This Is Spinal Tap

Movie • 1984 • Comedy  

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"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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Does the dog die?
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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WhitbeeDoe
Not on-screen, but there are a lot of references to the main cast using drugs
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
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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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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daverpdx
No, but a couple of drummers do spontaneously combust leaving only a small globule on the drum stool.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Not shown, a brief mention only.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Charly
There’s is mention of someone choking to death on vomit
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Does someone spit?
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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 copaganda?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there misophonia?
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Loud eating/smacking and gum chewing in some scenes
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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WhitbeeDoe
Some scenes take place in corridors/basements and there are up-close shots; in one scene, the band is lost in the cramped backstage area of a venue
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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It’s a (fake) documentary style movie so people talk to the camera etc
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Charly
They use the ‘r’ word repeatedly
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BearWithAMovieCamera
During a scene where the band is at a party early in the movie, a white couple can be heard having a discussion on what appears to be raggae music. During this discussion, one of them uses the word "negro"
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The band's manager describes one of his duties as negotiating rent with local Jewish people, who he describes as "Hebrews"
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Charly
A song called ‘big-bottomed girls’ comes across fat-shamey
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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WhitbeeDoe
A gay-coded bellboy is called a "fruit" by the band's manager, in a scene that is basically just a gay joke
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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WhitbeeDoe
There are some very explicit sexual references in the band's lyrics, which are often the direct focal point of the scene - some of the lyrics imply pedophilia.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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