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Does the dog die?
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There is a drawn-out, graphic, and brutal death of a dog. Could be considered animal torture, very upsetting.
aftermathsos
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is someone choked?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Is there aphobia?
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Are there bedbugs?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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If you consider us, the readers as the viewer, yes. If not, no.
hfotwth
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Beverly is gaslighted by her father
lillianm
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is someone stalked?
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Beverly's abusive husband follows her to Derry
lillianm
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Is a child abused?
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Not a spoiler but a major theme: this book (and film) is about how adults turned a blind eye to the suffering of children in the town. This level of negligence can be considered abuse. There is also abuse of Beverly in the 2017 film.
aftermathsos
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a pet die?
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Several pets are killed, notably Mike’s dog
Werezolft
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are there snakes?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Patrick Hofstetter takes pets, including cats, from his neighbors yards and puts them in an abandoned refrigerator during winter to freeze/starve.
PeterBrittingham
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Does a horse die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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It’s real physical form is a giant spider
invadermac
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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It’s described that Patrick puts pets in a refrigerator until they die it’s pretty brutal
bylerisreddie
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Are animals abused?
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Yes, very brutal poisoning of a dog.
aftermathsos
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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I can´t recall anyone being raped...

The closest to rape is Bev briefly mentioning one of her bf who almost raped her but there is no more info to it.
Tom is a total creep and relationship including sex with him is very unhealthy but no rape.
Patrick touches Henry inappropriately without the last one totally understanding what is going on.

But no rape as in a person violently forces the other person into a sexual act.
Oksana
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Not pedophilia per say but a leper monster suggest a b*****b to Eddie.

And you can see one teenage boy touching the d**k of the other without the latter fulling understanding what is going on I believe.
Oksana
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone held under water?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Yes
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Not only beaten up, downright tortured. A bully cuts another child with a knife.
Pantalones
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Bodily Harm
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One character's fears are all about his eyes so there are some very gory eye scenes
byler_stan
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Is someone tortured?
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Not physically but could be psychologically by the clown
BridgetCraghill
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Tom's teeth are damaged in the fight with Bev.
BiblioAnon
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Not really, but a character does die by getting his arm torn off
Jay_isnt_cool
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A character has frequent panic attacks that he mistakes for asthma
AndyLikesFrenchToast
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Eddie breaks his arm twice.
BiblioAnon
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That is in the 2017 Movie, not the book
TheDreammweaver
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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No one falls to their death in the book
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Does someone become unconscious?
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One chapter features a character remembering a fire at a nightclub. King describes the burning of several victims in detail.
Anonymous
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there a hanging?
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There are brief mentions of town lynching victims in one of the interludes and another key figure is lynched by hanging after he has committed murder.
BiblioAnon
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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There is a scene in which the characters perform intercourse??
EllaDrawswell
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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Pennywise’s main food is eating children.
LFAF1
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Death
Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does someone cheat?
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Does a parent die?
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Yes! One of the kids kill their own parent.
skyleighkitty666
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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A boy's younger brother is brutally murdered by Pennywise.
Pantalones
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Fear
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Most of the time you can sort of tell in a book when a scare is coming up, but there are abrupt and disturbing scenes in the It novel.
killjxy
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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A character kills himself by slitting his wrists
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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There are clowns.
coxj
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There is a scene in a bath, but I don't know if that counts.
Jay_isnt_cool
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Are there ghosts?
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No ghosts as in spooky transparent shiny things, but IT puts on masks aka takes the image of different things including dead people.
Oksana
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Obviously you can’t see it so if you are sensitive to the subject then skip over (even though it’s not graphic) the first couple of lines when Richie’s part starts on page 60 and also it may be done somewhere else in the book but the book is 1153 pages long and I’m not currently re-reading it so.... not that I remember. If there is, then it shouldn’t be too graphic because I would have probably been triggered by it. Uhhh yeah... Safe readings 😄
HorrorLaughs
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Is there audio gore?
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It's a book
MikeyRose
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Is there defecation?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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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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LGBTQ+
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Well Henry and some other characters are quite homophobic but no trans characters in the book!
Oksana
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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several of the main characters' parents are depicted or described as passing away due to cancer during the book's time skip.
Anonymous
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Kind of, they slice their hand in a way of creating a pact.
BridgetCraghill
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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There is references to shaming an overweight child
BridgetCraghill
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Is there misophonia?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Idk if this counts, but Bill does say it, more as an over exaggeration when writing a letter to his university professor
Megy
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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It's implied that someone's asthma attacks may actually be anxiety attacks
lillianm
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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It’s a book.
alansmithee
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Does a baby cry?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Yes pennywise constantly watches the kids, especially when they’re playing in the barrens
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Pregnancy
Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there abortions?
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Prejudice
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Well Henry and some other characters are quite homophobic, often say homo and other colourful equivalents and there is a whole violent scene of two gays being attacked and hurt so...
Oksana
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Are there fat jokes?
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Young Ben is bullied for his weight by the secondary antagonist
alansmithee
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Yes
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Yes, the first described victim is a gay man. A main character who is heavily coded to be gay also dies.
Anonymous
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The gay characters are misrepresented which is particularly homophobic since they get gay bashed and one of them is murdered. Given the time the book was written, they aren't horrifically misrepresented, but it's for sure a triggering read today.
jdpamv
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There are many instances of the n-word and other related slurs. They appear in multiple chapters and are used heavily by one of the main antagonists.
BiblioAnon
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The kids use antisemitic jokes on Stan, but it’s note hateful
invadermac
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Survives the entire book.
alansmithee
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Gay couple is berated and killed
Alexhazlett
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
101 supporters
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Implication that one character's father attempted or intended to molest her but did not
lillianm
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There is a child orgie scene
Eslyea
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Are there nude scenes?
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Everyone wants Bev :´)
Oksana
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Is there BDSM?
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Putting it very bluntly, there is a child orgy. All characters involved are minors about the same age, 12 or so years old. Multiple boys have sex with one girl.
Pantalones
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
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Occasional homeless wander in the town, it is discussed in some detail.
Oksana
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Are there fat suits?
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Spoiler
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the ending is sad
byler_stan
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Yes
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It is mentioned that bill was hit by a car when he was 3
IsabelSaunders
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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Yes
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There is a flashback scene that involves a shoot out between a gang and the police/citizens of Derry
TrashKat
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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