When Evil Lurks

Movie • 2023 • Horror  

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Residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them. They desperately try to escape before the evil is born, but it may be too late.
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Does the dog die?
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Girlnextdoor127
36 minutes in the dog bites and runs off with a kid. You will notice the camera focused on the dog multiple shots before. At 40 minutes in you'll want to fast forward. Dog is seem laying on ground still alive but shot. Is then shot again and killed. Entire movie has good realistic effects that are hard to watch with the animal scenes.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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wolremn
Two dogs are left behind when their owners flee.

People are also killed, leaving behind farm animals.

Neither of these is shown outright.
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Abuse
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Metta
its not made fully clear whether this is true or false but the main character is said to have tried to hurt his children in the past
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Is someone stalked?
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wolremn
Verbal altercations between two parents are had in front of kids, but I wouldn't say it's domestic violence.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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audreyhorne
Children are hurt in this movie, but not abused in the sense of domestic abuse? It is a graphic, violent movie
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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wolremn
Alcohol is shown but not abused.

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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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BugsAndWombats
The goat is killed at 27:17, Shudder time. It's obvious when it's going to happen.

The dog is first shott at 40:16. You hear the gunshot then seconds later, see the dog in a heap but from far away. Camera comes in closer but still a distance away. A hazing filter is used over the dog so you don't see details anyway. At 40:35, the dog is shot again at close range. This time you see the dog's body react to the shot.
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Are animals abused?
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shelbzilla
a possessed goat and a possessed dog are killed (both shot) but neither were abused.
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BugsAndWombats
The goat is killed at 27:17, Shudder time. It's obvious when it's going to happen.

The dog is first shott at 40:16. You hear the gunshot then seconds later, see the dog in a heap but from far away. Camera comes in closer but still a distance away. A hazing filter is used over the dog so you don't see details anyway. At 40:35, the dog is shot again at close range. This time you see the dog's body react to the shot.
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Is an animal sad?
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Misanthrope
There's also a dog limping earlier in the movie by the road, you see the car pull in fast but luckily the dog was out of the way but it should be noted.
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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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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?
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Assault
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ShaylaSchubert89
A possessed female child is hit rather hard by an adult male.
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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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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Annabelle
there’s a shot of the autistic kid’s hands all wrangled, a sign of possession
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Are there dislocations?
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RamonaRamone
A dog grabs a child’s neck in its teeth and shakes the child violently like a rag doll
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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RamonaRamone
People are saying yes to this, but I watched twice and don’t recall anyone’s head being removed from their body.
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Annabelle
LOTS, gnarly scenes, all with the possession. a mom eats her son, like her hand is inside the boys head and body and eating his insides. she’s technically already dead and possessed at that point
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wolremn
Someone is hit by a car.
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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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RamonaRamone
Several scenes that would fall under this category. This includes a “rotten” AKA demon-possessed obese, bloated man in his underwear who is shown on a bed covered head-to-toe with oozing pus and sores and boils, eyes almost swollen out of their sockets. He looks inhuman, rotting, and revolting.
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Is there amputation?
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CoolGuyJonah
Lots of head violence, the most notable being a woman scooping the brains out of a dead child's corpse she's carrying. While "squashed" isn't the exact correct definition, if you're upset by cranial trauma, then this movie certainly falls under the umbrella.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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wolremn
A man who at some point become possessed is left to essentially rot in a bed for a year because the government doesn't do anything about it. Not typical torture, but still torture.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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shelbzilla
a woman jumps off a balcony with her child in order to kill him.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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wolremn
I don't know about stabbing, but there are axes used.
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Metta
there is heavy gore throughout the entire film
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Children
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wolremn
Not an infant, but a child of about four and a child of about 14
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Does a kid die?
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Metta
multiple kids die in very graphic and violent ways
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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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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Annabelle
Child with more severe autism. he’s also possessed… and they argue about whether his possession vs autism characteristics
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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RyanHidalgo
It is basically the entire premise of the movie
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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RamonaRamone
A possessed woman takes her son away in front of a horrified father
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Does someone cheat?
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A demon possessing a dead woman tells her ex that she cheated, but it's unclear if she actually cheated or if the demon is just saying that to upset the man. It's a very brief mention
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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RamonaRamone
Not in the traditional sense, no blasts of sudden loud sound. Still a pretty scary movie without jump scares.
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wolremn
I believe there was just one. Toward the end a man does shower.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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shelbzilla
possession is the main plot point
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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wolremn
Yes, but not really in the typical sense.

Spoilers:

There is a very ill man who leaks pus/fluid from his mouth, mostly in the beginning of the film.
Near the very end of the film a man gags a boy to try to get him to regurgitate whatever he seems to be choking on, so there is gagging and puke like noises but it's less puking and more the man pulling bloody hair and stuff out of the boys mouth.
There might be some more instances along these lines, but there was no outright puking.
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wolremn
An autistic boy does, and an ill person does.
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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LittleGoblin
a child is graphically mauled by a dog, and there is also human cannibalism
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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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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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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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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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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LittleGoblin
not cancer, but a character is bedridden with a terminal illness.
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Mental Health
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shelbzilla
a boy with autism spectrum disorder who is nonverbal
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Annabelle
suicides, dragged out too, after they kill the goat the pregnant woman axes herself in the face
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PandemoniumGrey
Autistic person here. I don't believe autism is misrepresented. Our neurodivergent minds do process things differently, and so it stands to reason that if one of us were possessed, it would be a different experience. Misrepresentation isn't what's going on here. There was no mockery or hatred towards autism, just a different slant as to how possession might affect the autistic mind. I hope that's helpful to some.
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shelbzilla
spoilers: he does technically commit an act of violence (you dont see it happen) but it's not the autistic boy choosing to do it, it's the evil spirit that possessed him
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Annabelle
they confuse autism symptoms with possession symptoms… which is a little iffy
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Loud breathing
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jesslrand
There's a part after Pedro gets a call from Sabrina where he breaks down.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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shelbzilla
the person who responded "no" must've forgotten this scene. it happens right after the goat is killed
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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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?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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fraisierdesbois
Lots of bad words in Spanish
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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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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Does someone miscarry?
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PandemoniumGrey
A pregnant women is seen early on, in the scene with the goats. It does not end well for her.
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Annabelle
demon thing says he will go into her stomach and possess her baby, she then smashes an axe into her face until death
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Annabelle
gnarly suicide
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Sort of. A neurodivergent person is referred to as "broken"
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Yes
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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PammyWhammy
Early in the film the landlord yells at his his renters,who are indigenous, referring to them as "filth"
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
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RamonaRamone
More than one character says God is dead
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RamonaRamone
Main theme of the movie is demonic possession
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Sex
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wolremn
A man is shown undressing and shown nude but only from the back that I recall. Same man is shown later in the shower.
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
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shelbzilla
there is a fat man (think brendan fraser in the whale) so it's very likely he is wearing a fat suit however i am unfamiliar with the actor
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Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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RamonaRamone
Definitely, and it’s extremely bleak.
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Vehicular
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RamonaRamone
Tire screech early on when a driver swerves to avoid a kid in the road and temporarily loses control of their car.
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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wolremn
Yes, very much.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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