An American Crime

Movie • 2007 • Crime  

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The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
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Does the dog die?
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Ollie2
The neglected pet dog lives, so the NO’s have it wrong
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Are there heart attacks?
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Abandonment
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aiwxo
2 girls are made to think their parents have abandoned them, but the haven't
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is a child abused?
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Anonymous
The movie is based on the real life child abuse and murder of Sylvia Likens.
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Is someone stalked?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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aiwxo
Children are whipped with a belt around 15mins in
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Addiction
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ReziRose
Gertrude abuses prescription medication.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there addiction?
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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?
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Are animals abused?
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Melissa_lynn
I would say yes but it’s fast enough that if you blink you will miss it
I didn’t like hearing the dog sad though woofing outside
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Ollie2
The dog is absolutely sad, whining over being on a chain 24/7, not being fed enough, and food being left out of its chain reach by the sociopath boy.
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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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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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Assault
Is someone held under water?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there pedophilia?
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aiwxo
Grown woman forces a young teenage girl to insert a glass bottle inside of herself infant of a group of other children. The act is not shown but is spoken about, faces shown, and dialogue is seen between flashback and court room. The glass bottle falls and shatters signifying the act is done.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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msegirls
Not on screen, but you see right before it happens and right after it happens
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Seenit
She is raped with a glass coke bottle.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Sylvia is burned with cigarettes in multiple scenes and is branded in one scene.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Sylvia is forced to put a coke bottle in her vagina. We don't see her actually do it, but we see her facial expressions.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Seenit
Sylvia is subject to torture ranging from being viciously spanked to raped with a bottle to tattooed by locals
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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msegirls
Pushed down stairs
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
Sylvia dies.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone die?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character 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 a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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lrrr
Someone is being held against their will
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Fear
Are there razors?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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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
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there menstruation?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there misophonia?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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marlee1164
Not self inflicted but it is shown that Sylvia is not given anything to eat or drink while being kept in the basement.
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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disorderlygoth
there isn’t an abortion, but two of the characters briefly talk about it
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Is there childbirth?
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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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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
Does the black guy die first?
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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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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Is there BDSM?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
There are a lot of uses of the word "slut," and a character is tortured in sexual ways.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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