Presence of Mind
Movie • 1999 • Horror
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Does a pet die?
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A bird is killed by someone
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Implied to have happened in the past.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Heavily implied that the children were sexually abused by caregivers in the past. The governess interacts with the boy in a way that is, if not outright inappropriate, uncomfortable to watch.
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Implied past abuse. At one point the governess screams at and grabs the girl roughly, which causes her to react in fear. iirc in one scene, the governess slaps the boy across the face.
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Is an animal sad?
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The bird with the broken wing is obviously distressed.
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Her (ghostly) body is shown hanging in one scene. Her death is discussed later on.
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Is someone tortured?
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Traces of torture are shown
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Is rape mentioned?
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You might infer it.
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Completed; the body is shown, not the actual attempt.
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I'm not sure whether it was outright happening, but the boy and girl are caught in a moment where they appear to be uncomfortably-inappropriately close.
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Not shown, but described.
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Does a kid die?
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At the end the boy collapses dead.
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Is there sexual content?
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Some nudity. There are also some scenes that are strangely sexual when they didn't have to be.
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Are there jump scares?
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Just one or two.
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Are there abusive parents?
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I'm choosing to flag this as a 'yes' because of the heavy implication that the governess was physically (and perhaps sexually) abused by her father, including old injuries on her body which have scarred over.
In addition, deceased parental figures (who are not parents) are implied to have sexually or otherwise abused the children in their care. The behavior of those children is consistent with sexual abuse.
In addition, deceased parental figures (who are not parents) are implied to have sexually or otherwise abused the children in their care. The behavior of those children is consistent with sexual abuse.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Brief, when the governess is alone.
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Is there misophonia?
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There are some utensil/china scraping sounds.
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Is there a large age gap?
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An ambiguous relationship between an adult governess and a teenage boy.
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Is there hate speech?
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There are some misogynistic, anti-sex worker slurs thrown around.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The housekeeper (Mado Remei, in this version, Mrs. Grose in the source material) does try to tell the governess it's all in her mind and I get why that would be triggering for people with gaslighting trauma. It's tough to make a factual ruling on any adaptation of The Turn of the Screw because the entire point is the ambiguity. A lot of ink has been spilled arguing whether the ghosts are real or not.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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I would interpret the governess as being affected by PTSD nightmares. The children are also showing signs of CSA trauma.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone drown?
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There is a prank that makes it *appear* that someone has drowned, but they have not.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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There's a lot of debate about the governess's mental state. This movie leaves things ambiguous.
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Does a parent die?
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Off-screen, before the events of the film.
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A teenage boy slaps a woman.
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Are there snakes?
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Brief, just a garden snake. No biting.
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Does a family member die?
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Before the movie, the parents. At the end of the movie, the brother.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Virginity is a construct; however, there is off-screen/past probable CSA and to some people that may constitute a loss of virginity.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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No; however, a character who was standing suddenly collapses dead and that may be triggering.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Before the events of the film; Fosc (in the book, Quint) had fallen to his death down some stairs.
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Does someone have a stroke?
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No; however, a character who was standing suddenly collapses dead and that may be triggering.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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There's a lot of debate about the governess's mental state. This movie leaves things ambiguous.
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Is religion discussed?
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At the beginning, someone asks the governess if she is Catholic. There are scenes with children praying and in church.
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Does a non-human character die?
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I wouldn't consider her a character, per se, but a bird does die.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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The fall itself is not shown.
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Is someone possessed?
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Again, much about this story is ambiguous. The governess *believes* the children (most especially the boy) to be possessed by spirits of the dead.
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A bird.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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There are abandonment issues, due to a caregiver/parental figure's suicide. The parents themselves are deceased.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There is a scene where the governess is enclosed in a small space.
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However, old scars on a woman's body might be triggering for viewers.
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Are animals abused?
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A boy (in the past) broke a bird's wing so it could not fly away.
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