The House That Jack Built

Movie • 2018 • Drama  

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Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
This movie contains 67 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Unanswered Triggers
Are there dislocations?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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OhGoddess
SPOILER: The titular character, as a child, cuts a duck's leg off and puts it back in the water to watch it drown. PETA, however, claims that the scene meets ethical treatment for animals, and that the leg was made of silicone. Still sounds iffy to me.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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AutisticBear
One of the girls forgives him for verbally abusing her before he kills her
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Is someone stalked?
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The main character watches the woman he is planning on making his victim, waits for her to get home, etc.
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Julia_Smith
Yes, in the ‘4th incident,’ the antagonist appears to be in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. He bullies her (psychologically), tortures her (physically), and then murders her. You DO see him cut off one of her breasts, and it does look very detailed and realistic. At least you did in the version I saw.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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bugbite
two young boys are shot and killed and their bodies displayed at a picnic. later, one of the corpses is frozen and has a very uncanny and frightening smile molded onto it with wire.
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Addiction
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GwendolynCox
Recreational pills mentioned but not used
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Is there addiction?
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Ficklelemon
The main character Jack has an addiction to killing and his addiction and "reasoning" behind it (the feeling of withdrawals) are described in detail.
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icallitjustice
Someone being drunk (or accused of being drunk) isn’t alcohol abuse.
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Animal
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LZboyfurn
PETA vouched for the animal safety in the film
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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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mydatabelongs2me
A duckling is mutilated with a pair of pliers and placed back into the water to drown. PETA has confirmed only special effects were used for the scene, and has defended the scene as an accurate depiction of the animal cruelty performed by young serial killers.
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Are animals abused?
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SubjectAOne
Time stamp for the duckling scene is roughly 45:00-45:40 (in the version on Hulu). Contextually it is during the 3rd incident, during a childhood flashback. In the flashback, watch while the men are cutting grass in the meadows, but pause when they stop to sharpen their scythes. Skip forward around 40-45 seconds until the flashback is over and you’re in the clear.
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Sensitive_horror_fanatic
Several dead birds are shown as hunting trophies. You also see a few animals get shot from a hunting scene before that. There’s paintings of many dead animals but none are super graphic or realistic, definitely paintings. And then there’s the incident where the duckling is abused, it stuggles but isn’t dead.
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Is an animal sad?
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GwendolynCox
A baby duck cries
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Are rabbits harmed?
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0
Not harmed onscreen but dead ones are shown
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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clownish
dead animals are shown but theyre not pets of anyone
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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
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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harmonymargraves
Almost all of the violence in the movie is against women but nothing has explicitly sexual motives, Jack is never seen being aroused by any of the violence.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Ficklelemon
Incidents of strangling.
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Is there decapitation?
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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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Is someone burned alive?
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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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icallitjustice
THE CUT ABSOLUTELY IS SHOWN (of the breasts). The commenter saying the cut isn’t shown at all is INCORRECT. Not fully, but it is shown deep and graphically for a quick shot which is shown twice. You also see her in another scene boobs off.
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Inuiri
A woman's corpse is dragged by a car and grated off
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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milympee
From 1:50:50 to 1:50:53 there is an archive footage of someone putting a noose around a child's neck.
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A woman is choked and it's very graphic. Lots of choking sounds.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Julia_Smith
A child gets shot in the knee area - it’s very gory
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Does someone have a seizure?
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icallitjustice
Not unless you’re one of those people who defines breasts as genitals
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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bugbite
a character attempts to climb across a large pit and eventually loses grip and falls in. it does not show them hitting the bottom.
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catcaprisun
when jack kills one of his girlfriend's sons and rigor mortis sets in to the corpse, he fashions his face into a smile, which includes poking around the eyes and teeth, it then shows a mangled, half-toothless face
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Is someone stabbed?
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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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Ficklelemon
Two children are killed and their dead bodies are later featured in multiple scenes.
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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 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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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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GwendolynCox
There is an in-universe instance of faking disability, and it is explained before we see it.
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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?
8 supporters
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Sensitive_horror_fanatic
You see a family (including a mom) get shot from a hunting blind
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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BriarRosePatch
The main character is talking to a ghost or demon the entire time, but he is not being controlled by him
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Are there ghosts?
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irisame
The Verge character is depicted showing in pictures the main character has taken. This may be interpreted as ghostly or paranormal.
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Are there clowns?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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5
Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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7
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clownish
no just a sharp knife
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Is there a shower scene?
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clownish
you could call what jack does to his son "mannequin"
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
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clownish
100% safe, the only thing somewhat seems worth mentioning is at one point he says "i dont feel so good verge" but all that happened was he just has acid reflex while the screen is black the whole conversation, until the epilogue where him saying "i dont feel so good" is shown without the black screen but again nothing happens
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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5
Does someone spit?
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1
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irisame
One woman drools after being strangled but I'm not sure if it can be considered spitting.
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Is there audio gore?
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0
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Sensitive_horror_fanatic
Sounds of asphyxiation and quite a few gunshots
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Is there farting?
