subtext.
there's demons or Hell
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The only mention of it is a lyric in Frank’s song promising to get them a “Satanic mechanic”
religion is discussed
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Vauge religous themes to contrast early LGBTQ issues in early media.
there's suicide
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Idk why anyone voted yes on this
there are incestuous relationships
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Riff raff and magenta
there is sexual content
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a main character simulates sexual acts with multiple characters (shown as a silhouet and not graphic) and a song is featured called ‘touch a touch me‘ about another main character losing her virginity, with her (covered) breasts being touched and other mildly sexual acts demonstrated
there are nude scenes
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You can see Columbia's nipples in two scenes. You can see a porn magazine for a moment during the song Eddie. Characters also wear pretty revealing clothes. Two of the main characters are in their underwear for a lot of the movie.
someone is sexually objectified
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rocky is literally made to be a sexual object
there's BDSM
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Not explicit but some of Frank's clothes look a bit like BDSM gear, and he at least owns a whip.
someone loses their virginity
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(In addition to other commenter) Janet was actually confirmed (in ‘touch-a touch-a touch me’)
a male character is ridiculed for crying
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A male character cried during a song, no one comments on this.
women are portrayed as incompetent
Yes
there's gender essentialism
Yes
a minor is sexualized
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It shows one of the characters, Eddie with a juvenile record, and it's implied to be recent, and it's practically confirmed that he and Frank n Furter were lovers
sexual assault on men is a joke
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Brad is made to believe that he is having sex with his wife. It is played for laughs when he realizes he's been hooking up with Frank
there's dubious consent or sexual coercion
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pls see “is there sexual content” and “is someone sexually assaulted”
existentialism is debated
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In the final lines, mostly played as a joke since it has nothing to do with anything and is more a parody of films trying way too hard to be deep
the ending is sad
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Depends on your point of view.
The heroes survive.
a person is hit by a car
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Background characters come close to being hit by a motorcycle, but nobody actually gets hit.
a car crashes
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A car does break down.
a car honks or tires screech
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Tire blowout when Brad and Janet are driving in the woods
there's blood/gore
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One of the characters gets killed by an ice pick and his blood is briefly shown on the walls and floor. Dr Frank N Furter is shown with bloodied gloves.
there's gun violence
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Sort of, someone is shot but the gun is clearly a laser gun
someone drowns
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A character is shown floating face down in a pool dead however the character was dead long before ending up in the pool as the body was dropped into the pool by another character trying to carry it up a structure
there's a nuclear explosion
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No but the entire castle blasts off into the sky
there's torture
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For those who haven't seen it
- brad & Janet are lured into a strange house & held captive there. The show is essentially a slow mental breakdown of the two into sexual depravity.
- a character is killed after singing a song, the group have dinner in a different scene and the corpse is found to be in the table, implied that they have been eating him
- when Rocky disappears, the Dr. Whips his servant, but it's clear that it's intended to be played like a BDSM type of situation
- when they kill the Dr, it's very slow. It's all pretty silly. 70s sci-fi violence.
there's body horror
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No!!! gore is not inherently body horror!!
someone is burned alive
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No, but Rocky is abused/burned with a lit candelabra.
there's cannibalism
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They served Meatloaf
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
someone is stabbed
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Mild spoilers: after the song hot patootie bless my soul a character is murdered with a pickaxe (so kind of a mixed stab/blunt force murder)
someone falls to their death
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At the end of the movie when Rocky climbs up a light tower holding Frank, the tower breaks causing him to fall into the pool below, killing him.
someone falls down stairs
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There's action on the stairs but no one falls
Someone becomes unconscious
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janet faints twice in the time warp
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