The Day After

Movie • 1983 • Drama  

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In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
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Does the dog die?
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ladyhaymaker
shown at around 1:22 mark
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Unanswered Triggers
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 excessive gore?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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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
Does a horse die?
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xxarrio
A dead horse is shown, however it is not bloodied.
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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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MVOverchurch
Corpses of farm animals are seen, covered in radioactive dust.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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ladyhaymaker
Yes, the family dog is heard barking upstairs while one family is sheltering in the basement. The daughter says they forgot him and the dad says they had to leave him because of lack of food and water. Corpse shown later when someone leaves the basement.
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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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ladyhaymaker
Roaches. Character comments that they will be the only survivors of the nuclear winter.
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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A man mentions that there are firing squads for "looting, hijack, rape, murder" and is not believed.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
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Anonymous
Irradiated people begin going bald.
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Several people are vaporized by nuclear bombs.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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The loss of teeth is due to radiation poisoning

Close ups of people losing teeth and pulling loose teeth out.
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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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ladyhaymaker
Implied, but covered with bandages.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Two kids are killed during the firestorm and one is crushed during a stampede in a bomb shelter.
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Death
Does someone die?
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ladyhaymaker
Many people die.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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During a quiet dialogue scene, a wounded woman sits up suddenly and screams.
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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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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
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ladyhaymaker
This movie took place and was released nearly two decades prior and was set in Kansas, USA
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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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Several people are treated for radiation sickness at a field hospital.
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Anonymous
Several people are given Acute Rafiation Sickness by fallout, which leads to cancer.
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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ladyhaymaker
After many days sheltered in place, a character has a momentary meltdown and runs outside despite understanding the danger.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Several people are upset when they can't leave a bomb shelter.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Is there screaming?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Prejudice
Does an LGBT person die?
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PoeDameron
The first death we see if a brief shot of a small Black girl being trampled.
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Anonymous
Implied and minor - including a scene focusing on a stolen diaphragm (played for laughs.)
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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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Several cars crash during the chaos preceding the nuclear attack.
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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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Anonymous
A nuclear war is depicted.
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ladyhaymaker
One character uses a shotgun to protect his home. One character is shot and killed in the lawless aftermath.
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