The Thing

Movie • 1982 • Horror  

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Does the dog die?
9,238 supporters
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Mycomni
First off, the dog the HuskyThing had assimilated is dead but had died before the start of the movie. There were (more or less) nine dogs in the kennels when the HuskyThing arrived. Since only two dogs ran out after Clark opened the kennel, that means seven dogs were assimilated into the HuskyThing. While one dog wasn't assimilated, the poor thing *was* partially dissolved in acid (and thus, I'm assuming it died due to the extent of its injuries). One of the characters, Blair, kills the remaining dogs in the kennel after seeing the BenningsThing. Either way, lots of dogs die, this is not the movie for you if you're sensitive to dog deaths, especially to Husky deaths and brutal dog deaths.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is someone abused with a belt?
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Are there bedbugs?
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Is there BDSM?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is religion discussed?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there menstruation?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
412 supporters
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7
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cherry
not in the context of a toxic relationship but a major theme of the movie is distrust and knowing those around you may be lying/manipulating
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Is someone stalked?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is a child abused?
955 supporters
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crabby
There are no children in this movie.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Yes
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
226 supporters
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5
Day
A character is seen drinking several times, it's unclear if he's addicted to alcohol.
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Anonymous
Palmer is seen smoking marijuana
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Yes
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Anonymous
Macready drinks from a bottle but only once
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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)
1,101 supporters
Yes
72
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crabby
There are no animals in this movie other than the dogs.
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Are animals abused?
1,529 supporters
Yes
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Mycomni
One of the dogs hadn't been fully assimilated by the Thing, as the thing was torched before it could assimilate that one too, and despite being conscious and 'alive' the poor doggo was heavily dissolved by acid due to the attempted assimilation.
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9
zdy1994
Not by the definition here, but dogs do fight the thing, just no one is forcing them too.
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VelBloo
Several dead dogs
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
1,206 supporters
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Mycomni
There are no cats in 'The Thing (1982)'
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Does a pet die?
420 supporters
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cherry
multiple dogs die, and while the emotional impact is not lingered upon long a man is viaibly distressed by this
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Allandrel
An alien at one point does assume a very disturbing spider-like form.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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invadermac
The thing has snake/tentacle appendages at times
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
281 supporters
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invadermac
The thing has bug like appendages at times
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
178 supporters
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VelBloo
Several men are tied to chairs to conduct the famous blood test. One of them is the monster
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deniallol
Lots of gruesome violence and body horror, but nothing of a sexual nature.
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SpaceCoyote
None of the violence in this movie is of a sexual nature. In fact, there is no sex related action in the film.
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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?
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hexbabey
several people are given morphine via injections, but they are aware that it’s happening.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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SiRenfield
There isn’t even any women
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Bodily Harm
Yes
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0
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Anonymous
A man is seen frozen with blood coming out of his wrists
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Yes
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invadermac
Squashed in the thing’s mouth.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Yes
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invadermac
It is the only way to “kill” a thing, plus several people infected by it are burned
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invadermac
And the doctor’s arms are bitten off while preforming cpr
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Yes
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Eyes swell with blood then explode.
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Is someone choked?
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georgiarose
not with hands, but with tentacles from the thing
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Is there body horror?
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Quite a lot. Every single scene where the Thing reveals itself includes major body horror.
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That's this movie's whole thing yeah
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CrayZblu
An assimilated human fuses its hand into the skin of a normal human’s face and it’s the last he’s seen alive. It’s unclear what his exact cause of death is, so I’m voting no, but if you are extremely sensitive to this I would be careful
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WisdomPen
Near the end the alien plugs up a mans mouth with it’s hand and you can hear the man struggle to breathe
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hexbabey
a man is slammed against a shelf and we see him lose consciousness. another man says he’s stopped breathing
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Anonymous
Someone gets their arms chewed off and we see the broken and fragmented bones.
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there amputation?
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SkylarSnow
When attempting to resuscitate someone, a man gets his arms bitten off.
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Are any teeth damaged?
476 supporters
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DjMuel
there is a cadaver of an attempted assimilation cut short where the teeth of the people are extremely deformed from said attempt - the camera focuses on it for some time before cutting away
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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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Yes
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CrayZblu
Technically no, but after one assimilated character dies, a still-living head pries itself off of the body and grows legs.

