The People Under the Stairs

Movie • 1991 • Comedy  

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When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
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Does the dog die?
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PetraHazel
Skip 1:03:00 - 1:04:35 to avoid the dog death. Electrocution is between 00:34:40 - 00:34:50.
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Is there audience participation?
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Is there smoke or haze?
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Abandonment
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Is a child abused?
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Both implied and on screen. It is a central theme of the movie
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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cheezedoodlezz1020
the main antagonists routinely beat their daughter, and (spoilers) they keep multiple boys the kidnapped to be their sons in the basement
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Combicon
An attack dog is electrocuted
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cheezedoodlezz1020
no, but the dog is trained to kill and attacks multiple characters throughout the film
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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A dog is stabbed and doesnt die immediately
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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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The evil couples dog dies. When fool and prince (the dog) are fighting is the scene
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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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Cryptid_Crow
You can hear and see flies. There's a literal pile of them on the windowsill.
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone held under water?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Bodily Harm
Is someone crushed to death?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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PetraHazel
A dog eats a man's hand
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is someone choked?
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BugB
near the end of the movie when Fool and the parents are fighting someone gets choked twice
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there body horror?
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cheezedoodlezz1020
body horror does not mean gore. there's some gore but not body horror. maybe the people in the basement? but they do not transform or anything on screen
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BugB
It's commented on that they cut out the 'bad parts' of kids, like when they see something they weren't supposed to and then we see people who have bandaged eyes in the group shots of the people under the stairs.
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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harleyyy
Towards the end of the film one character starts strangling another until they are interrupted
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there amputation?
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mortimer
Off screen but we see the result.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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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 shaving/cutting?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
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Not explicitly on screen but heavily implied that Alice is being sexualized by 'daddy'
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Spoiler

The children/people in the basement are abducted as infants (we can assume) not seen on screen
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Does a kid die?
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bluehairedspidey
The character Roach dies in the film, but it is unclear what age he is meant to be, possibly anywhere from his teens to his twenties (the actor who played him was in his late twenties at the time)
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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 someone die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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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
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there mannequins?
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BugB
There is a small yard pond. It's made to look pretty natural but it's definitely man-made
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Are there razors?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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cheezedoodlezz1020
there is a scene in a bathtub, but everyone is clothed and it is not sexual at all
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Are there ghosts?
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bluehairedspidey
No, however there is a scene in which a character briefly makes it seem like a (recently killed) character is coming back from the dead
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone vomit?
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mortimer
Yes, in the beginning in the background around the 5mn47 mark, a woman vomits as Fool is passing her in the hallway of a building.
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Is there audio gore?
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fraisierdesbois
Shouting, cries... I don't know why people are voting "no"
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
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SarahSaltzburg
People are confined and trapped, but not in an actual prison setting.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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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 there a mental institution scene?
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Scarybitch
Not therapy at all but characters do get electrocuted
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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jesswashere22
The protagonists mother has cancer. She retlcieces treatment offscreen
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Breathing sounds
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Does someone self harm?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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bluehairedspidey
There are many scenes where the main characters are in the crawlspaces between the walls. Other claustrophobic locations include a closet, a furnace, and a chimney
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there screaming?
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BugB
Flashlights through slats cause bright flashing lights throughout the movie
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
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Is there aphobia?
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Cryptid_Crow
A white man dies first, but a Black man does die second. We also see him get butchered, and his corpse a few times.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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In the full version there is a complete and incomplete use of the slur.
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Combicon
One complete use of a racial slur, and a second incomplete slur, directed at (a) black character(s) by white characters.
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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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There is mention of hell, burning in hell, etc. But there are no demons or spirits shown.
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Sex
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cheezedoodlezz1020
all implied, nothing explicit on screen. Father does wear a gimp suit when hunting Fool, but it doesn't seem to be in a sexual way?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is there BDSM?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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jesswashere22
The two main antagonists are brother and sister. They have an implied sexual relationship.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there bestiality?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there fat suits?
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Fool walks through a group of people who comment on how he's soon to be out on the street like they are
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Violence
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There is an explosion but not nuclear.
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Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there gun violence?
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