Hubie Halloween

"Fear. Less."

Director: Steven Brill Year: 2020 Runtime: 103 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.9
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Synopsis

Hubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it’s up to Hubie to save Halloween.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler no harm comes to the dog whatsoever
someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler one of the older men tries hitting on a young high schooler though.
a cat dies
spoiler cat doesn’t get hurt - he gets saved from being hit by a car and then hubie throws him back to his owner
a pet dies
spoiler A farmer’s beloved pig Peanut was killed. Nothing shown onscreen but this is referenced at least twice, including a comment about him being “knifed up”
there's a dead animal
spoiler pig
an animal dies
spoiler 14 minutes in - in the barn. pig is said to be dead but isn’t shown
there are bugs
spoiler Fake spider in the outtakes during the credits at the end
there are spiders
spoiler Fake spider in the outtakes during the credits at the end
there's abusive parents
spoiler Not onscreen, but Hubie’s late father’s behavior was abusive (chasing Hubie around with a tennis racket, etc.)
the abused forgives their abuser
spoiler Hubie thinks highly of everyone, including the people who actively try to hurt him and make his life harder. He completely forgives everyone who tormented and harassed him
there's domestic violence
spoiler No, but several married couples hold a lot of contempt for each other, one woman makes a comment about wanting to press her husband’s face against the radiator, and the husband mentions wanting a cop’s gun to shoot her with. These comments aren’t serious but could still be upsetting to someone
alcohol abuse
spoiler There is underage drinking
there's pedophilia
Yes
someone is restrained
spoiler A character handcuffs himself, someone else ties himself up by his feet from a tree to scare Hubie as a prank, and people who are kidnapped are kept bound
someone is beaten up by a bully
spoiler No not really, but the townspeople throw increasingly dangerous things at Hubie throughout the movie. At first it’s eggs and flaming bags of poop, then it escalates to traffic cones and spears and stuff. He dodges everything and isn’t hurt but the bullies are intending to hurt him
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
there are hangings
spoiler No, but a prop is used to show a historical hanging
there's cannibalism
spoiler Sort of, there is a clip from an old timey movie shown where someone bites the face of someone else
someone is buried alive
spoiler Hubie is shoved into an open grave and thrown two shovels of dirt on.
Someone becomes unconscious
spoiler Implyed
there's eye mutilation
spoiler No, but Hubie pepper sprays someone in the haunted house
someone is burned alive
spoiler It’s threatened, but it doesn’t happen
there's finger/toe mutilation
spoiler During the drive in movie scene, there is a zombie movie playing in the background where a zombie is eating people (face, arms, hands, etc.) but most of it is very brief and not the focus of the scene. I missed 90% of it the first time I watched it
heads get squashed
spoiler No, but there is an actor in the haunted house who has a fake axe sticking out of his head and there’s some blood/brain matter (fake obviously)
a minor is sexualized
spoiler It’s unclear how old the character is because she is referred to as “Miss” by a younger student, but a young woman is hit on by a significantly older guy and she calls him out on it, saying that he’s basically 3 times her age. I assumed her character is about 20 or so but I could be wrong because it’s not explicitly stated
someone disabled played by able-bodied
Yes
a parent dies
spoiler Yes, one of the townspeople’s father dies (not shown) and Hubie shows up at the funeral, it is discussed
someone is kidnapped
Yes
there are jump scares
Yes
there are clowns
spoiler As a Halloween costume
there's ghosts
spoiler Fake ghosts using sheets
there are mannequins
spoiler There are Halloween dummies, mannequins wearing costumes, etc. plus a kind of creepy scarecrow
there's natural bodies of water
spoiler Shown only a few times, but the movie takes place in Salem, MA, so the harbor/ocean is there
someone defecates
spoiler No human pooping onscreen, but poop is shown on a newspaper on the floor. Later, a dog poops and then eats the poop, but you don’t really see it that well
someone wets/soils themselves
spoiler Multiple scenes where this is mentioned and shown on screen
there's farting
spoiler During the conversation with Steve Buscemi while he's holding a pumpkin.
someone vomits
spoiler It is instant. Be aware. Be very aware. It happens so suddenly but only lasts a second. It is in the very beginning after he catches the eggs with his thermos.
there's spitting
spoiler Plus urine and feces.
there is copaganda
Yes
there's incarceration
Yes
a trans person is depicted predatorily
Yes
there's a mental institution scene
spoiler Very very beginning there is a scene
Autism specific abuse
Yes
a mentally ill person is violent
spoiler Technically yes, a person from a mental institution is violent toward an animal, none of this shown
someone has a mental illness
spoiler 2 characters escape from a psychiatric institution
someone has a meltdown
Yes
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler There are lots of flashing/flickering lights in the haunted house scene
there's screaming
spoiler Hubie screams in fear a lot
someone is watched without knowing
spoiler Several parts of the movie are shown from the perspective of someone watching other people without them knowing, or the person watching is shown but other characters don’t know they’re there
there's fat jokes
Yes
someone is misgendered
spoiler Hubie calls a young girl ‘sir’.
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler Hubie himself shows some stereotypical signs of autism and it's more often than not the butt of jokes. As far as I know there isn't much more than that.
an LGBT person dies
Yes
someone speaks hate speech
Yes
there's demons or Hell
spoiler The priest wears a devil mask
there is sexual content
spoiler lots of sexual jokes
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
there's end credits scenes?
spoiler Bloopers and outtakes
a car crashes
spoiler Hubie hits a stationary car with his bike.
a person is hit by a car
spoiler Almost, and Hubie runs into a stationary car by accident
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler Fake blood eg. Axe in head used in outfit

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