The Babadook

Movie • 2014 • Drama  

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Does the dog die?
9,241 supporters
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annikavankoevering
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESNT WANT TO WATCH THE DEATH OF THE DOG. Dont watch from 1:09:20-1:11:20.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
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The kid forgives his mom after she verbally and physically abuses him while possessed.
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Is someone gaslighted?
412 supporters
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echoevemorrow
The mother repeatedly attempts to convince her son that all of the strange goings on is all in his head.
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Is someone stalked?
271 supporters
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77
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elsilverstein
The family is stalked by the Babadook.
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12
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CMster
Amelia is verbally abusive toward Samuel
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Is a child abused?
956 supporters
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clarkekent
The main child is verbally abused and threatened by his mother. She also forgets to feed him and at one point masturbates with him close by though he’s asleep it’s still uncomfortable.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Yes
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Spreiring
Abuse of prescription drugs throughout
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
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Ollie2
No animals were harmed in real life, during the making of this movie, so there should be zero ‘YES’ votes.
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Does a horse die?
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122
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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RoseTheHat
Yes. The mom, Amelia kills her dog.
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Are animals abused?
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BumbleBree
The main character (presumed possessed) chases and picks up her pet dog and snaps its neck
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RoseTheHat
Yes. The dog dies and you can see his body buried in the yard at the end.
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
1,207 supporters
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Ollie2
No cats show up in this movie. This should be 100% NO votes.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
444 supporters
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Anonymous
Didn't notice any spiders (I'm arachnophobic), just a lot of cockroaches.
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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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tawd
There's a scene where bugs infiltrate her kitchen through a crack in the wall. Her son also collects bugs preserved in glass.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
178 supporters
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Anonymous
At around 1:15:00 the mom is tied down on the ground with ropes
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1
uru63
in regards to the other comment: not even remotely akin to sexual assault. the child is not in any way sexualized by either the woman or the camera
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone drugged?
144 supporters
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Afion
The mum gives her son tranquilizers
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Yes
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Does a woman get slapped?
101 supporters
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Bodily Harm
Yes
10
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19
Anonymous
There is no self harm type cutting in the movie. However, in one scene there is a moving flip up book with a drawing of the main character cutting her own throat with a big knife and blood spills out. The actual character carries the same knife at certain parts of the movie but she does not cut herself or anyone else with it.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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ToasterGnome
No but a head gets cut in half
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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2
The son stabs the mom in self-defense
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Is someone buried alive?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone choked?
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Is there body horror?
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DominickCaton
Yes. The Babadook wedges his body through Amelia’s spine, of which, we hear her flesh, see pupils dilating, etc.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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ricetotherescue
Due to strangulation.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Jesi May
A child's nose is broken in two places at the hands of another child. They require surgery to repair it, but it is otherwise non-life-threatening.
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Is someone tortured?
761 supporters
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Anonymous
At one point the mother was literally tied down. Also, pretty much this entire thing is torture from the Babadook.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there amputation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Anonymous
At one point, the mother pulls out one of her teeth.
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BiliousBecca
Mother gets tripped and stumbles down the stairs. Not fully falling
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there decapitation?
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RoseTheHat
At one point, the son, Samuel has a convulsion in the car.
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
644 supporters
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Jesi May
Amelia hallucatinates a bloody, dead Samuel on the couch beside her while she's holding a kitchen knife. She snaps out of it pretty quickly but it's an upsetting visual.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone die?
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Ollie2
This category is not for animals. It is for non-humans, like Johnny-5 in Short Circuit, Wall-E, or the funny fire hydrant grip machine from Iron Man. Based on the category criteria, there should be 100% NO votes. There are no non-human characters in this movie, with the exception of the monster, and it is arguable if it even exists or if it is just in the characters’ heads.
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Does a major character die?
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4
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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25
Yes
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3
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
326 supporters
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4
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Rachel Smith
The dad is dead since before the film started, and the main character hallucinates about him several times, including a scene where his head gets sliced in two.
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Does someone cheat?
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Yes
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echoevemorrow
Technically a book belonging to a child is destroyed.
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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RoseTheHat
There’s a scene where the mom is lying in bed and the son jumps into bed with her. It’s startling. Another scene, the mom is lying in bed and The Babadook is crawling on the ceiling.
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Are there mannequins?
