a dog dies
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No idea what the other poster's on about. No doggy deaths here.
someone is sexually assaulted
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No, but there are a lot of jokes regarding a character's virginity, and one of the villains (being at least a couple hundred years olds) has a creepy comment about underage boys.
animals are abused
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the cat is thrown
a cat dies
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A boy who was transformed into an immortal cat is accidentally ran over by a bus. We see the midsection mostly flattened (but with no blood) and the human characters are upset. The body quickly reinflates, and the cat shakes off the incident.
A spell is broken on the cat character, and his soul is freed leaving the cat's body behind.
an animal dies
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Kind of. Thackery the cat is run over but comes back. When the witches die and his spirit is realised from the cat form, there is a very sad meow from the cat and then cats body is lifeless which I found really upsetting but Thackerys spirit is there he is happy and reunited with his sister. So it is happy.
a pet dies
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A cat, who is really a cursed human, dies when his curse is lifted. A young girl had considered the cat as a pet and had plans to keep him and feed him tuna.
there's a dead animal
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There is a dead cat at the end, not graphic at all tho
there are spiders
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A character remarks on a 'pretty spider'. We see her shoving spiders into her mouth and eating them for laughs. No detail of spiders is ever shown.
there are bugs
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The character of Sarah does find a spider and then proceeds to eat it shortly after the kids escape the witches.
an animal is sad
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While Binx isn't really an "animal" per se...there are indeed times where he's sad throughout the film and laments the fact he was unable to save his sister, Emily.
an animal is abandoned
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(see section for child being abandoned by a parent)
someone leaves without saying goodbye
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At the beginning, Thackery leaves to try to rescue Emily without saying goodbye. After being turned into a cat, he doesn't get to be with his family again.
Though, SPOILERS, when his curse is lifted and Thackery gets to pass on to the afterlife, he does get to say goodbye to everyone. Especially Dani
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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(spoilers for the beginning of the movie) Thackery is turned into a cat. He runs to his family and makes very authentic affectionate cat noises and rubs against their legs, but they don't recognize him and shoo him away.
there's child abuse
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The witches suck the life force out of a child at the beginning of the film and attempt to do the same thing to many more which often involves them shoving, pulling, or putting spells on children
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
Yes
there's domestic violence
Yes
there's abusive parents
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
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Some minor gaslighting from the adults to the children.
the abused becomes the abuser
Yes
someone is stalked
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Technically the witches are chasing the main characters through the city as they try to get away
alcohol abuse
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Some adults at the Halloween parties seem pretty lit, including the main characters’ parents.
someone uses drugs
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Not drugs but there is underage tobacco usage
someone is sexually assaulted onscreen
Yes
there's pedophilia
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an ancient witch (but portrayed as like 30s-40s) makes some creepy comments towards teenage boys
someone is drugged
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No, but Max drinks a potion
someone is restrained
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A young girl is tied to a chair with rope.
a woman gets slapped
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A witch slaps at the shoulder/arm/back of another witch. No face-slapping.
someone is beaten up by a bully
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A boy gets targeted and ends up having to give the bullies his shoes and cycle home without any on
someone's mouth is covered
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The mouth is covered in stitches. They can’t speak.
there's excessive gore
Yes
there's torture
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Two characters are locked in small cages and poked in the backside with a pitchfork and fed candy in an effort to fatten them. It is played for laughs and is very mild.
heads get squashed
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No, but the zombie's head does fall off and roll away at several points
there's finger/toe mutilation
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Zombie loses fingers on a ground drain as it shuts on them
someone is burned alive
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There is a scene where they get burned alive (as another comment mentioned), but they come back to life shortly after.
there's decapitation
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A zombie gets his head knocked off but he doesn't die
there are hangings
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The three witches are hanged at the beginning of the film but the only imagery used is their swinging feet. No sound effects or violent images are used.
there's shaving/cutting
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The zombie had his mouth sewn shut before he was buried, so when he's reinvigorated, he cuts the threads so he can speak. There's no blood.
someone is buried alive
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No, but the characters do spend a lot of time in a graveyard and I believe one of them gets into an open grave briefly
there's cannibalism
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Also worth mentioning that the witches drain children's life forces, but they're strongly implied to also eat the children themselves.
there's amputation
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Billy Butchersons finger get cut off. But he’s a zombie so they kinda just fall off. Not graphic.
someone struggles to breathe
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No, but there is a part where the zombie gasps a lot and struggles to speak for the first time since being reinvigorated.
someone asphyxiates
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Hanging at the beginning.
hands are damaged
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Zombie fingers are severed dry with no permanent damage or harm.
somebody is choked
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Witched are hung, but you only see their feet. A zombie cuts thread from his lips and coughs as though somewhat choking.
someone falls down stairs
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No, but a zombie falls into a grave, and a boy falls from about a foot or two off the ground.
someone falls to their death
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People get hanged, not sure if that would be considered a fall.
