a dog dies
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Dog freezes. He is shown up close on screen at 1hr21m for a few seconds and again at 1hr24m and again at 1hr34m
someone is sexually assaulted
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a woman is spied on while in the shower, not having consented to being watched. but no assault is shown.
animals are abused
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Yes. The kids let the animals die on purpose.
an animal dies
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The pet Sea Monkeys die, along with the dog.
a pet dies
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Yes. A dog is left outside during a storm/blizzard and freezes to death. It is not overly gruesome, although the body is shown a few times at the following places: 1hr 21 mins, 1hr 24 mins, 1hr 34 mins
there's a dead animal
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There are dead Sea Monkeys and a dead dog. The bodies are shown in close up shots.
there are spiders
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ccccc
a dragon dies
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Why are there 4 votes for yes? When was there a dragon in the movie? Were we watching the same one? 😂
there are bugs
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Shrimp is bugs. Seamonkey are just really tiny shrimp (not kidding—google it).
They look massive in the film because we're shown them up close, trapped in a dollhouse miniature jar. They look very centipede-like, in my opinion.
an animal is abandoned
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Kind of, a dog is let outside during a storm and dies
someone leaves without saying goodbye
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Someone commits suicide
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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Not abandoned, but the children are left with the girlfriend by their father for a few days
there's child abuse
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One character was indoctrinated into a suicide cult as a child.
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
Yes
there's domestic violence
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The main character is gaslit by her husband’s children. She also grabs them and screams at them at some points.
there's abusive parents
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Main character's father led a suicide cult with her in it. Only in flashback/video/dialogue do we hear about it, but later actions from the main character in the movie also can reflect her treatment as a child. Basically, not graphic but is a theme.
someone gets gaslighted
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EXTREME SPOILER: gaslighting is one of the main themes present in this movie. this is not apparent until a certain point.
the abused becomes the abuser
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yes, the main character Grace was the victim of a cult, and due to her trauma and mental illness being abused/taken advantage of by the children she ends up doing the same cult-like behaviors
someone is stalked
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Kind of. A character is watched while showering.
there's addiction
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No, but withdrawal from medication occurs.
alcohol abuse
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A woman at the beginning of the movie has a glass of wine before SPOILER:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committing suicide
someone uses drugs
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The female protagonist has an assortment of pills, implied to be for poor health. Later it's implied that she was unknowingly being given sleeping pills by other characters.
someone is drugged
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Sleeping pills
someone is restrained
Yes
someone is held under water
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Not really, but a character dreams that she is being pulled underwater by someone.
someone's mouth is covered
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Tape over mouth on multiple occasions
there's torture
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psychological torture
heads get squashed
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SPOILER:
No, but the dad is shot in the head
there's finger/toe mutilation
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Character does have frostbite on extremities that appears uncomfortable.
someone is burned alive
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no one dies because of fire but a character forces themselves to kneel on burning coals in front of the fireplace. their burned knees are seen afterwards.
there are hangings
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a character is shown hanging from a noose, but they aren't dead as it turns out to be smoke and mirrors.
someone struggles to breathe
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Same scene as the drowning nightmare. Also the kid said he had a nightmare where they died because of suffocation. Also there’s a scene with a hanging, (SPOILER) although the kid isin’t suffocating, it can be a trigger.
hands are damaged
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There is a scar on the stepmoms palm shown briefly
somebody is choked
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There is a fake hanging, no choking shown but it looks realistic
someone falls down stairs
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a character is shot and falls backward down stairs as a result
someone falls to their death
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No, but someone does fall down some stairs.
Someone becomes unconscious
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yes one character is drugged with sleeping pills
a kid dies
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SPOILER: the movie ends with the suggestion that the kids get shot. This isin’t seen on screen, nor do you hear a sound effect of a gunshot. The movie closes with a shot on a gun.
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
Yes
the r-slur is used
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The daughter uses it in the very beginning of the movie to refer to her dad’s girlfriend
someone disabled played by able-bodied
Yes
someone overdoses
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No, but pills are a recurring theme in the movie (taken by a main character) and at one point a character is drugged with sleeping pills.
someone cheats
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The cheating happens before the events of the film, but the fallout shown in the film may still be upsetting to some. The father has been having an affair for some time and his mistress is one of the main characters. The mother commits suicide when the father decides to finalize their divorce so that he can marry his mistress. The children are notably upset by the affair and its effects on their family, and they are cold toward their father and outright hostile towards the mistress.
a family member dies
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Yes.
SPOILER ALERT:
Near the beginning of the movie the mother of the two children (two of the main characters) shoots herself in the head after being told by her husband that they should finalize their divorce. It is very sudden and there is no buildup or sign that is going to happen, making it very jarring.
A child's dear toy is destroyed
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Grace lights Mias doll on fire.
a parent dies
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SPOILER:
In the beginning of the movie the mother shoots herself with a handgun.
someone is kidnapped
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No, but children are held against their will with nowhere to go.
there are jump scares
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This comment is spoiler heavy!!