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elsilverstein
There’s an unsettling bathtub scene with the mother and the son. Everyone is dressed and nothing is overtly sexual.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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amycochran134
At a children’s birthday party, they hire a mime/clown. Only on screen a few seconds and is kind to the children.
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Are there razors?
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155 supporters
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0
There are knifes. They are used in a threatening way.
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Is someone possessed?
164 supporters
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RoseTheHat
Some say that the mom is possessed by The Babadook towards the end of the film, but in reality, she is just suffering from mental illness.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there ghosts?
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mlwrt96
not exactly, but in emotionally distressed states the protagonist repeatedly hallucinates her dead husband very vividly.
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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Is there farting?
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YES
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KatoMiller
Samuel wets himself when his possessed mother kicks in the door.
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone vomit?
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sheeriocheerio
after the babadook leaves the mothers body, she vomits. this is toward the end of the movie, but its shown onscreen
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0
The child does urinate out of fear
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Is there audio gore?
387 supporters
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11
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2
She pulls out one of her teeth, and the noises are very uncomfortable.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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15
Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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5
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
140 supporters
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8
Are there transphobic slurs?
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7
Yes
2
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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57
Does someone have cancer?
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58
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Babsidi
There are scenes in the dementia ward of a nursing facility.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there menstruation?
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Yes
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Greenspace01
No, but there are scenes in a nursing home, residential aged care, with lots of frail aged people.
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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7
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DogkinTrash
The main character's child is apparently neurodivergent, and there are scenes where she shames him for "not being normal". In other scenes, she is mentally abusive towards the child but it is unrelated to his behavior or neurodivergency.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there misophonia?
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omerdog
More Panic than anxiety maybe.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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8
Is there body dysphoria?
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7
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3
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1
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DelilahV
While not explicitly stated in the film, Samuel displays numerous autistic traits and is seen as autistic by lots of viewers and fans of the series. This could be upsetting to some because he's also described as having "severe behavioral problems" and is neglected due to his symptoms.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Anonymous
There is a scene in which a moving flip up book shows a picture of the main character cutting her own throat and blood spills out. The picture is drawn so it's a bit childish but very creepy and jarring. The character herself does not actually commit suicide (though she may have threatened to do it, I don't remember).
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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0
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Yes
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2spirit
The mother has flashback
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Afion
There is a scene where the mum is hiding under the covers when the Babadook's nearby, which might be claustrophobic for some people
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Does someone self harm?
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RoseTheHat
The book shows the mom slitting her throat, but she never does it. She does however, rip out one of her teeth.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Anonymous
Near the end, it is in the Babadook's point of view, and there is a very shaky, nasueating camera view. Not for long, though.
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Is there screaming?
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JasonAndersennn
Lots. Some in fear, some by the autistic child during meltdowns.
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avernos
there are a few points where the electricity flickers on and off, creating a flashing light effect, but there is no actual strobing.
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The mother character speaks in a verbally abusive and obscene way to her child late in the movie. Without spoiling too much, this is linked to the plot, and indicates how dire the situation has become.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Does a baby cry?
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nervousnellie
Not a baby per se, but the main character's child cries, screams, and throws fits/meltdowns at great length throughout the movie, which someone who is triggered by those types of sounds may find disturbing.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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20
Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Are there abortions?
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48
Is there childbirth?
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Afion
However it's referenced that the mum's partner dies when they are both in a car crash on the way to hospital to give birth to their son
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Yes
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Anonymous
Babadook survives.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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11
Yes
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Is there hate speech?
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glitterpop95
A neurodivergent child is verbally abused.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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7
Are there fat jokes?
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47
Are there n-words?
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38
Are there homophobic slurs?
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41
Does the black guy die first?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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7
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sex
Does someone lose their virginity?
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bookcat2002
A woman is shown to be masturbating, but there is no nudity.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there BDSM?
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JasonAndersennn
A person is tied up, but it’s for defense. It’s not sexual.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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16
Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Yes
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Afion
The mum works on a dementia ward, but there's only a brief interaction with a patient with dementia
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Afion
The neighbour has Parkinson's
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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9
Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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5
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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55
Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Anonymous
Someone almost got hit by a car
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
189 supporters
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0
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mayfrogs
The father dies in a car crash before the events of the movie, and flashbacks are shown. There's also a scene about 54 minutes in where the mother crashes into another driver, but nobody is hurt.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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63
Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
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RoseTheHat
Yes there is gore. The mom pulls out one of her teeth which is a bloody scene. The son also stabs the mom.
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Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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48