Does the dog die?
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The Thing
Movie • 1982 • Horror
ReportMembers of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don't know which members of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.
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Mycomni
First off, the dog the HuskyThing had assimilated is dead but had died before the start of the movie. There were (more or less) nine dogs in the kennels when the HuskyThing arrived. Since only two dogs ran out after Clark opened the kennel, that means seven dogs were assimilated into the HuskyThing. While one dog wasn't assimilated, the poor thing *was* partially dissolved in acid (and thus, I'm assuming it died due to the extent of its injuries). One of the characters, Blair, kills the remaining dogs in the kennel after seeing the BenningsThing. Either way, lots of dogs die, this is not the movie for you if you're sensitive to dog deaths, especially to Husky deaths and brutal dog deaths.
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Is someone stalked?
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Exardiann
The creature exists in the same space as the men and keeps taking them over to survive, but it does not fit the stereotypical definition of "Stalking".
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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SiRenfield
I mean there’s no women anyway. Only men are brutalized here
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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cherry
not in the context of a toxic relationship but a major theme of the movie is distrust and knowing those around you may be lying/manipulating
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crabby
There are no children in this movie.
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Addiction
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Anonymous
Palmer is seen smoking marijuana
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Is there addiction?
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Day
A character is seen drinking several times, it's unclear if he's addicted to alcohol.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
Macready drinks from a bottle but only once
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Anonymous
The scenes where dogs were attacked and killed were faked with puppets.
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crabby
There are no animals in this movie other than the dogs.
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Are animals abused?
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Mycomni
One of the dogs hadn't been fully assimilated by the Thing, as the thing was torched before it could assimilate that one too, and despite being conscious and 'alive' the poor doggo was heavily dissolved by acid due to the attempted assimilation.
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zdy1994
Not by the definition here, but dogs do fight the thing, just no one is forcing them too.
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Is there a dead animal?
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VelBloo
Several dead dogs
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Does a cat die?
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Mycomni
There are no cats in 'The Thing (1982)'
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Does a pet die?
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cherry
multiple dogs die, and while the emotional impact is not lingered upon long a man is viaibly distressed by this
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Are there spiders?
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Allandrel
An alien at one point does assume a very disturbing spider-like form.
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Are there snakes?
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invadermac
The thing has snake/tentacle appendages at times
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Are there bugs?
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invadermac
The thing has bug like appendages at times
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Assault
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SiRenfield
There isn’t even any women
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Is someone drugged?
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hexbabey
several people are given morphine via injections, but they are aware that it’s happening.
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Is someone restrained?
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VelBloo
Several men are tied to chairs to conduct the famous blood test. One of them is the monster
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SpaceCoyote
None of the violence in this movie is of a sexual nature. In fact, there is no sex related action in the film.
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Anonymous
Lots of gruesome violence and body horror, but nothing of a sexual nature.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
A man is seen frozen with blood coming out of his wrists
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Are any hands damaged?
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sunnysilica
Copper's hands are cut off during the infamous defibrillator scene.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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dustimp
The main characters find a dead body with a slit throat
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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WisdomPen
Near the end the alien plugs up a mans mouth with it’s hand and you can hear the man struggle to breathe
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Is there decapitation?
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CrayZblu
Technically no, but after one assimilated character dies, a still-living head pries itself off of the body and grows legs.
There is no pain or discomfort depicted, but it is, visually speaking, a human head being separated from a human body.
There is no pain or discomfort depicted, but it is, visually speaking, a human head being separated from a human body.
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Is someone choked?
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georgiarose
not with hands, but with tentacles from the thing
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Is someone burned alive?
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invadermac
It is the only way to “kill” a thing, plus several people infected by it are burned
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Is there body horror?
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Quite a lot. Every single scene where the Thing reveals itself includes major body horror.
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Is there amputation?
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SkylarSnow
When attempting to resuscitate someone, a man gets his arms bitten off.
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Does a head get squashed?
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invadermac
Squashed in the thing’s mouth.
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Is there a hanging?
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Anonymous
There is a scene where a noose is visible but not used
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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CrayZblu
An assimilated human fuses its hand into the skin of a normal human’s face and it’s the last he’s seen alive. It’s unclear what his exact cause of death is, so I’m voting no, but if you are extremely sensitive to this I would be careful
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Does someone become unconscious?
