The Exorcist

Movie • 1973 • Horror  

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This movie contains 47 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is there BDSM?
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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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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there menstruation?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Abandonment
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Dr.Teatime
Regan has an absentee father who doesn't show up in the movie.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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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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Is someone gaslighted?
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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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Is a child abused?
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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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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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calvinball81
A secondary character is shown drunk and verbally abusive in several scenes.
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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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Are animals abused?
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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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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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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
Does a woman get slapped?
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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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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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Bodily Harm
Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there body horror?
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Dr.Teatime
Regan turns her head in a full circle.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there amputation?
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TheDreammweaver
The demon stabs Regan (looks like Regan stabs herself) in the genitals with a crucifix.
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Is someone buried alive?
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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 finger/toe mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Leota
No, but physically altered eyes (ex. rolling in the back of the head, bloodshot)
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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sereqnity
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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i don't know what would be considered excessive, but some parts are pretty upsetting and/or disgusting
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Is someone stabbed?
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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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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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TheDreammweaver
In a lot of scenes with the demon wheezing can be heard.
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Anonymous
No, but a girl literally spins her head in a complete circle.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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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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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Raygender
No, but the plot centers around a child in mortal danger.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Anonymous
It happens at the end of the film. A major character kills themselves to save Regan, the possessed child.
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One of the major characters dies at the end
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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sereqnity
The priest's mother dies
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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AdhesiveMadMan
It's called "The Exorcist" for a reason.
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Are there razors?
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Are there jumpscares?
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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 clowns?
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Are there mannequins?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there ghosts?
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Cryptid_Crow
A demon- no ghosts.
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Gross
Is there farting?
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Does someone spit?
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Regan spits at a docter towards the very beginning.
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Does someone vomit?
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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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Regan wets herself during the party scene after telling a man he’s going to die.
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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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 incarceration?
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Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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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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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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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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Is electro-therapy used?
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Mental Health
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Does someone self harm?
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sereqnity
While possessed she hurts herself with a crucifix multiple times
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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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Is autism misrepresented?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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NotAgainAllison
NO BUT SHE DOES HAVE AN NJ TUBE SO THAT COULD TRIGGER SOME PEOPLE
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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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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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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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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I consider some of the hospital scenes a little claustrophobic
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sgeorge2
At the end of the film a man jumps from a window and dies
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
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The demon says a lot of unpleasant things through a child's mouth
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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TobiWobi
There are multiple “earthquakes” during the exoricsm
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Does a baby cry?
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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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Is there screaming?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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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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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Is there hate speech?
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sereqnity
Reagan says many offensive things while possessed
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Is there aphobia?
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Are there n-words?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Yes
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Leota
Regan says the F-slur while possessed
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sex
Yes
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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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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Yes
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Foul language/sexual remarks made by the demon possessing Regan…
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Are there nude scenes?
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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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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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Is there bestiality?
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Sexism
Yes
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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0
No
6
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Cryptid_Crow
The eldest priest takes nitroglycerin tablets for a heart condition.
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1
The priest mother gets put into an hospital for dementia
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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BrookletHill
Father Damien talks to a homeless man near the beginning of the movie.
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Are there fat suits?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Spoiler
Yes
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TheDreammweaver
Yes and no. Regan isn’t possessed anymore but the priests who saved her died.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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