Does the dog die?
461 supporters
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Movie • 2011 • Drama
ReportAfter several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
This movie contains 33 potentially triggering events.
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Okamigirl
See dies a cat die, probably answered before does a cat die added
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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TBN1994
Martha is missing for 2 years and left without telling her sister/anyone else and they discuss this abandonment.
Also Martha leaves the cult in the initial scene by leaving when they’re all asleep
Also Martha leaves the cult in the initial scene by leaving when they’re all asleep
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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TBN1994
Sort of. It’s more of a case of she’s gaslit so hard into essentially thinking she isn’t being abused
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Sickboy
A woman is consistently abused by a man who she believes loves her. A character kicks their in law down the stairs - the person is okay.
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TBN1994
Martha drugs another girl as part of her initiation
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Is someone gaslighted?
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MingaLei
It’s a cult so lots of people are gaslighted
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TBN1994
Not on screen but there are children in the cult and they practice things like food restriction
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Addiction
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LeslieP
Drugs are put into a drink and given to someone who doesn’t know.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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fraisierdesbois
A cat is shot (off camera)
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Is there a dead animal?
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Sickboy
Not onscreen, but it’s clear a cat was killed.
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Does a cat die?
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LeslieP
Two cats are shot off screen
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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Sickboy
Not outright, but some of the girls in the cult look quite young.
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Is rape mentioned?
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TBN1994
Sort of. 2 characters discuss what has just happened with main expressing confusion (she was drugged) with one of the brainwashed characters rationalising it away and encouraging her that it’s happened to them all and it’s all part of the process. The word is never actually used in the movie as far as i recall
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MingaLei
Graphic rape scene at ~26 mins
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Larkinik
During an anxiety attack
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Is someone tortured?
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Sickboy
The cult coerces and later forces people into things like food restriction and rape, but otherwise, no.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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elfizowa
Just a few and with no injuries
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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The cult leader claims that he only produces male infants. The implication is that he kills the female infants. This isn't a reach given that he also doesn't think of murder as immoral, and he believes men are more valuable than women.
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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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Cat
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Does someone die?
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TBN1994
The house they break into they likely killed them although deaths aren’t on screen
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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TBN1994
Not onscreen. But the sisters discuss their mother dying when Martha was young and her sister was in college
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Does a parent die?
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Larkinik2
Mentioned that the sisters mother died when Martha was younger.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Sickboy
Not outright but it’s lightly implied a character is kidnapped or killed towards the end of the movie.
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Does someone cheat?
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TBN1994
Not strictly speaking, the cult is not exactly encouraging monogamy though
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Fear
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Multiple scenes. Large lake and what looks like a river/creek system
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Gross
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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MingaLei
Main character wets herself while sleeping
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Does someone spit?
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Anonymous
YES. A character deliberately spits in someone else's food at 1:06:01.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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LeslieP
But there is discussion of it
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Martha has undiagnosed PTSD and has a lot of general anxiety throughout the film
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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TBN1994
Not really. But Martha sort of dissociates between her current situation and the cult, this is presented to us via it transitioning suddenly into the other timeline through audio/visual cues
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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TBN1994
Martha believes she sees a cult member at her sisters party (it’s never confirmed if she was right) and gets angry and then has a panic attack
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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TBN1994
Very public anxiety attack. She essentially needs to be sedated to stop
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Sickboy
The cult only eats one meal per day, even if members are hungry, which could potentially fall into the eating disorder category. But otherwise, no.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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MingaLei
Main character has PTSD from being in a cult
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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TBN1994
Couple shots where the camera goes underwater. Nobody is in danger while underwater though
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Is there shakey cam?
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MingaLei
In the very beginning of the movie
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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TBN1994
No way of knowing. Martha thinks she is and the film never confirms or denies whether she is really being watched or if it’s her PTSD
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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TBN1994
The cult leader is in his late 40s or such, the girls are all largely younger. The youngest (Martha and Sarah) are probably very early 20s at best
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Sickboy
Scene where multiple people swim nude together, nudity partially but not fully obscured by the water. A character undresses completely before jumping into the water, and she is briefly seen naked from behind. Some nudity is the sex scene with multiple couples.
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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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Sickboy
A brief but graphic scene where multiple couples are having sex in one room as a man watches them. Two characters have sex but stop when they realize another character is in the room with them (no nudity).
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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TBN1994
Martha doesn’t have a home, which they point out but she has her sister to turn to.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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The ending is more than just "ambiguous".
It abruptly ends on a car ride. There's a car driving behind them with a guy in it. Not highlighted in a tense way, either. It's just.. cut.
It abruptly ends on a car ride. There's a car driving behind them with a guy in it. Not highlighted in a tense way, either. It's just.. cut.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Sickboy
No, but a scene cuts off implying a car will rear end another. However, we never see it.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Sickboy
A man is stabbed to death, though we never see the nice. Some blood is shown on the murderer’s clothes.
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