a dog dies
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The pet dogs head is found on a stake outside of the children’s secret club house.
This is just one of many instances of animal of animal cruelty and abuse.
animals are abused
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Yes several animals are abused and killed! Not a recommendation to people sensitive to animal abuse.
a cat dies
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Several pets die, a cat is crucified, insects are impaled on nails, animals are torn to pieces.
an animal dies
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Numerous animals throughout the film are harmed and killed. Do not watch if sensitive to animal death! I wish someone commented the extent before I watched this, and the movie isn’t even over yet!
a pet dies
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cat and dog plus other animals
there's a dead animal
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Yes, several different types of animals are shown deceased
an animal is sad
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Pet cat is held and clearly uncomfortable; pet dog is subjected to loud fighting/throwing things and can be heard whining
there are bugs
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Flies swarming a dead animal in the opening scene, a close-up of worms around 58 minutes in
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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Debatable - ****SPOILERS****
The kids are being sent away and forced out of the house by their parents, who say they're not their kids anymore
there's domestic violence
Yes
there's abusive parents
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
the abused becomes the abuser
Yes
there's addiction
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Alcoholism
someone is restrained
Yes
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
there's decapitation
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The dog
there's cannibalism
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Kind of implied at the end? Nothing shown onscreen
someone struggles to breathe
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At about 0:58:00 a character is found wrapped in a garbage bag or tarp, struggling to breathe
hands are damaged
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Not graphic, more implied and shown from a distance that a character has crawled through nails on the ground and has injuries from them
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes
someone falls down stairs
Yes
a kid dies
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is mentioned
a non-human character dies
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are pets not non human characters? Both cat and dog are murdered
a major character dies
Yes
someone overdoses
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Unclear, but possibly at the end (drugs taken involuntarily)
A child's dear toy is destroyed
Yes
there are shower scenes
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No nudity shown - covered by shower curtain and not graphic
there are mannequins
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Not exactly - there are three life sized figures of what might be the Three Wise Men
someone is possessed
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****SPOILERS****
Presumably not? But the father conducts an exorcism believing his children are possessed
there are jump scares
Yes
someone vomits
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At about 0:57:25 - not shown but heard. Skip ahead to 0:57:50 to avoid.
someone is eaten
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It's implied but not seen
someone wets/soils themselves
Yes
autism is misrepresented
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Possibly harmful speculation about the kids having Asperger's (a term not used anymore)
a mentally ill person is violent
Yes
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
Yes
someone has a mental illness
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Unclear as to whether it's mental illness, personality disorder, or something involving both/neither, but the characters are treated as though they have mental illness(es)
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
Yes
religion is discussed
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The Father character is a pastor and makes references to their religion (Lutheran), as well as making their children pray at the table etc.
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
Santa (et al) is spoiled
Yes
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