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The movie revolves very heavily around animals, specifically horses. In life-or-death situations, human characters tend to try and save themselves, sometimes leaving the horses behind. Some horses are heavily implied to have died afterwards, though whether it was because of their abandonment is debatable. It is worth noting that the plot is driven because the protagonist is seeking out the source of the horses' disappearances, and he often puts himself into harm's way to try and save/take care of the horses.
The protagonist is forced to sell horses to a major character with the intention of buying them back later. The major character is later revealed to be using the horses as live bait. Once the protagonist realizes this, he goes out of his way to rescue what horses he can.
While he is not specifically abandoned, one major scene depicts a chimpanzee being shot to death, likely out of fear or self-defense, while he is docilely interacting with another character. This takes place directly after the same chimpanzee brutalized some other characters.
One protagonist describes how her father upset her as a child by breaking a promise to let her tame a specific horse. It is clear that the event affected her greatly. There are a few indirect call-backs to the event.
However, every other interaction we see between parental characters and their children are shown to be healthy and supportive.
No domestic violence. While there are violent scenes in the film, there are almost no attacks between humans.
What domestic relationships are depicted are shown to be supportive and loving.
Not specifically, and not purposefully.
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There are a few attacks aimed at human characters by non-human characters throughout the film. One female character is mauled as a child by a chimpanzee in a flashback scene, and while the attack is off-screen, we do hear her scream cut off by the sound of her mauling. She survives the attack, but her resulting disfigurement is later briefly seen. The attack is specifically referred to as "a spectacle."
Other scenes involve human characters being attacked in a group, with a couple female characters screaming or being injured.
Yes but with sort of a nuance to it.
Hopefully as non-spoilery as possible:
A character in the film suffered in the past due to systemic abuse and due to dissociating/handling the trauma in an unhealthy and never quite fixed way, ends up repeating the abusive system. In the end this variety may be different enough to not trigger anything.
No gaslighting whatsoever. Characters are very honest with each other. No one is tricked or mislead.
Main charcters are purposefully vague in order to keep a secret, but they do not try to hide the truth once another character figures out what’s going on.
A group of people mistakenly trust a character with a terrible plan, but said character was not trying to deceive them.
No child abuse per se, but there are scenes of a young person being hurt and children in distress as well as implied child death.
A mischievous kid intentionally startles one character, who then hits said kid in retaliation. But they stop as soon as they see their assailant is just a child. The kid was fine and ran off.
A teenaged character is brutally maimed by a feral animal. You see the scars they sustained from this attack later on and they are rather intense. Another child watches this attack in terror but otherwise goes physically unharmed.
A crowd of people of all ages, including children, are killed at one point. You can hear them collectively suffer before they die. The death is not explicitly shown but heavily implied in a disturbing manner.
No destructive addictive behavior is shown. One of the characters is seen hitting a vape at various points through out the film, but it’s not a main focus of the plot and doesn’t cause the character any issues.
In-universe, possibly. A chimp was used as an actor in a sitcom, who went on a rampage after he ”hit his limit” and was killed soon after. The rampage and death are shown onscreen, and offscreen abuse/negligence are implied to have contributed to him going on the rampage.
Out-of-universe, no. The aforementioned chimp was created using CGI. Real horses are used in multiple scenes, but were not harmed during the film’s production.
Horse deaths are implied or off screen. For what it’s worth, the main characters of the film go to great lengths to protect/rescue their horses once they understand what’s happening.
One character considers the horses disposable, but their plan fails and the horse survives.
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the worst is the chimpanzee is shot during the longer flashback about halfway through the film. You can tell it’s coming because you hear sirens. You only see blood splatter on a sheer tablecloth and the chimp kind of quickly falls out of frame. It’s very quick and the chimp is reaching out it’s hand for a fist bump. It’s clearly a CG monkey so that’s good? Helped me get through it at least.
Now for the horses: no horses are shown being abused or tortured in any way (the worst is a horse is sucked up into a dust cloud but he’s not crying out- it’s very quick). In the very beginning after the hospital scene, the white horse is shown alive and well but there’s a key sticking out of its skin and some dried blood. But the horse is okay- it’s just showing hard objects fell from the sky.
The rest of the horses are shown at different points running, and making sounds that echo but It’s never explicit. One horse is shown being sucked into a dusty storm but it’s quick. This is at night maybe 40 mins in and you can tell it’s about to happen. You don’t see any horses explicitly die. Some horses appear to have been sucked up into the sky but we never see what happens to them. Don’t worry about Lucky- Lucky doesn’t die and is never injured. :)
Multiple horses are heard making sounds of distress while they are in danger. The protagonist is forced to give up one of his horses early on in the film, though no reaction is shown from the horse.
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A chimpanzee is shown being docile and confused after having a violent episode. The chimpanzee is shot down soon afterwards while he appears to be interacting with a character in a friendly manner.
Multiple horses assumed to have died off screen, not technically pets. There are no other domestic animals in the movie. The only other animal is a pig who ends up on a roof, alive.
No shaving or self harm but some things that you might consider similar: Early in the film, a character and a horse are injured by shrapnel. The character receives an eye injury (that’s later shown) and the horse has a small piece of shrapnel stabbed into its rump (horse was fine).
Late in the film, a character willingly cuts themself in order to use barbed wire as a defensive item in a survival situation.