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hexbabey
a man is slammed against a shelf and we see him lose consciousness. another man says he’s stopped breathing
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
Someone gets their arms chewed off and we see the broken and fragmented bones.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Mycomni
A seizure is not the same as a heart attack.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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DjMuel
there is a cadaver of an attempted assimilation cut short where the teeth of the people are extremely deformed from said attempt - the camera focuses on it for some time before cutting away
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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invadermac
And the doctor’s arms are bitten off while preforming cpr
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Is there eye mutilation?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Eyes swell with blood then explode.
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Is there excessive gore?
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That's this movie's whole thing yeah
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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crabby
There are no children in this movie. Only several grown men.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Anonymous
There are no children in this film.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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hexbabey
several dogs and aliens die and/or are burned alive
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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crabby
We're not made aware of any of these men's families, so we don't know if any of them are parents.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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steppy
Again, no sign of children in this movie
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Is someone kidnapped?
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WisdomPen
A few people do get ganged up on and tied up or locked up against their will
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Does someone cheat?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Except the chess computer, who is in MacReady's words a "cheating b***h"
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Anonymous
During a blood test Palmer’s blood reacts violently and a silhouette comes out of nowhere
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Yes, but they're all frozen because the entire movie takes place in Antarctica.
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Is someone possessed?
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crabby
Not by an evil spirit, but they do get taken over by the Thing. Sometimes it's able to completely take over someone and mimic them so that everyone thinks they're still human.
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sp3xtkr
In the blood testing scene, some fingers are cut using a razor. It's not in relation to self harm though.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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It doesn’t really look like vomit. More like a small high pressure hose stream of a weird liquid. I’m pretty sensitive to vomit scenes and it didn’t bother me.
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Is someone eaten?
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By the thing
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Does someone spit?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Much alien drool, mucus & ooze
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Is there audio gore?
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Anonymous
The monster makes various gruesome sounds as it transforms itself.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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This movie came out almost 20 years before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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VelBloo
There are no police in Antarctica
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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sunnysilica
Not really, but there's an attempted defibrillation after a character has a heart attack.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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invadermac
The blood is not gathered by syringe, but by cutting their thumbs with a knife. A syringe is shown when tranquillising a dog.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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DjMuel
What could possibly be triggering for previous patients of MI's is that a man who becomes delusional and psychotic with knowledge of the Thing's abilities is forcibly restrained, sedated and locked in a cabin away from the other researchers.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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zdy1994
Well, there's a few autopsy scenes. That might make people uncomfortable. This movie has a lot of gore and body horror, it's pretty gross.
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Mental Health
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Anonymous
Man is seen with slit wrists
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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DjMuel
No idea why people are voting no for this. This movie is littered with scenes of people becoming paranoid, delusional and attacking each other as a result. It's essentially the theme of the film.
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One of the characters that has been locked in a shack has tied a noose, but this is never acknowledged.
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Is there misophonia?
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Screaming, wet squelching sounds from The Thing
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Heyo
Yes, there are very much anxiety attacks. The whole film is about mistrust and suspicion, so many characters end up panicking at several moments in the film.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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invadermac
This is a tough one, but no, the thing assuming other people’s form by consuming them and changing shape is not body dysmorphia.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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hyperandrogenism
There are scenes in a small shack and in a basement.
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Anonymous
Man is seen frozen with wrists slit
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Definitely some at the beginning
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Anonymous
F-bombs, religious exclamations, etc.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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zdy1994
There are no women in this movie.
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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fulltimesnake
there are no explicitly queer people in the movie
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Does the black guy die first?
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Mycomni
The black guys weren't the first to die, and it's made pretty clear no one is safe from the thing, thus not making it a race thing. In fact, Childs (one of the aforementioned black guys) survives *until the end of the movie*, after which his death is only confirmed in the 2002 'The Thing' video game (because apparently Carpenter said the 2002 game was canon so).
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
Not much but there are some references
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a stroke?
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DustedRxses
Someone has a heart attack.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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invadermac
NOT a happy ending
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Snow tractor crash
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Does a plane crash?
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hyperandrogenism
A helicopter crashes on screen and a spaceship (flying saucer) crashes before the movie.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Travis Clark
To just say there is blood & gore is a vast understatement
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
No, but there is a large explosion with a mushroom cloud.
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Is there gun violence?
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hyperandrogenism
In the beginning a man is shot and they try to shoot the Thing.
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