The Shallows

Movie • 2016 • Horror  

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When Nancy is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
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Does the dog die?
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There is no dog.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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NickH
The main character is stalked by the shark throughout parts of the film. No humans stalk other humans though.
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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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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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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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Elaina
There's a sad scene where an injured whale is fed on by a shark
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Blitkun
A whale's corpse is very present in the film
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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 snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone restrained?
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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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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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gem
Someone is shown on shore cut in half after being bitten by a shark
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Frith Iona De-Haan
She hits her foot against a stinging coral and there is a lot of blood shown
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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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emmiemcd
shows a lot of wounds, hard for me to watch as someone who’s sensitive to gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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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Elaina
Not on screen but she comes to the island after her mother has passed away
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there razors?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
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neffydance
yes, she’s even eating a hermit crab, as she’s stranded on a rock with no food. immediately happens super graphic v*. seagull proceeds to eat the sick and the character is seen wiping the v* off the rock and wiping her mouth. so so gross. no time stamps, im sorry. it happened when she wakes up and looks around for food.:)
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Is someone eaten?
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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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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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neffydance
SPOILERS the main character gets bitten by a shark and is seen attempting to sew her leg up again.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Druklet
In flashbacks we learn that Nancy's mother died from cancer.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there misophonia?
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emet0ph0bic
eating of a live crab. also vomits after and sounds yucky. skip when you see a crab on the rock
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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emet0ph0bic
lots of gunshots and splashing. could be alarming to some
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Frith Iona De-Haan
At the start a kid finds camera footage and it’s played again in the middle of the movie
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emet0ph0bic
at the very end 1 f bomb is dropped. right before she shoots the shark she says “ fuck you”
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
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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
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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emet0ph0bic
nancy shoots the shark at the end of the movie
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