The Exorcist

Movie • 1973 • Horror  

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This movie contains 45 potentially triggering events.
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Does an animal die?
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Buzzhive17
Around the time stamp 00:09:55, there are two dogs fighting each other, but they're only on screen for a little while and the rest is just intense growling
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Are there bugs?
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Dr.Teatime
Regan has an absentee father who doesn't show up in the movie.
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Aulynduel
A mother tells her daughter’s doctor that something unexplained happened and he told her that it wasn’t the problem, that it was a hallucination.
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SparkieKong
Yes and no. She's possessed and to keep her from hurting herself or others, she's tied to a bed. It's not abuse per se... as her family is trying to protect her, but some might feel it to be.
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SparkieKong
Regan does beat the snot out of her mom, but it's just the demon and not really her.
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calvinball81
A secondary character is shown drunk and verbally abusive in several scenes.
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the main character is restrained to her bed while she's possessed to detain the demon
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SparkieKong
Technically the demon Regan's possessed by assaulted her with a crucifix.
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deniallol
See the section on genital trauma.
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Regan is shown with more cuts on her face as the movie progresses, but she’s never seen cutting them.
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Anonymous
No, but a girl literally spins her head in a complete circle.
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TheDreammweaver
The demon stabs Regan (looks like Regan stabs herself) in the genitals with a crucifix.
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Leota
No, but physically altered eyes (ex. rolling in the back of the head, bloodshot)
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Dr.Teatime
Regan turns her head in a full circle.
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i don't know what would be considered excessive, but some parts are pretty upsetting and/or disgusting
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TheDreammweaver
In a lot of scenes with the demon wheezing can be heard.
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At the end of the exorcism, the demon enters Father Karras and while possessed he jumps out the window, rolls down a large flight of stairs and falls to his death
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Raygender
A child experiences convulsions for much of the film due to demonic possession. She is initially theorized to have a seizure disorder.
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Dr.Teatime
The demon possessing Regan says a lot of vulgar things, telling others to fuck her and such.
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Raygender
No, but the plot centers around a child in mortal danger.
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One of the major characters dies at the end
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The priest's mother dies
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Quad
At least twice in the movie there are “subliminal images” of a demon that pop up for a millisecond or though. Debatable whether they’re jumpscares, but I say they are. Made me jump. There may be more jumpscares though, I didn’t finish the movie.
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Leota
There is a bath scene though (not sexualized)
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Are there razors?
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AdhesiveMadMan
It's called "The Exorcist" for a reason.
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Cryptid_Crow
A demon- no ghosts.
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Regan spits at a docter towards the very beginning.
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Regan wets herself during the party scene after telling a man he’s going to die.
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sereqnity
The girl projectile vomits on the priest when she first meets him. She also vomits during the exorcism
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spaghettiregretti
Father Karras' mother is put into a mental institution early in the movie, there is only one short scene here
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sgeorge2
There is a prolonged scene of Regan undergoing a procedure that requires a needle to be inserted into her throat while she is conscious and clearly distressed, and this is supposed to be suspenseful to the viewer as we wonder if she will have another possession attack.
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AdhesiveMadMan
A young girl is put through two medical procedures: Carotid angiography, and pneumoencepholography. The former was performed by actual medical staff and the procedure was carried out in real-time.
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Raygender
A character is incredibly violent due to possession, but this is initially attributed to a mental or neurological illness by family and doctors.
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Anonymous
There is mention of the possessed girl possibly having a “split personality”, and the demonic possession is sometimes referred to as “her personalities”
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TheDreammweaver
No body dysmorphia, that’s a self image disorder. There is body horror but 0 body dysmorphia.
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sgeorge2
At the end of the film a man jumps from a window and dies
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NotAgainAllison
NO BUT SHE DOES HAVE AN NJ TUBE SO THAT COULD TRIGGER SOME PEOPLE
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I consider some of the hospital scenes a little claustrophobic
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sereqnity
While possessed she hurts herself with a crucifix multiple times
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TobiWobi
There are multiple “earthquakes” during the exoricsm
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Quad
At least twice in the movie “subliminal images” of a demon pop up on the screen for a millisecond or so. Just one flash each.
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The demon says a lot of unpleasant things through a child's mouth
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BrookletHill
In an early scene where Father Damien goes to his mothers apartment, you can faintly hear a baby crying in the background
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Reagan says many offensive things while possessed
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Leota
Regan says the F-slur while possessed
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Foul language/sexual remarks made by the demon possessing Regan…
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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reeah
The demon shoves the mom's face into Reagan's bloody pubic area while having Reagan scream "lick it"
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spencerinjection
Minor spoiler

No BDSM but the demon does sexually torture the child it is possessing in one scene and force her to sexually torture her mother. None of this is consensual BDSM obviously, but if someone is triggered by BDSM, this scene will be triggering.
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Metta
no nudity on screen. there is one bathtub scene but we don't see the characters body below the shoulders
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TobiWobi
The demon calls Regan a sow and proceeds to do sexual things to her own body
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The priest mother gets put into an hospital for dementia
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Cryptid_Crow
The eldest priest takes nitroglycerin tablets for a heart condition.
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BrookletHill
Father Damien talks to a homeless man near the beginning of the movie.
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TheDreammweaver
Yes and no. Regan isn’t possessed anymore but the priests who saved her died.
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