a dog dies
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22 min and 47 seconds in it shows a dead German shepard that has been torn apart. You don't see the dog die, but you see it run off and then squeal off screen. It's the owner who finds the dog dead. Not an incredibly graphic death, but upsetting nonetheless. And it looks like it may be a real dog.
someone is sexually assaulted
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One of the mutant men attempts to rape a teenage girl, forcing her legs apart and beginning to unzip his pants before he is stopped.
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
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An infant is separated from her parents but they didn't to get her back.
someone leaves without saying goodbye
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I mean kind of , technically yes, but not in a way that I think would be triggering.
there's child abuse
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An infant is placed in peril, and threatened with cannibalism.
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
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IMO yes when she is sexually assaulted
there's domestic violence
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The antagonist family abuse their daughter.
there's abusive parents
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The cannibal family area horribly abusive to their daughter, and at one point chain her up outside. It is not clear how old she is, but probably late teens.
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
the abused becomes the abuser
Yes
someone is stalked
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The family's trailer is out in the wide open leaving them extremely vulnerable to the cannibals.
alcohol abuse
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The old guy at the gas station drinks a lot but is never shown drunk.
an animal dies
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In the first 15 minutes, a tarantula is stomped on in the trailer by Lynn
there's a dead animal
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22 min and 47 seconds in it shows a dead German shepard that has been torn apart. You don't see the dog die, but you see it run off and then squeal off screen. It's the owner who finds the dog dead. Not an incredibly graphic death, but upsetting nonetheless. And it looks like it may be a real dog.
animals are abused
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Bird gets eaten alive
animals were harmed in the making
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While the dog was technically dead before filming, the dog corpse shown is an actual euthanized dog that production team bought and ripped apart.
there's dog fighting
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None is shown but the protagonists mention that in the past one of their dogs killed another dog, then laugh about it.
an animal is abandoned
Yes
rabbits are harmed
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A rabbit in the road causes a road accident when they swerve to avoid it, but the fate of the rabbit is not shown. Another one shows up later in a bush but hops away unharmed.
there are spiders
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Yes, about 15 minutes into the movie when a girl gets asked to fetch a jacket in the trailer. Look away when she walks in, you'll hear her trying to stomp it, when dialogue with someone starts, it should be good to look back :) less than a minute on screen.
there are bugs
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there's a tarantula in the first 15 minutes in the families trailer
there are snakes
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There is a lot of talk about rattlesnakes and you see them in a few shots. During the climax, Ruby grabs a snake and makes it bite an attacker.
there's finger/toe mutilation
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One of the actors does naturally have deformed, nail-less fingers which are briefly focused upon in a closeup.
there's Achilles Tendon injury
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Yes, but it isn’t cut like often makes me squeamish here. Towards the end of the film, [spoiler] the dog attacks Pluto’s leg, which in itself is not graphic, but when they show the aftermath, the Achilles tendon appears very much exposed.
someone breaks a bone
Yes
a woman gets slapped
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Ruby is slapped by her dad when he confronts her about wanting to run away
someone is restrained
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
a kid dies
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An infant is placed in peril, but does not die.
an infant is abducted
Yes
a baby cries
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Throughout much of the movie.
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
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An infant is taken by a family of cannibals, but is rescued.
there are jump scares
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
Yes
someone is eaten
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One of the dogs is eaten, after being prepared and cooked so it just looks like meat - those eating it so identify it as dog meat, however
heads get squashed
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Someone's head does get beaten by a tire iron but his head is just bloody, still intact.
Autism specific abuse
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not specifically, but it is heavily implied that some of the antagonists are mentally disabled
a mentally ill person is violent
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It's ambiguous as to whether the villains are mentally ill but is implied by their behavior, appearance, and implied incestuous ancestry.
someone suffers from PTSD
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A teenager is raped and heavily traumatized afterward
someone has an anxiety attack
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trauma response after blonde chick is terrorised & dragged out trailer
someone has a mental illness
Yes
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there are hangings
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A man attempts suicide by hanging but is saved.
someone's throat is mutilated
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
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At one point after Bob is captured, there is a loud and sudden explosion as the characters are looking off into the pitch black desert.
there's screaming
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A loooooooot of screaming
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
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the family is stalked by the antagonists throughout the movie
there is a baby or unborn child
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
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The entire movie is a bit ableist, as many members of the cannibal cult family are heavily implied to have some form of intellectual and/or physical impairment
there's fat jokes
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A villain taunts a character for being fat, although it's more about how she would make a good meal.
someone speaks hate speech
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father in the family uses racial slurs
someone says the n-word
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Very early on in the movie, the father uses it.
there's a large age gap
Yes
someone dies by suicide
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Someone is seen hanged using a belt but is saved.
Someone attempts suicide
Yes
someone self harms
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Attempted to hang himself
someone says "I'll kill myself"
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A man attempts suicide but is rescued.
a minor is sexualized
Yes
there are incestuous relationships
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The whole premise of the movie is based on the legend of Sawney Bean and his brood, a family of inbred cannibals living up in the hills. Incest is implied but never explicit.
there is sexual content
Yes
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
someone is sexually assaulted onscreen
Yes
there's pedophilia
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a young girl is sexually assaulted, but it's never stated if she's underage or not
sexual assault is mentioned
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Sometime is possibly raped or assaulted, but it is never mentioned aloud.
sexual assault on men is a joke
Yes
the ending is sad
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There's nothing sad about the very end of the film in particular, but the protagonists end the story much worse off than they began.
a car crashes
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The driver panics and swerves off the road, damaging the car. No one is harmed.
a plane crashes
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no BUT there are very intense scenes around 9 mins in of jets flying over those in the car, very loud
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's a nuclear explosion
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Not nuclear but there are some explosions
there's excessive gore
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A dog is shown to have been disemboweled
someone is burned alive
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The older father is attacked and tied up by mutants, later burned alive. Doesn't linger on it too much, but if you have a fear of getting burnt, it'll be something to watch out for.
there's cannibalism
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It's never viewed explicitly, but cannibalism is heavily implied throughout the film.
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
someone has a seizure
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No but a character has heart issues and in one scene falls to the ground and convulses, grabbing his chest.
someone falls to their death
Yes
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes
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