a dog dies
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No onscreen deaths or bodies are shown, but the dead body of a pregnant dog is verbally described in somewhat nasty detail.
someone is sexually assaulted
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None is ever shown, but child molestation is mentioned.
a cat dies
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Want to add that the cats yeowling is increasing distressing as it clearly indicates the cats are suffering.
there's child abuse
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One brief mention of a mother being so mad she could've hit her daughter, but nothing is ever shown.
someone gets gaslighted
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Only somewhat. As the film deals with ghost encounters, one character questions if another is lying about them. There's also a character who presents his arguments as more rational than the main paranormal scientist, but no one ever succumbs to the gaslighting that occurs.
there's eye mutilation
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SPOILERS: None is shown, but its described that the ghost is missing a(n) eye(s).
there are hangings
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None shown, one mentioned.
there's shaving/cutting
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One of the children (the main focus of poltergeist activity) gets covered in scratches, a few photos are showed halfway though the film and then they appear on the child towards the end
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
Someone becomes unconscious
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A cameraman is knocked out.
a minor is sexualized
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Not really, but the ghost is a child molester.
a kid dies
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It is left ambiguous whether a kid lives or dies after the movie ends.
someone sacrifices themselves
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not intentionally
A child's dear toy is destroyed
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One of the children (presumably manipulated by the ghost) shows that she cut the eyes from her teddy
someone is kidnapped
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Someone mentioned that the ghost (when be was alive) used to abduct minors, only mentioned never shown
there are jump scares
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Many scenes are slow and tense in a way that forebodes a jumpscare, but none ever occur. There are some noises that are somewhat sudden.
there's spitting
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There is a scene where a person describes finding saliva inexplicably appearing on food and other surfaces in his house, as well as excrement being smeared on the bathroom cabinets. However, nothing is shown.
a trans person is depicted predatorily
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The main ghost was a pedo and was implied that he was possessed/influenced by another ghost to wear women's clothing.
someone dies by suicide
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Mentioned, never shown.
Someone attempts suicide
Yes
someone self harms
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A character is scratched up offscreen by a ghost, and another character suggests she might've done it to herself.
a mentally ill person is violent
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later in the film, the ghost is discussed by a former psychologist of one of its dead, who implies mental illness is at the root of his actions. the call is also transphobic and pathologizing
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
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SPOILERS:
At the end of the film, one of the main characters is lured into a short closet underneath the stairs and the door shuts behind them. This closet has been established to be unopenable from the inside. There's no prolonged claustrophobic scenes whatsoever, but the implication could be triggering to claustrophobic viewers.
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
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Dull flickering lightbulbs, but nothing that takes up the screen.
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
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It's like a TV-Show and the host often talks directly into the camera.
there are homophobic slurs
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No homophobic slurs, but the revelation that the spirit while alive believed he was possessed by a woman and wore women's clothes, in addition to being a child molester, can be considered transphobic.
someone is misgendered
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one of the reveals involves the ghost being referred to transphobically and connects it to their being a danger to the family, so while the misgendering is a little unclear i guess, there is definitely transphobia
there are "Man in a dress" jokes
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No jokes, but a man is a dress is mentioned in a matter of fact way
there's ableist language or behavior
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"they all made us look even more like idiots" is said to describe the way the media portrays her family
religion is discussed
Yes
there is sexual content
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Nothing remotely sexual is ever shown, but child molestation is mentioned.
a car honks or tires screech
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i think there might be when police arrive
there's blood/gore
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A character has thin scratches on her face with some light bleeding. The scratching itself is not shown, but the aftermath is. SPOILERS: The ghost is described to be missing an eye and have blood and scratches on their face, but they're never shown in detail.
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