Does the dog die?
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Penny Dreadful
TV Show • 2014 • Mystery
ReportSome of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
This tv show contains 62 potentially triggering events.
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Anonymous
A dog dies in a flashback of Victor's childhood, and his corpse is shown in detail.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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EmDicko
S2
Rabbit trapped in a snare. Vanessa told to snap its neck. Very upsetting to watch/hear.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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bagofbones
creature follows dr frankenstein for weeks at a time, showing up at various places where he travels to work
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bagofbones
brona croft's ex fiance was physically abusive and it is discussed. she also hits ethan once.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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EmDicko
S3
Woman lead in to be beaten/tortured to death for paying spectators.
It gets stopped before she can be killed but still confronting.
It gets stopped before she can be killed but still confronting.
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Anonymous
Justine, who's a teenager, was sexually abused her whole life until Dorian and Lily adopt her.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Athatra
[SPOILERS] Dr. Frankenstein is addicted to morphine and shoots up several times onscreen.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Happypants
Many horses. Some are eaten by vampires, some are killed by witches amd some are being worn down by their riders.
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SE01E04: Rats are killed for fun, very graphic, about 45 minutes in, it continues during the bar fight right afterwards too.
S02E03, about 17 minutes in: Rabbit is killed and in the scene afterwards you see it prepared for food, pretty graphic.
S02E03, 25 minutes in: A witch kills cows, not so graphic but cruelly. You see them again 30 minutes in.
S02E07, 18 minutes in: A sheep gets eaten by a werewolf.
S03E08: 3 minutes in, before the intro: A toad is being manhandled and then eaten.
S03E08, 9 minutes in: A dog or wolf has been killed and hangs.
S02E03, about 17 minutes in: Rabbit is killed and in the scene afterwards you see it prepared for food, pretty graphic.
S02E03, 25 minutes in: A witch kills cows, not so graphic but cruelly. You see them again 30 minutes in.
S02E07, 18 minutes in: A sheep gets eaten by a werewolf.
S03E08: 3 minutes in, before the intro: A toad is being manhandled and then eaten.
S03E08, 9 minutes in: A dog or wolf has been killed and hangs.
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Are animals abused?
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Happypants
A horse is beaten
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Anonymous
There's a graphic scene of a dog killing several rats for sport.
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Is there a dead animal?
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It's a reoccurring theme.
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Does a cat die?
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blindsquid
Season 1 episode 4 about halfway through the episode Sembene kills a cat to feed to a creature
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Are there spiders?
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So many spiders 😦
S01E07, 13:00: Spider on the card, jumpscare.
S01E07, 13:00: Spider on the card, jumpscare.
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Assault
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S1 ep4:
Roughly 20 mins in, Brona describes her violent ex and talks about how they would have sex (its not an obvious indication of sexual assault but it is still clear she didn't want to have sex with someone she was scared with)
S1 ep5:
Vanessa forcefully kisses Peter at roughly 15 mins in when they're walking through the maze
S1 ep 7:
At the very beginning of the episode, Vanessa talks about dead women being photographed and men mastubrating to the photos. She then goes onto mention how Sir Malcom and his son r*ped his way through Africa.
Season 1 ep 8:
Roughly 18 minutes in, Caliban dresses himself up and forcefully kisses Maud (she clearly does not like it)
S2 ep1:
Roughly 30 mins in, Victor Frankenstein starts to carress/grope a dead body. Its right after he says "has this hand ever known love?"
S2 ep3:
Roughly 5 minutes in, when the witch finally approaches Vanessa it looks like she suddenly and non-consensually grabs/penetrates Vanessa's vagina with her hand. Then says "take your pretty little cut elsewhere" The witch does this for witchcraft purposes but still it's SA.
S2 ep3:
Roughly 36 mins into the episode, when Vanessa is walking the woods and comes across sir Geoffery, he threatens her and then attempts to SA her but she stops him.
Season 2 ep8:
At the very beginning, Lily fucks someone she just killed. (Its implied)
S3 ep1:
At the end (Roughly 50 mins in) a man pulls a prostitute to the side and he gets rough with her. It's obvious that she doesn't like it and seconds later she is brutally killed.
Roughly 20 mins in, Brona describes her violent ex and talks about how they would have sex (its not an obvious indication of sexual assault but it is still clear she didn't want to have sex with someone she was scared with)
S1 ep5:
Vanessa forcefully kisses Peter at roughly 15 mins in when they're walking through the maze
S1 ep 7:
At the very beginning of the episode, Vanessa talks about dead women being photographed and men mastubrating to the photos. She then goes onto mention how Sir Malcom and his son r*ped his way through Africa.
Season 1 ep 8:
Roughly 18 minutes in, Caliban dresses himself up and forcefully kisses Maud (she clearly does not like it)
S2 ep1:
Roughly 30 mins in, Victor Frankenstein starts to carress/grope a dead body. Its right after he says "has this hand ever known love?"
S2 ep3:
Roughly 5 minutes in, when the witch finally approaches Vanessa it looks like she suddenly and non-consensually grabs/penetrates Vanessa's vagina with her hand. Then says "take your pretty little cut elsewhere" The witch does this for witchcraft purposes but still it's SA.
S2 ep3:
Roughly 36 mins into the episode, when Vanessa is walking the woods and comes across sir Geoffery, he threatens her and then attempts to SA her but she stops him.
