World War Z

Movie • 2013 • Action  

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Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
This movie contains 57 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
198 supporters
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luigiistruegod
The dog is nimble and tiny so it can easily go under seats and since it was in the back i don't think it died

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Unanswered Triggers
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there BDSM?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Fenris
Not discussed but shown: there is a scene where people are praying when the main character arrives in Jerusalem
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Is there screaming?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
22 supporters
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7
Is an animal abandoned?
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1
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2
Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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4
Yes
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Is someone stalked?
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17
Is there domestic violence?
54 supporters
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18
Yes
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7
Is someone gaslighted?
29 supporters
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1
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17
Is a child abused?
71 supporters
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20
Addiction
3
loxxlay
saying yes here is weird bc its pharmaceutical drugs specifically to try to find a cure/vaccine/etc from zombies. its not addictive or recreational drug use.
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Is there addiction?
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19
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
70 supporters
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3
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
99 supporters
Yes
31
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2
1
SirDerpymister
The opening scene shows brief scenes of lions killing wildebeest, dolphins getting beaches, etc.
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Are animals abused?
115 supporters
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20
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Yes
20
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Fenris
At the start of the movie, animals are shown being hunted and killed by predators.
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Is an animal sad?
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3
Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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19
Does a pet die?
87 supporters
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4
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msegirls
it can be assumed that the chihuahua that was on the plane (someone’s pet) most likely died after the plane crash
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Does a dragon die?
16 supporters
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26
Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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14
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loxxlay
iirc opening sequence only
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
16 supporters
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averyanderson2018
Bugs are shown in the opening sequence briefly.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
10 supporters
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Is someone drugged?
17 supporters
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1
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6
Is there pedophilia?
67 supporters
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3
Is someone held under water?
11 supporters
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6
Is rape mentioned?
44 supporters
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3
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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3
Yes
11
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riverrr
after the main guy is stabbed he wakes up restrained and struggles several times. Also an infected person is shown as restrained for a few moments.
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23
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4
peachs0ju
Near the beginning of the movie while the family is at the supermarket, two men accost Karin to rob her, she screams "that's all I have" but they proceed to try and tear her pants off before Gerry saves her.
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Fincher
No, however there is an attempted sexual assault while a supermarket is being looted. We see a woman being held down by two men, who are quickly killed.
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Bodily Harm
Yes
19
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3
0
marbl
zombies get stabbed, and after the plane crashes, someone gets a large piece of metal stuck in their stomach.
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3
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0
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Fenris
A hand gets cut off to prevent the person from turning. The wound itself is not shown but the stump is seen throughout the movie.
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19
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0
3
averyanderson2018
An asthmatic attack happens when the family is in the RV at the beginning of the film.
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1
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2
1
Gustyo
Mentions.
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Is there cannibalism?
24 supporters
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18
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1
1
msegirls
can it really be considered as cannibalism if zombies are no longer human?
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5
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milrs
Not people, but zombies, and it’s really only implied at some parts
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Is someone choked?
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Yes
19
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spice_n_sugar
A whole scene was about a scientist who got burned alive along with his test subjects. You see the aftermath.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
28 supporters
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6
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0
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Fenris
The zombies look grotesque and their transformations, shown as twitching, flexing and bending of the body (still within humanly possible limits), could be upsetting
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Is there amputation?
14 supporters
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21
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0
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TonyDavies
Brad Pitt cuts a woman's arm off like a legend because she got bit
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24
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0
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averyanderson2018
Several zombie heads get squashed.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
25 supporters
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11
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Rg123
There's a very brief shadow of limp legs dangling. No upper body is seen but it is assumed the body is hanging.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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7
Yes
26
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Dogs4life
A man pulls his teeth out
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Fenris
The main character passes out from a plane crash and shortly afterwards again from injury and exhaustion.
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Fenris
If I remember correctly, it's never shown on screen but zombies throw themselves off of high places and slam on surfaces, which would surely break several bones.
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averyanderson2018
Lots of zombie seizing.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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22
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averyanderson2018
A whole hand gets cut off. Very intense and intense scene of Gerry wrapping up the wound while on the plane.
