there are snakes
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The worm is snake-size. Massive worm.
there are bugs
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No bugs specifically - During Gus' hypnotism scene his fear of worms are the central focus. There is a scene of his chest opening and worms pouring from the wound & exiting his orifices. Not excessively gory through use of practical effects.
there are spiders
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A brief scene with a spider. The spider is not actually shown, but is said to be in a box. When the box is opened, there is no spider and the characters fear that it got loose and is running around somewhere. It is never shown on-screen.
an animal is abandoned
Yes
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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Not shown on screen. The character Lilly has a traumatic past involving her abusive childhood at the hands of cultists. It is strongly implied her parents were members of said cult.
there's child abuse
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One character includes a young girl rescued from a cult, there are several strong implications that she has trauma relating to abuse. None of this is shown onscreen.
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
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The possession scene with Lily is broadcast live in order to gain views on a show, and another female character is very opposed to the idea but is coerced into it.
there's domestic violence
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Lily is possessed and her mother figure/guardian hits her across after being taunted by the demon speaking through Lily.
there's abusive parents
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Strongly implied that Lilly's parents were abusive cultists intending to sacrifice their daughter. No abuse shown on screen.
the abused forgives their abuser
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
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Many characters are constantly downplaying others' concerns and worries about the questionable situation they were unwillingly placed in.
the abused becomes the abuser
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There are several implications that the character Lilly endured abuse during her childhood. She is shown to be possessed by a demon and displays violent and verbally abusive behaviour during these scenes.
there's addiction
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A lot of smoking
someone uses drugs
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Alcohol is also used and mentioned throughout the movie
sexual assault on men is a joke
Yes
a woman gets slapped
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During the first possession scene with Lilly.
someone is restrained
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A character has their wrists restrained to the arms of a chair with heavy-looking cuffs.
there's eye mutilation
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a large worm bursts through a character’s eye and used as a jumpscare. it isnt a close up shot but its big enough to burst through the socket and skull
there's excessive gore
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Intense gore is only present during the last third of the film.
there's torture
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Implied torture. Child escapes cult.
there's body horror
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Particularly during the hypnotism scene and the latter third of the film.
there's finger/toe mutilation
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several cult members cut their palms with the same knife and rub their bloody hands together
someone is burned alive
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During the final possession scene & finale of the film.
there are hangings
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A woman is choked with a thin cord, which lifts her off the ground. The cord cuts into her neck and kills her, and she then falls to the ground.
someone's throat is mutilated
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towards the end, june is strangled by a thin cord until it cuts through her skin
there's shaving/cutting
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Scene of cultists cutting open hands during sacrifice.
someone struggles to breathe
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jacks wife dies of lung cancer and is typically shown gasping for air/using an oxygen tank
towards the end, june is strangled by a thin cord
somebody is choked
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A character is briefly choked with a thin cord before the cord cuts into their flesh.
hands are damaged
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One of the characters cuts their hand during a Satanic ceremony
someone is stabbed
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A character stabs another in the stomach with a dagger, very close to the end of the movie. It is shown close-up and shows blood, but it’s not overly gory.
someone dislocates something
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During the final scene a characters neck is visibly broken/dislocated.
someone has a seizure
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Not really an actual seizure, but something that looks a bit like it
someone falls to their death
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A character falls after having their throat sliced with a thin cord while being dangled in the air.
Someone becomes unconscious
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During possession scenes, the possessed character appears to lose concsiousness before the entity is revealed.
someone breaks a bone
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A character’s neck is broken.
heads get squashed
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Not squashed but split in half by supernatural forces
someone is crushed to death
Yes
there's decapitation
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Someone’s throat is slit with a thin cord at the end of the film, but they are not fully decapitated.
a minor is sexualized
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there are close-up shots of very young looking but perceivably post-menarche women (teenagers at best) when discussing children being bred for sacrifice. it is heavily implied and children being sexually abused by families was a bog standard staple of the satanic panic.
a kid dies
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There are descriptions of children dying through sacrificial rituals performed by a cult.
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
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Four main characters die, and at least one minor character is confirmed to have died.
someone dies
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Several people die throughout the film. Mostly towards the latter third.
someone sacrifices themselves
Yes
someone disabled played by able-bodied
Yes
A child's dear toy is destroyed
Yes
a parent dies
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Parental figure dies
a family member dies
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the main character's wife dies of terminal cancer.
someone cheats
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It's suggested that a main character may have had an affair, or at least wanted to have an affair before the death of his then-wife, but it's never confirmed.
there are jump scares
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Mild jumpscares for the most part, throughout the movie.
someone is possessed
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Possession is one of the main plot aspects of the film.
there are clowns
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There is an audience member dressed as a clown. They're never showed closely but do show up occasionally throughout the movie.
there are shower scenes
Yes
there's ghosts
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the main character's late wife's ghost is seen while scrubbing back through tape live. she is clearly emaciated, dead, and shows many visible signs of death by terminal cancer.
