The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Movie • 1974 • Horror  

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When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
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Does the dog die?
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Simonzra
One of the taxidermied animals kind of looks like a dog but it's hard to tell.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Stinkies
The oldest brother is abusive towards both younger siblings
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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amwhite91
When a character runs to the gas station, the attendant acts as though he is going to help her and nothing is wrong, when in fact, he is planning to kidnap her.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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DeadGoldfish
In the beginning of the movie, at a graveyard one guy is heavily drunk. Slurring his words, waving around an empty bottle, half passed out on the grass.
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Animal
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hildahildahi
Chicken was put in a tiny ass cage and is bumped into multiple times which makes it swing around
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
148 supporters
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wren
A dead armidillo is shown first shot, there are many bones and carcasses showed throughout but most are hard to distinguish what sort of animal
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Are animals abused?
171 supporters
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amwhite91
A chicken is kept in a cage barely big enough for its body.
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MEATLOUSE
many real taxidermied animals, and bones scattered through the sawyer house
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Is an animal sad?
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TheButter
There is a chicken locked in a tiny cage hanging from the ceiling which could be considered sad.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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ciinemia
when they first go into the abandoned house there is a nest of spiders
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
28 supporters
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amwhite91
There is a zoomed in scene of a cluster of spiders.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Lightbulby
It was 110 degrees on set and the special effect wasn't working so the actor playing leatherface secretly took the tape of the knife and cut the actress for real while she was tied to a chair
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fragmentalman
no but a woman thinks she might be, and it seems like she will, but she gets kidnapped and hit instead.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
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Nekrotikk
There are two scenes where someone is cut with a razor or knife. The scene around the dinner table involves real cutting as the effect didn't work so Gunnar Hansen removed the tape and did the cut for real. There are also scenes with people and meat hooks, however these are not graphic.
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officialquakeroats
dude cuts his hand open for fun pretty early on in the movie
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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amwhite91
A person is gagged and has her head stuffed in a bag.
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
31 supporters
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caramelcalico
Heavily implied throughout, especially in a shot of the old man's barbeque.
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2
Depends on what you mean by crushed and what bothers you, but [spoilers obviously] the hitchhiker is hit by a truck which seems to drive over a good bit of his body which would definitely crush him
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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amwhite91
Perhaps not while people were alive, but there are a lot of limbs detached from bodies throughout.
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amwhite91
Someone is hit in the head with a sledgehammer
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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amwhite91
Not on screen, but the radio recording in the beginning discusses a person who committed suicide by hanging.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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butch
none on screen, though there’s a brief mention on the radio broadcast in the beginning about the two corpses that were dug up having been castrated.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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amwhite91
A character seems to break or at least severely injure her leg after jumping out a window.
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amwhite91
A person convulses after being hit in the head with a sledgehammer.
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eastcraven
no, but there is a close up on a human tooth that one character finds and throws at another as a joke
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Fingers are cut, and the beginning shows closeups of a decaying corpse including the fingers.
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Is someone tortured?
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caramelcalico
Pretty graphic torture scenes throughout, especially at the end with Sally at the table.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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amwhite91
A character jumps out of a window twice, but survives both times.
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MEATLOUSE
no eye mutilation, but there are uncomfortably close shots of eyes in case that bothers you
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Is someone stabbed?
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stupidassfuckenusername
Not really, unless having a chainsaw shoved into your stomach count as stabbing?
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CemiQuents
almost no onscreen gore, however much implied gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
41 supporters
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averagehorrorenjoyer
the protagonists' ages are ambiguous as far as i know and if you interpret them as teens then yes, but otherwise no
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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13
Does someone die?
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Disability
Yes
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Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
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mrbones
No, but they use the term “invalid” for a person using a wheelchair.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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14
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Does a parent die?
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45
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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40
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Yes
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lastchancegas
There is only one, it's at the second half of the movie- it's brief, but definitely surprising.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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12 supporters
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mrbones
Straight razors
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
91 supporters
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Anonymous
Nobody v* in this movie. If anything, it's not shown. What I believe people are referring to, is when one of the characters find a room filled with bones and coughs pretty hard a few times. According to Tubi, this happens at 38:41 and lasts until 38:50.
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mrbones
No, but a person using a wheelchair falls while trying to urinate into a can.
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
10 supporters
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eastcraven
no, but raspberries are used quite a lot
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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27
Is there incarceration?