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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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LZboyfurn
There are cops but they are definitely not positively portrayed.
Sequences with the cops might be triggering to some people as they do not help and deliver a woman back to danger
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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6
Are there transphobic slurs?
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6
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0
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5
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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5
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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20
Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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3
Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Main character has OCD
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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25
Is autism misrepresented?
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4
Yes
26
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5
ShelbyBest123
The main character has OCD and is a serial killer.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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8
Yes
0
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8
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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1
Does someone have a meltdown?
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1
Is there misophonia?
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1
Is there ABA therapy?
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5
Is there body dysphoria?
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6
Is there body dysmorphia?
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Yes
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BriarRosePatch
The main character has OCD, and has a breakdown over leaving behind a crime scene without thoroughly checking it
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4
bugbite
there's a scene where two characters wade through a very tight, flooded cave. they are neck deep in water for some parts of it and the cave is VERY narrow and low.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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19
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25
Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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6
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0
Are there underwater scenes?
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Does a baby cry?
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14
Is there shakey cam?
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Ficklelemon
The whole film is filmed from a shakey camera
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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25
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0
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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4
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0
Is the fourth wall broken?
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9
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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9
Is there childbirth?
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kaleidobear
graphic close up of birth around 1:51:00 in and lasts for several seconds
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Are there abortions?
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baphometsrising
there is one brief flash depicting a very gruesome childbirth, scene lasts only a few seconds
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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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21
Yes
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23
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icallitjustice
There’s only one black guy in this film and the killer is caught/dies before he can kill him.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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bugbite
a character praises fascist figures like hitler as an "icon" while scenes of imprisoned survivors and dead bodies piled at nazi concentration camps play. nothing specifically antisemitic is stated (no slurs), but it is clear the character has an admiration for genocide, especially at the size and scale of the holocaust.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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BriarRosePatch
There is hate speech towards women, but it comes from the antagonist.
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GwendolynCox
Other warning is worth noting, but I do not believe there are any Jewish characters
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Does an LGBT person die?
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garbagejuice301
Jack verbally abused a woman and calls her stupid many times. Not exclusively ableist but it could be upsetting in the same way
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Are there n-words?
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Is there aphobia?
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6
Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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7
Religious
Is religion discussed?
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6
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Are there demons or Hell?
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4
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Sex
Yes
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icallitjustice
There isn’t sexual content. There is literally kissing and thats it. Unless you people are staying that women’s breasts are inherently sexual, even though nothing sexual goes on in the scene where her breasts are out. I think this is an issue with peoples perception of the female body that they’ve all classified it as ‘sexual content’ just because a woman was topless. Get a grip please.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Yes
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GwendolynCox
Bare breasts
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Is there bestiality?
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7
Is there BDSM?
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4
Does someone lose their virginity?
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5
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
Yes
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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8
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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1
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6
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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7
Is someone terminally ill?
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5
Social
Is someone homeless?
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9
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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5
Are there fat suits?
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0
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5
Yes
5
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GwendolynCox
Themes of good/evil, heaven/hell, life/death are explored in abstract ways.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Yes
2
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3
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GwendolynCox
Not on Hulu
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garbagejuice301
Definitely not a happy one though
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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21
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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8
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0
Does a plane crash?
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22
Is someone hit by a car?
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0
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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Julia_Smith
The film is very gory over all, and the gore looks very realistic.
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
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1
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MLBonnie
So, idk what's with y'all just absolutely lying but theres literally multiple clips of people drowning or about to drown.
These time stamps are based off of Hulu:
1. 1:49:02-1:50:00 (multiple scenes)
2. 2:13:00-2:14:02
and then after this, they're in this cave system thats halfway underwater. Neither drowns but they do go underwater so, I'd skip past this part entirely if it's triggering to you. (It's all over at 2:15:50)

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bugbite
there is a pretty drawn out sequence where the antagonist shows off hunting rifles to two young boys, explains the act of hunting, and eventually forces the children and their mother to flee while he snipes them from a hunting blind. a police officer is shot to death in another scene. in another drawn out sequence, a character taunts a group of kidnapped people about shooting them all through the head with a single bullet. this doesn't end up taking place, but he goes through a lot to setup the rifle and find the right rounds for it.
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