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes
someone breaks a bone
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Not overly loud, but there are some cracking noises during the scene where Thackery is turned into a cat.
someone dislocates something
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A zombie's head end up backwards, and removed at times.
a minor is sexualized
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Admittedly the movie kind of makes a big deal about how the main character (who is a high schooler) is a virgin
a kid dies
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A child's life force is sucked out by three witches. We see her body still sitting in a chair with her head bowed down.
The three witches' goal throughout the movie is to suck the souls out of children so they may live forever.
Somehow this manages not to be incredibly frightening and dark, and the overall tone of the movie is that of a fun comedy.
an infant is abducted
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No, but multiple kids get abducted and lured to a location by a spell.
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
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Binx dies in the end and gets to go to the afterlife with his sister
someone dies
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Emily, Binx and the Sanderson sisters
someone sacrifices themselves
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A character drinks a potion meant to drain his life force in order to save his sister. He is attacked by the villains immediately after, and is called foolish for trading his life for hers. He survives the attempt, and the sister thanks him. Both are unharmed.
someone disabled played by able-bodied
Yes
someone overdoses
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Offhand comment played for laughs when a young girl says, "I didn't OD," and she's talking about Halloween candy.
someone cheats
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Sorta, a married man flirts with the villains.
a family member dies
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Thackery's sister in the beginning
A child's dear toy is destroyed
Yes
a parent dies
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300 years have passed… this means Binx lost his parents.
someone is kidnapped
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Two young girls are kidnapped at two different points in the movie
there are jump scares
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When Max is about to light the Black Flame Candle, a black cat jumps on his shoulder with a loud music cue and causes Max to scream.
there are razors
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A pocketknife is used to cut a zombie's mouth free of lip threads (mouth sewn shut before burial).
there are clowns
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Clown cameo at a haloween party near the end of the film
there's ghosts
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A character's released soul is seen with the spirit of a dead family member. The two walk into a presumed Heaven together. The scene is framed as a touching moment rather than a scary one.
there's natural bodies of water
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There may be a short scene of witches flying over a lake.
someone vomits
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The two bully characters say they will/are about to multiple times but never actually do
there's spitting
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While the witches brew their potion, part of the ritual involves biting off a piece of their own tongue and spitting it into the brew. This happens once at the beginning of the film, and once toward the start of the 3rd Act.
there is copaganda
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One brief mention of cops “risking lives everyday to protect people”, but it’s a small part a speech and leads into a joke
there's incarceration
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No, but two teens are caged in small cages.
there's deadnaming or birthnaming
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Played for laughs when a bully wants to go exclusively by the nickname, "Ice," and not everyone takes him seriously.
there's smoke or haze
Yes
a priceless artifact is destroyed
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No, but most of an important potion gets dumped from a cauldron.
someone has a heart attack
Yes
someone dies by suicide
Yes
there's misophonia
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The witches and child scream randomly a lot.
there's body dysmorphia
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
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The three witches get locked in a kiln that is then turned on.
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
there's body dysphoria
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Witches want to look younger and don't like how they look.
there's flashing lights or images
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
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No, but one person says, "Go to hell."
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
there is a baby or unborn child
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On a TV, an excited baby is seen running in a rolling chair, accompanied by funny music.
there's fat jokes
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In addition to Winnie, the larger bully character is called “oinker” by his buddy for eating too much Halloween candy.
someone is misgendered
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
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Max says to Ice that he should learn to breathe through his nose.
Using "mouth breathing" as an insult to imply stupidity is not only inaccurate, but also ableist to those who struggle to breathe through their nose.
someone speaks hate speech
Yes
there's aphobia
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The male lead is constantly made fun of for being a virgin
there's a large age gap
Yes
there's demons or Hell
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The Sanderson sisters talk about hell
religion is discussed
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Mentions of the afterlife and hell
there are incestuous relationships
Yes
there is sexual content
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The word "virgin" is used many times, but there's nothing actually sexual.
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
someone loses their virginity
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No but they talk about it constantly and make fun of a high school boy for being one
there's fat suits
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No actor wore a fat suit.
someone is homeless
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A boy was turned into a cat, his family didn't recognize him and shooed him away, so he was left to wander for 300 years, mostly in and around the witches' house. He was brought to a modern house by the main characters and told he could "live with us now".
the ending is sad
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I would say it's a happy ending but it's a little bittersweet.
there's end credits scenes?
Yes
a person is hit by a car
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One of the main characters, a cat, gets run over by a car. The cat is immortal so he's fine, but there is a minute when you don't know that.
a car honks or tires screech
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Both. Not a lot. Car and bus, but at different parts.
there's blood/gore
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Three women are hanged. We only see their feet dangling as barrels are pushed out from under them.
A character is a resurrected corpse who must cut his mouth open to speak because it was sewn shut before his death, and his fingers are accidently severed when a manhole cover squashes his hand. No blood. Played for laughs.
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