There is no pain or discomfort depicted, but it is, visually speaking, a human head being separated from a human body.
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Mycomni
A seizure is not the same as a heart attack.
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Is there a hanging?
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Anonymous
There is a scene where a noose is visible but not used
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Is a minor sexualized?
444 supporters
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deniallol
There are no children in this film.
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Does a kid die?
644 supporters
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crabby
There are no children in this movie. Only several grown men.
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Death
Does someone die?
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Yes
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0
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hexbabey
several dogs and aliens die and/or are burned alive
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Does a major character die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
326 supporters
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crabby
We're not made aware of any of these men's families, so we don't know if any of them are parents.
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Does someone cheat?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Except the chess computer, who is in MacReady's words a "cheating b***h"
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steppy
Again, no sign of children in this movie
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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WisdomPen
A few people do get ganged up on and tied up or locked up against their will
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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0
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Anonymous
During a blood test Palmer’s blood reacts violently and a silhouette comes out of nowhere
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Are there mannequins?
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Is there a shower scene?
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0
Yes, but they're all frozen because the entire movie takes place in Antarctica.
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Are there clowns?
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Are there razors?
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Is someone possessed?
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crabby
Not by an evil spirit, but they do get taken over by the Thing. Sometimes it's able to completely take over someone and mimic them so that everyone thinks they're still human.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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6
Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Much alien drool, mucus & ooze
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Is there farting?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is someone eaten?
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By the thing
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Does someone vomit?
1,194 supporters
Yes
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No
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It doesn’t really look like vomit. More like a small high pressure hose stream of a weird liquid. I’m pretty sensitive to vomit scenes and it didn’t bother me.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there audio gore?
387 supporters
Yes
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deniallol
The monster makes various gruesome sounds as it transforms itself.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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1
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50
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VelBloo
There are no police in Antarctica
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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0
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14
Are there transphobic slurs?
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8
Yes
0
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4
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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7
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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68
Does someone have cancer?
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1
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DjMuel
What could possibly be triggering for previous patients of MI's is that a man who becomes delusional and psychotic with knowledge of the Thing's abilities is forcibly restrained, sedated and locked in a cabin away from the other researchers.
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Yes
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invadermac
The blood is not gathered by syringe, but by cutting their thumbs with a knife. A syringe is shown when tranquillising a dog.
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Yes
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zdy1994
Well, there's a few autopsy scenes. That might make people uncomfortable. This movie has a lot of gore and body horror, it's pretty gross.
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Mental Health
Yes
18
No
24
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DjMuel
No idea why people are voting no for this. This movie is littered with scenes of people becoming paranoid, delusional and attacking each other as a result. It's essentially the theme of the film.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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3
Is there misophonia?
238 supporters
Yes
6
No
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2
Screaming, wet squelching sounds from The Thing
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Yes
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No
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Heyo
Yes, there are very much anxiety attacks. The whole film is about mistrust and suspicion, so many characters end up panicking at several moments in the film.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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12
Is there body dysphoria?
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11
Is autism misrepresented?
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Yes
15
No
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invadermac
This is a tough one, but no, the thing assuming other people’s form by consuming them and changing shape is not body dysmorphia.
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One of the characters that has been locked in a shack has tied a noose, but this is never acknowledged.
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Anonymous
Man is seen frozen with wrists slit
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Is there ABA therapy?
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6
Does someone have a meltdown?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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2
Does someone have an eating disorder?
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64
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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2
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23
Yes
65
No
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hyperandrogenism
There are scenes in a small shack and in a basement.
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Does someone self harm?
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Yes
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Anonymous
Man is seen with slit wrists
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Yes
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No
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0
Definitely some at the beginning
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Yes
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deniallol
F-bombs, religious exclamations, etc.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Yes
8
No
0
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Yes
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27
Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Yes
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64
Is a baby stillborn?
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Yes
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26
Are there babies or unborn children?
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0
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27
Are there abortions?
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Yes
0
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59
Is there childbirth?
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0
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57
Yes
0
No
59
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zdy1994
There are no women in this movie.
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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1
No
38
Yes
0
No
69
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fulltimesnake
there are no explicitly queer people in the movie
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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12
Yes
0
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48
Is there hate speech?
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Yes
1
No
65
Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Yes
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49
Are there fat jokes?
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Yes
1
No
56
Are there n-words?
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50
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Yes
0
No
64
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Mycomni
The black guys weren't the first to die, and it's made pretty clear no one is safe from the thing, thus not making it a race thing. In fact, Childs (one of the aforementioned black guys) survives *until the end of the movie*, after which his death is only confirmed in the 2002 'The Thing' video game (because apparently Carpenter said the 2002 game was canon so).
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Yes
0
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6
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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23
Sex
Does someone lose their virginity?
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Yes
4
No
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5
Anonymous
Not much but there are some references
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Yes
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63
Is there bestiality?
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Yes
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10
Are there nude scenes?
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23
Is someone sexually objectified?
256 supporters
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Yes
0
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23
Sexism
Yes
0
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26
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
111 supporters
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Yes
1
No
21
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
129 supporters
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0
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12
Is someone terminally ill?
99 supporters
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6
Does someone have a chronic illness?
119 supporters
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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12
Is someone homeless?
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25
Is existentialism debated?
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3
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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4
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Yes
86
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invadermac
NOT a happy ending
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
126 supporters
Yes
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No
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hyperandrogenism
A helicopter crashes on screen and a spaceship (flying saucer) crashes before the movie.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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24
Does a car crash?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Snow tractor crash
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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64
Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
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0
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Travis Clark
To just say there is blood & gore is a vast understatement
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Is there gun violence?
232 supporters
Yes
73
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0
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hyperandrogenism
In the beginning a man is shot and they try to shoot the Thing.
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notgoingtoaddcomments
No, but there is a large explosion with a mushroom cloud.
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