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1
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10
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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13
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Rcyclops
I believe the people voting yes are referring to the fact that Leatherface wears different skin masks and changes his gender presentation based on what mask he's wearing. However, he is depicted as mentally disabled and his reasons for this are unclear. It could be interpreted as a form of dissociation.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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9
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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43
Are needles/syringes used?
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44
Is there a mental institution scene?
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45
Is there a hospital scene?
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43
Is there menstruation?
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13
Does someone have cancer?
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44
Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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10
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Yes
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1
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deathhairball
Hitchhiker in van near beginning cuts his palm
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Is autism misrepresented?
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2
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8
Yes
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Andi
It's implied with Leatherface as he doesn't seem to be able to speak properly and acts a bit like a child.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Yes
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Stinkies
Leatherface is portrayed as mentally disabled in some way and is abused by his oldest brother
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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9
Yes
8
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2
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officialquakeroats
the last 30 minutes or so of the movie are constant screaming
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Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
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23
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0
Are there anxiety attacks?
24 supporters
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Yes
39
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4
Is there ABA therapy?
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14
Yes
0
No
27
Is there body dysphoria?
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14
Is there body dysmorphia?
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Yes
43
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averagehorrorenjoyer
a character is locked inside a freezer while still alive - the scene is fairly brief (about 20 seconds, starting from 43:55 on the version i watched) and we only see it from the outside
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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petezaparti
A radio news announcer at the very beginning reports a suicide
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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1
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
36 supporters
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lastchancegas
Briefly, while the protagonist is tied up, the camera flails for a second.
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Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
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SaladInMyPants
No, but there is constant screaming in the third act that could upset people who are upset by crying
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Is there screaming?
12 supporters
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10
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Rcyclops
Constantly throughout the film
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mrbones
A few racial slurs and traditional cursing
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Lambo
The beginning of the film has camera flashes going off that show decomposing bodies with each flash. Rather bright, very likely to effect other photosensitive viewers!
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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19
Does someone miscarry?
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38
Are there babies or unborn children?
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19
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
39 supporters
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amwhite91
Use of the word "invalid." Also, throughout the abled characters ignore the one wheelchair user.
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amwhite91
The words "coon" and "nap-headed" are used, but directed at a white person.
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Yes
2
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OJAndToothpaste
No, but Leatherface does wear a mask made of a woman's face later in the film.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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0
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43
Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
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24
No
18
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georgiarose
yes, there is a joke about franklin's weight
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Is there aphobia?
19 supporters
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Yes
1
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11
Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
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Yes
8
No
4
Yes
0
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44
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Cryptid_Crow
There is one Black character. They do not get harmed.
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Is there hate speech?
28 supporters
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43
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4
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amwhite91
Use of the words "coon" and "nap-headed" but directed at a person who appears white.
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Race
Is there blackface?
29 supporters
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Yes
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Yes
0
No
18
Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Yes
0
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8
Are there demons or Hell?
14 supporters
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0
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8
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
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14
Is there bestiality?
79 supporters
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Yes
0
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17
Does someone lose their virginity?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
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13
Is someone sexually objectified?
44 supporters
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Yes
2
No
13
Are there incestuous relationships?
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87 supporters
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0
No
42
Yes
5
No
42
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MEATLOUSE
no sex or nudity. there is a shot focused on the main characters butt that goes on for a bit, though
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Is there BDSM?
19 supporters
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0
No
9
Sexism
Yes
0
No
18
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
17 supporters
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Yes
1
No
10
Does someone have a stroke?
10 supporters
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Yes
1
No
14
Does someone have a chronic illness?
9 supporters
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Yes
1
No
12
Yes
1
No
12
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KemmaWolf
No. But the Grandfather is very old and acts sort of off (besides the whole, you know, killing thing)
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Yes
0
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12
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
20
Is existentialism debated?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
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9
Are there anti-abortion themes?
32 supporters
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Yes
0
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14
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
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Yes
1
No
38
Are there end credit scenes?
33 supporters
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0
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9
Yes
36
No
17
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Copper
It’s the usual “good” ending for a slasher, albeit grim. It gets even grimmer if you take the sequel into account (which says that the lone survivor was driven irrevocably insane by the experience)
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
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Yes
19
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0
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
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Yes
4
No
35
Does a plane crash?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
39
Yes
45
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2
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Barkley824
one of the movie's antagonists hit by a truck at the end and run over
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
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Yes
0
No
40
Is there blood/gore?
54 supporters
Yes
53
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0
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deathhairball
Lots of shots of a decomposed face in the opening, two decomposing bodies (similar style of decomp to what you get in Bones)
Blood from surface wounds, significant but not gratuitous
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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0
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43
Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
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Yes
0
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41