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Is someone tortured?
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18
Yes
6
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milrs
Not exactly but there is a scene on a stairwell where the main characters are killing zombies and as they do, some of the zombies fall down the stairs
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averyanderson2018
Several zombies fall to their death.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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2
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17
Yes
5
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Fenris
Gore is never excessively shown but heavily implied with sounds and blood stains.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
28 supporters
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22
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spice_n_sugar
Zombie children can be scene in the background.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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8
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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3
Death
0
Fenris
If sacrificing without death as a result counts: Three people walk into a building with zombies to retrieve something important. The other characters doubt, that they will survive.
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Does a major character die?
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0
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3
Yes
4
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0
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Fenris
Throughout the entire movie, zombies die.
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Does someone die?
10 supporters
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5
No
0
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Fenris
Many people die from zombies, many zombies die from people.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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7
Yes
0
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3
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
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16
Does a parent die?
10 supporters
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28
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1
1
marbl
(spoilers?) while the main characters are staying in a families house to hide from zombies, the zombies come back and I think the entire family except for their young son gets bit
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Does someone cheat?
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17
Yes
1
No
10
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loxxlay
only child toy in show is dropped but it's swiftly picked up by dad
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2
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1
1
Fenris
The family of a boy at the beginning turns.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
32 supporters
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28
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0
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averyanderson2018
No jump scares that made me jump out of my seat, but definitely a few zombies that pop out of nowhere.
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19
0
loxxlay
the way they do the zombies, it sure looks like it
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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18
2
Fenris
The ocean is shown several times.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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4
Are there razors?
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5
Is there a shower scene?
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16
Are there mannequins?
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5
Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
12 supporters
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8
Does someone vomit?
58 supporters
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5
No
21
9
averyanderson2018
No vomit in this movie. There is some black liquid on clothing that might be seen as “zombie vomit” but never is anyone shown throwing up or can we hear anyone throwing up.
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Is someone eaten?
18 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
0
Fenris
Not really eaten but bitten.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
22 supporters
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3
Does someone spit?
9 supporters
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16
No
1
2
peachs0ju
In South Korea, the CIA agent/prisoner spits out blood
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Is there audio gore?
30 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
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spice_n_sugar
Lots of squishy sounds and bones snapping when zombies move or get killed.
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Is there farting?
5 supporters
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3
Large-scale Violence
Yes
5
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3
1
thelocalmaniac8
There are a few earlier scenes, specifically the scene in Philly, that is reminiscent of the 9/11 attack and a later sequence that references Flight 93. There are also nods to 9/11 conspiracy theories where Israel had foreknowledge of the attacks.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
15 supporters
Yes
1
No
7
0
thelocalmaniac8
If this trigger includes the military, then yes, 100%.
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
0 supporters
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0
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4
Are there transphobic slurs?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Is there bisexual cheating?
16 supporters
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0
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8
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
2 supporters
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0
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4
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
15 supporters
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0
No
18
Yes
25
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0
2
averyanderson2018
5-6 total needle insertions are shown towards the end of the film. You can see them coming, but one is really abrupt after a quick scene change and caught me off guard.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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0
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16
Yes
21
No
0
1
spice_n_sugar
A character gets injured in a plane crash so he finds a hospital to get taken care of.
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14
No
7
1
loxxlay
a background character is bald and implied to be sickly based on movie premise, cancer/chemo is clearly implied
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
29 supporters
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1
No
6
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Does someone self harm?
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42 supporters
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Yes
1
No
15
Is autism misrepresented?
20 supporters
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Yes
0
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3
Is a mentally ill person violent?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
11 supporters
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0
No
5
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milrs
It’s not that they just attempt it, but they end up succeeding, but most of these suicides are caused by people being bit by zombies, and killings themselves so they don’t turn
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
10 supporters
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3
Is there misophonia?
26 supporters
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3
No
5
1
When there are explosions, there is a sustained high pitched noise.
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Is there ABA therapy?
13 supporters
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0
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3
Is there body dysphoria?