A character kills him self by shooting herself with a pistol through her head. Blood and gore is seen. Further on in the lodge you can see the effects of the cabin fever, almost all jumpscares in the lodge are results of nightmares and hallucinations. In the lodge there is a jumpscare where suddenly there’s a loud noise and a person is seen, this happens instantly and unsuspecting. Further there’s a jumpscare with a boy who hungs himself and near the end a little girl gets scared by a woman. This also happens instantly.
there are shower scenes
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yes, and the woman showering is seen being spied on.
there are mannequins
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No mannequins, but small dolls that are supposed to represent specific people are shown often.
there's natural bodies of water
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A frozen lake
someone vomits
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no vomiting is shown but you can hear, from another room, the sound of a character gagging and heaving after hurting themselves.
a trans person is depicted predatorily
Yes
a priceless artifact is destroyed
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A child's doll representing her deceased mom is burned
needles/syringes are used
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A closeup of stitches being sewed is shown, but no needle is present. Just the stitching.
there's a mental institution scene
Yes
someone dies by suicide
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Beginning of the movie, within the first 15 min or so, character dies by suicide from gun in mouth. It’s very sudden and jarring. Blood/gore is shown.
Someone attempts suicide
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There are 2. First is successful gsw very unexpected. Second is a faked hanging that is perceived as real.
someone self harms
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There’s a scene where the woman burns her knees repeatedly on purpose.
someone has an eating disorder
Yes
a mentally ill person is violent
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SPOILER!!!!!!!!!! due to trauma, hallucinations and gaslighting, the stepmom kills her husband and it's implied that she also kills her two step children
there's misophonia
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near the end there's a very long and loud sound resembling tinnitus and it really bothered me
someone suffers from PTSD
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Grace has trauma-related flashbacks and hallucinations
someone says "I'll kill myself"
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no but someone actually kills themselves in the beginning of the movie
reality is unstable or unhinged
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the main thing about this movie is the unstable reality of things
there's a claustrophobic scene
Yes
there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
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step mom is seen on multiple occasions doing things without any conscience of it
someone has an anxiety attack
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Yes. You can see Grace showing signs of panic, anxiety, and just losing her mind.
someone has a mental illness
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the stepmom is severely traumatized and appears to be schizophrenic
someone has a meltdown
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Yes, a few examples are (spoilers): a child grieving over her dead mother and yelling for her dad to get out of the room, son lashing out at the dad and blaming his new wife for the death of the mom, the new wife’s (grace) pills go missing and she starts showing erratic behavior such as sleepwalking more frequently and walking outside when it’s freezing/directly after a blizzard, leading to her getting mild frostbite.
shaky cam is used
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to add on, a vhs recording is shown early in the movie and it is very shaky.
there's flashing lights or images
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Actually, yes. Some Christmas decorations flash on and off in the background of a couple of scenes.
there are sudden loud noises
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Several gunshots, doors/windows banging, a random loud organ
a baby cries
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a kid cries, but she's not a baby
there's underwater scenes
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Yes. A character is dragged down under the water by someone during a dream. That same character also falls into freezing water in real life after the ice over a lake breaks, but is able to get out and the camera never pans underwater.
there is obscene language/gestures
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Characters swear occasionally.
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
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At the very beginning the girl calls Someone the R slur
someone speaks hate speech
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a girl refers to another character as "r*tarded"
the black guy dies first
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"Averted" since there aren't any Black people in the film
there's a large age gap
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Not really, but Richard Armitage is 18 years older than Riley Keough.
there's demons or Hell
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No but purgatory is discussed
religion is discussed
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Religion is a main theme
there are incestuous relationships
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The son spies on his dad's girlfriend in the shower
there is sexual content
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There's one brief scene of the father and his fiancee lying in bed (fully clothed) and kissing. It's implied they have sex after.
there are nude scenes
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When Grace is in the shower we can see her naked body through the shower curtain and when she steps out her breasts are exposed. Around the 40 minute mark
someone is sexually objectified
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1. two of the characters are implied to have sex
2. a character is spied on while showering, it's not specified whether intentions were sexual but it can be assumed, during this shower scene brief nudity is shown also
existentialism is debated
Yes
the ending is sad
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SPOILERS: Yes, the movie ends with the children’s parents both dead (one by suicide and one murdered), Grace has been gaslit to the point of insanity, and the two children are likely killed.
Santa (et al) is spoiled
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SPOILER: The film takes place during a Christmas vacation, the first after the children's mother has committed suicide, and they are expected to spend it with their father's fiancée. The fiancée tries to get the kids to decorate the house for Christmas with her.
a car honks or tires screech
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Car is stuck in the snow near the end with slight tire spinning sounds
there's blood/gore
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Yes, there’s blood/gore.
*The mom shoots her self in the head, which is bloody
*The dad gets shot in the head, which is also bloody
*The main character, Grace has burn wounds to her face and legs
there's gun violence
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A character dies from suicide, a gunshot wound to the head. It’s graphic and gory.
someone drowns
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Yes, but this is a nightmarish dream.
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