To clarify about the biker on the motorcycle, his limbs didn’t appear twisted by any means. (MILD SPOILERS after this point) He flies off his bike and tumbles (this is shown from very far away and you hear him scream) when someone makes it to him, he’s laying on his back and his arms and legs still appear to be normal, as if he’s laying in bed. Arms and legs are all straight (in other words they aren’t bent the wrong way) he’s attempted to be picked up, but won’t let them pick him up because he wants a picture first
I don’t mean to continue clarifying these comments but you have to make them clear for a viewer who would be triggered by the subject we’re answering. People are saying no because only her face has scars. Her throat doesn’t show any, you see absolutely nothing in the movie where someone’s throat is mutilated or harmed
A scene features many people screaming in a confined space as they are slowly killed. This seems analogous with many fears of suffocation so I agree with the votes.
Sorta. A bunch of people die in a claustrophobic way, but it's unclear if they die from being crushed or from something else. They're shown stuck in a tight space, and that shot is pretty intense, but it's over quickly and their deaths happen off screen.
Edit: other people are saying they do in fact get crushed and that their deaths are only barely off screen. This isn't something I noticed but I probably missed it, it's apparently very quick
There is gore and a pretty a few pretty intense death scenes, but all the bodies stay within the realm of reality. There is a disfigured character but it is a disability based on reality. Not body horror.
There are several scenes in this film that show innocent people terrified and suffering. They are not “tortured” in the traditional sense, but they experience froms of dehumanization and drawn out agony. The film does not linger on these moments for an exceedingly long time, but their disturbing nature hits hard in the moment.
Three scenarios come to mind:
1.) a young person is brutally attacked by an animal. The character is injured and helpless, but the animal periodically returns to continue attacking them. The scene is framed so that you cannot see the attack directly, but you see everything else and hear it as well. You see the scars sustained by this character later on in the film.
This animal also attacks another character that is attempting to flee. This character runs off screen and you can hear the animal maiming them.
2.) a group of people of all ages are killed in an unexpected and disturbing manner. Before their death, they experience a nightmarish scenario and suffer a great deal because of that. You can hear them scream and beg for help. They are then killed in a swift and brutal manner. It technically happens off screen but just barely imo.
3.) A character experiences a debilitating injury and is left to die in a disturbing way. You hear them scream in agony beforehand (For what it’s worth, they ultimately brought it upon themselves).
No one falls to their death, but characters are lifted up to great heights rapidly and in the open air. Some characters fall from decent heights and are visibly hurt by it, but they do not die.
A mysterious creature is killed at the very end of the film. Its death is quick and not bloody, but there are several lingering shots of its dead body.
Mary Jo Elliot, a character who was attacked and left wheelchair-bound with a heavily scarred face, is played by Sophia Coto, who may not be able-bodied but does not have these disabilities.
The father of the main characters is killed in the first few minutes of the film by debris falling from the sky. A sitcom about a fictional family comes to a violent end when a chimpanzee rampages on set, maiming the actor playing the mother and killing the actor playing the father. A crowd of several dozen people, including families, become trapped and are killed offscreen. A woman's brother appears to sacrifice his life near the end of the film.
Emts, firefighters, cops, etc. can be seen in the background at the very end but they don’t say anything and the movie cuts to credits shortly afterwards.
No, and this is not the same thing, but I have a thing about needles and this did bother me: a character is seen getting caught in barbed wire. He ends up wrapping himself up in it further intentionally as a survival mechanism. They don’t linger on it, but it made me cringe so I thought I’d give you a heads up.
main character can be read as autistic and many in the nd community see oj and em as an iconic autism and adhd duo (they are), but autism isn’t mentioned in the movie at all. character does get some rude comments for not speaking loud enough at the beginning of the movie and for being uncomfortable and awkward talking to people, which can definitely trigger autistic/other nd people who have experiences like that.
There is multiple scenes featuring gory and meaty audio including stomach gurgling. The noises dont really sound like mouth sounds that you would hear from asmr or noisy eaters so I do not think they would be especially triggering to watchers with Misophonia.
The subject of the film is confusing and disturbing to all of the characters involved. When confronted with the subject, they each experience various forms of panic and anxiety in various intensities through out the film.
A scene features many people getting forced into a cramped claustrophobic space. Many people are screaming during the scene and IMO would definitely be triggering towards people with Claustrophobia.
There is a moment where a character had a trauma flashback and you can tell he is still very much affected by it. Not sure whether PTSD but I would say Yes
Jumpscare: Em is seen eating a snack in an office smiling with a scarf in her hair looking at some camera monitors. There's a sudden loud noise when a bug appears on the camera.
There is a man who exclusively wears skirts, dresses and sarongs. While he is portrayed as eccentric and strange, his clothing is never commented on by the other characters.
Yes, but not in a racist way. In this instance it is their family member who has died, not a supporting actor who is killed off to have a white main cast.
Characters are briefly driven from their home due to unsafe living conditions in the area, and stay with a friend. Later their home is destroyed (I think?), but we don't see the aftermath.
Not drowning exactly, but a group of people are confined to a fluid filled, claustrophobic space. They die shortly afterwards, but from something other than suffocation.
There are many scenes with realistic gore and blood throughout the movie. People who do not like looking at either would need to close their eyes during major scenes of the movie. Also note many scenes have audio gore to accompany the action.