there's natural bodies of water
Yes
trypophobic content is shown
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Notably during the hypnotism scene - some viewers with trypophobia may find the visuals involving worms triggering.
someone is eaten
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Someone seems to have worms inside of them so it could be implied that they were eating him
there's spitting
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A character vomits & spits up black bile.
someone vomits
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A guest on the show vomits black bile profusely after becoming possessed. It is quite graphic - multiple warnings before hand such as prolonged gagging/coughing.
there are 9/11 depictions
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The movie takes place well before 9/11.
a priceless artifact is destroyed
Yes
there's a mental institution scene
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There are photos of someone in a mental institution with narration over it.
someone has cancer
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A prominent plot aspect involves a character with terminal cancer.
someone has a heart attack
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There's a medical emergency, but it's not a heart attack
there's a hospital scene
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Very brief, a medical scene is shown. Ambulance sirens can also be heard at times, and a character is mentioned to have been taken to a hospital but it is not shown.
needles/syringes are used
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There is one very brief scene where a syringe and needle is shown. Less than 5 seconds, the scene is frozen and has no movement. It shows a person dressed in medical clothing holding a syringe and needle pointed upwards. It is not injected into anyone/thing.
Someone attempts suicide
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Multiple references to suicide throughout the entire movie.
someone self harms
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Video footage is shown of cult members cutting their hands to draw blood for sacrificial rituals.
there's misophonia
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Several instances of loud sounds including increasingly intense feedback noise disturbing the cast & crew of the show.
a mentally ill person is violent
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if you believe that Lily has PTSD like some viewers believe (she shows no symptoms of it, as someone with PTSD, but this seems to be a popular idea), then holy crap yes.
someone suffers from PTSD
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as someone with PTSD, there are no signs of anyone experiencing PTSD on-screen.
reality is unstable or unhinged
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Particularly in the last third of the film.
D.I.D. Misrepresentation
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Not directly, but much of the hypnosis work June does with Lily can resemble older forms of DID therapy and sensationalization.
there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
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There is possession, hallucinations, and hypnosis.
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
someone has a mental illness
Yes
someone has a meltdown
Yes
someone dies by suicide
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In the scene describing the cult we are told they committed suicide by ritual, and participated in mass sacrifice.
No graphic visuals shown in relation to this.
there's flashing lights or images
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Lots of visual glitches, some flashing lights or scene skips. Nothing close to strobe lighting, but definitely some flashing
shaky cam is used
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Minor shakey can near the end of the film. There are rapid Dutch angles
there are sudden loud noises
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Multiple instances of loud sounds throughout the film.
there is obscene language/gestures
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Characters swear occasionally. No obscene gestures that I saw.
the fourth wall is broken
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For the most part, the characters looking at the camera are meant to be looking at the diegetic cameras filming the late night show, not the viewer of the film. But this still results in a lot of characters looking straight at the camera. One other potential trigger is when a hypnotic image is shown (happens when a character pulls out a pocket watch and then repeatedly for the rest of the film). This image is implied to cause hypnosis and it is shown in the movie so it might cause paranoia
there is a baby or unborn child
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Scene in a 'documentary! showing a pregnant women with a voice over saying children were bred for human sacrifice. Scene is subtle with women wearing robes which may explain all the 'no' votes.
there's childbirth
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No, but there is discussion in the beginning of breeding children to sacrifice.
an LGBT person dies
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One of the male characters is modeled on real-life magician/skeptic James Randi, who was gay. He asks another man to invite him to the Grove, a men-only society, "mostly for the orgies... I'd fit right in." He does not survive to the end of the movie.
someone speaks hate speech
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At one point, a character with an Irish surname is called a "Mick".
the black guy dies first
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A person of colour is the first guest to appear on the show and also the first to die - although offscreen.
religion is discussed
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A cult is discussed, that worships some form of demons. Christian religion is also mentioned, such as a character pulling out a cross necklace and shouting “May the power of Christ compel you!”
there's demons or Hell
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Movie is about a possession involving a demon
there is sexual content
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*Slight spoiler*
No actual sexual content but the demon possessing Lily makes a crude reference to Jack and June sleeping together
there are nude scenes
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A character briefly unbuttons his shirt to reveal his chest and stomach, but it doesn’t go further than that and he redresses pretty soon after.
someone is sexually objectified
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Implication of two characters who are in a sexual relationship. Some mildly sexually objectifying language is used in relation to these characters.
a male character is ridiculed for crying
Yes
someone is terminally ill
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A character dies from cancer
someone has a chronic illness
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Film prominently features a character who dies from terminal cancer.
existentialism is debated
Yes
the ending is sad
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Main character is left alone surrounded by bodies.
there's blood/gore
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Blood & gore increases towards the third act of the movie but is not of prolonged focus.
there's gun violence
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only briefly could count, in news footage
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