The Body

"On Halloween, finding the right costume can be murder"

Director: Paul Davis Year: 2018 Runtime: 83 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.3

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Synopsis

In Los Angeles, on Halloween night, a hitman tries to transport a corpse in plain sight, but people he stumbles upon on the street, believing that his sophisticated appearance is a magnificent disguise, constantly stand in his way to congratulate him.

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🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

☠️ Takes place on or around a holiday —
☠️ Features holiday symbols and decorations —
☠️ Features a traditional holiday activity —
☠️ Features an iconic holiday character —
☠️ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way —

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

there are bugs

spoiler maggots

someone leaves without saying goodbye

Yes

someone is stalked

Yes

alcohol abuse

Yes

someone uses drugs

spoiler Lots of cocaine at the party

someone is restrained

Yes

someone's mouth is covered

Yes

there's excessive gore

Yes

there's genital trauma/mutilation

Yes

there's shaving/cutting

spoiler throat slashed

there's amputation

spoiler finger bitten off, idk if that counts as amputation

someone struggles to breathe

Yes

someone asphyxiates

Yes

somebody is choked

Yes

someone is stabbed

spoiler Multiple times throughout

Someone becomes unconscious

spoiler The body turns out not to be dead from the murder attempt in the beginning but is later killed all the way

there's finger/toe mutilation

spoiler At one point, someone's finger is violently bitten by another person

someone breaks a bone

Yes

there's decapitation

Yes

teeth are damaged

spoiler Characters remove teeth from a dead body so it won’t be identified

there's eye mutilation

spoiler The killer gouges out a person's eyes as they sit in a coffin.

there's torture

Yes

heads get squashed

Yes

hands are damaged

Yes

someone's throat is mutilated

Yes

a major character dies

Yes

someone dies

Yes

someone is kidnapped

Yes

there are jump scares

Yes

there are clowns

Yes

someone vomits

spoiler about 15 minutes in, right after someone says "Jason Takes Manhattan"

There's audio gore

Yes

needles/syringes are used

Yes

someone has an anxiety attack

Yes

there's flashing lights or images

Yes

there's screaming

spoiler Quite a lot

there's ableist language or behavior

spoiler A very brief scene where a character is wearing a straight jacket as a halloween costume.

there is sexual content

spoiler No sex scenes. Just innuendo

the ending is sad

Yes

there's blood/gore

Yes

there's gun violence

Yes

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