Season 2 ep8:
At the very beginning, Lily fucks someone she just killed. (Its implied)
S3 ep1:
At the end (Roughly 50 mins in) a man pulls a prostitute to the side and he gets rough with her. It's obvious that she doesn't like it and seconds later she is brutally killed.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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3notifications
Graphic, non-consensual cutting of long hair in an institutional setting.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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bagofbones
brona has tuberculosis and coughs up blood frequently
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Is someone burned alive?
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skekSo
S2E5: Extended, very detailed scene of lynching
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Vanessa has seizures due to her condition around 25minutes
She struggles to breath among other things
She struggles to breath among other things
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Kfish148
A character chews partially through his own wrists to escape shackles, in episode 4. Not fingers, but hand trauma.
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Is someone tortured?
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S1 ep 3/4:
A teenager is tortured.
S1 ep 5:
Vanessa is tortured at the asylum.
S3 ep4:
Vanessa is specifically force fed, accurately and graphically.
A teenager is tortured.
S1 ep 5:
Vanessa is tortured at the asylum.
S3 ep4:
Vanessa is specifically force fed, accurately and graphically.
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Is there excessive gore?
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I'm only on episode one and so far it is been extremely gory. They also are not afraid to show murdered children and babies
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
[SPOILERS FOR ALL SEASONS!!!]
- When Vanessa is possessed, she channels Sir Malcolm's son Peter, who died on a journey to Africa with his dad. While it's later revealed he was a grown man, some viewers may initially take him to have been a child who died because of Vanessa's voice when she channels him.
- When John Clare goes sailing with a group of strangers (with a child onboard), the ship crashes in a frozen wasteland where most of the sailors have frozen to death. The captain says the child has only a few days to live, so John Clare mercy kills him by snapping his neck.
- Brona/Lily had a baby named Sarah, and froze to death when Brona had to leave for s*x work one night. While Sarah is not shown on screen, we do see her grave and Lily explains the story in-depth to Victor.
- John Clare's son dies of an illness. While Marjorie suggests that John should take him to Victor to be revived, he refuses since he doesn't want to put his son through the same pain he did. He puts his son to rest at sea instead.
- When Vanessa is possessed, she channels Sir Malcolm's son Peter, who died on a journey to Africa with his dad. While it's later revealed he was a grown man, some viewers may initially take him to have been a child who died because of Vanessa's voice when she channels him.
- When John Clare goes sailing with a group of strangers (with a child onboard), the ship crashes in a frozen wasteland where most of the sailors have frozen to death. The captain says the child has only a few days to live, so John Clare mercy kills him by snapping his neck.
- Brona/Lily had a baby named Sarah, and froze to death when Brona had to leave for s*x work one night. While Sarah is not shown on screen, we do see her grave and Lily explains the story in-depth to Victor.
- John Clare's son dies of an illness. While Marjorie suggests that John should take him to Victor to be revived, he refuses since he doesn't want to put his son through the same pain he did. He puts his son to rest at sea instead.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Technically Mina in the first season was kidnapped by the Vampires.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Major theme of the show.
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
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christopher.espinosa
In Season 2, Episode 5, a transgender woman is spat on by a cisgender male for being herself.
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Large-scale Violence
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
The same character uses needles to inject serum into people he deems "mentally ill", with the intention of removing their trauma and tendencies towards violence.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Anonymous
A large part of Vanessa's backstory takes place in an asylum, and there's episodes that go into full-depth about this. There's several other episodes that take place at Bedlam, which was a real asylum, known for abusing neurodivergent people.
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Does someone have cancer?
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No one has cancer, but Brona has tuberculosis.
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Graphically shown a character is influenced by witchcraft in the second season.
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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Character in second season performs one, third episode I believe.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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CozmoGarden
there is ableism typical of the time period the show is set in. there is violence against people with mental disorders (such as Vanessa, who is locked in a padded room for months and subject to several cruel medical treatments), and John Clare is ostracized because of his deformed appearance. there is also a brief use of the r-slur, but it had a completely different context in Victorian England and back then, was used as a medical term.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Vanessa (white) uses the n-word in s1 ep7 when possessed and challenging Sir Malcom and his racism/r*pe of African women.
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Hellichipmunk
A character has to hide that he's jewish
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Anonymous
Dorian offhandedly says Angelique isn't female (for context, Angelique calls herself a "defenseless female" while Dorian jokingly says she's neither), but he otherwise accepts Angelique for being a trans woman and never misgenders her.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Anonymous
[SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2]
Angelique, a trans woman, is poisoned after she discovers Dorian is an immortal.
Angelique, a trans woman, is poisoned after she discovers Dorian is an immortal.
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Are there fat jokes?
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S1 ep7:
At the beginning when Vanessa and Malcom are talking, she laughs at the fact Mina's mother was fat? I think?
At the beginning when Vanessa and Malcom are talking, she laughs at the fact Mina's mother was fat? I think?
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Sex
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CozmoGarden
Victor refers to Lily, his love interest, as his cousin, but they are not actually related. in the time period the show was set in, romantic relationships between cousins was seen as normal.
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Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
1st episode first w/i 10 min
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Hellichipmunk
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Brona has tuberculosis in season 1
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Social
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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raspberrysys
No, but someone who still believes in Santa shouldn't see this show!
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Depends on what you view as sad. Main character is killed in mercy.
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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bagofbones
ethan is rather gun happy.
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