9 supporters
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0
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5
Is there body dysmorphia?
19 supporters
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0
No
16
1
volchya
No, but the main character stands on the ledge of a highrise apartment with the intent to jump if he starts turning into a zombie.
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14
No
3
2
averyanderson2018
More of an asthmatic attack than an anxiety attack, but it felt like one to me based on the stress level of the scene. Towards the beginning of the film when the family is in the RV.
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14
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Fenris
Many tight corridors and one scene, where people run below a metal grate as people lay on top of it and reach for them.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
24 supporters
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0
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17
Is there autism specific abuse?
30 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
1
loxxlay
a man gets bit by a zombie and, off scene, is implied to walk into the plane propellors to avoid turning. another man is being bit by zombies and sets off a grenade to take out himself and the nearby zombies
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Noxious
Yes
4
No
0
1
Fenris
Grenades, bombs, sudden zombie screeching.
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Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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0
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8
Is there shakey cam?
23 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
1
spice_n_sugar
Only when the characters are running.
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0
Fenris
Some mild cursing if I remember correctly but not too often and nothing overly obscene.
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averyanderson2018
Flickering lights in the grocery store and in the stairwell of the apartment complex in the beginning of the film.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
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0
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3
Is the fourth wall broken?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
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7
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Is there childbirth?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Are there abortions?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
Are there babies or unborn children?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Does someone miscarry?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
18
Does a pregnant person die?
9 supporters
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Yes
0
No
15
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
30 supporters
Yes
12
No
8
8
emneu
One soldier says something along the lines of “like a fat kid after a Twinkie”
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Does the black guy die first?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Are there homophobic slurs?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
12
0
thelocalmaniac8
*SPOILERS* When Brad Pitt goes to Israel, there's a plot where Mossad had advance knowledge of the zombie threat and kept it a secret from the world; a nod to 9/11 conspiracy theories where Israel had foreknowledge of the attacks.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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0
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8
Yes
0
No
18
1
jdpamv
No hate speech but there is hateful Zionist messaging.
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thelocalmaniac8
This movie has a full section of pro-Israel, pro-apartheid sequences that erase the Palestinian struggle. The real-life apartheid walls in Israel are painted as necessary and an act of extreme benevolence.
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Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
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0
No
17
Yes
0
No
15
Are there n-words?
18 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is there aphobia?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Race
Is there blackface?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
24 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
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Yes
1
No
16
Is someone sexually objectified?
26 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Are there nude scenes?
23 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Is there bestiality?
48 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Does someone lose their virginity?
9 supporters
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0
No
3
Are there incestuous relationships?
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53 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
Sexism
Yes
0
No
8
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
1
The daughter has asthma
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Yes
3
No
0
0
Fenris
In two instances, a person is briefly shown, later implied to be terminally ill. These people are never seen or discussed again or in detail.
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Social
Yes
7
No
0
0
Fenris
Many people have lost their homes due to the zombie invasion. Especially towards the end, people can be seen immigrating to a safer place.
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
22 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Are there fat suits?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Is existentialism debated?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
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3
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Yes
0
No
15
0
Fenris
It's not a sad ending as it ends on how the world is adapting to the situation, but things feel a bit hopeless with scenes capturing the aftermath of the apocalypse.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
Yes
29
No
0
2
averyanderson2018
Several car crashes at the beginning of the film. No main characters die in one.
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0
Fenris
Especially at the beginning of the movie during the traffic jam.
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Does a plane crash?
5 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
1
averyanderson2018
You can see the main plane crash coming, but several helicopters crash as well. The plane crash is pretty intense.
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Yes
23
No
0
1
spice_n_sugar
Many people and zombies get hit by cars and trucks in the opening scene.
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Violence
Yes
21
No
1
3
spice_n_sugar
At the end of the movie a football field is shown getting nuked.
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Is there blood/gore?
32 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
2
spice_n_sugar
Once again yes. It’s the whole movie.
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Does someone drown?
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0
No
17
Yes
21
No
0
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spice_n_sugar
Yes. It’s literally the whole movie.
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