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Movie • 2018 • Drama
ReportA disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
This movie contains 49 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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VIRUS
SPOILER: No abusive parents but a very abusive uncle.
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Is someone stalked?
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GeekWithTea
The protagonist sometimes feels stalked by the puppet, including a psychological 'chase scene' in an abandoned school.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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madshealey
[SPOILER] It is left unclear whether the main character becomes a sexual abuser after being sexually abused.
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Okrast
For those with a past including childhood abuse, this is a difficult watch and i would advise missing it.
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Addiction
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no hard drugs but Philip is shown smoking in multiple scenes.
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Animal
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Bulbasaursmeow
A fox is shown laying dead (not brutally). Fast forward between 50:30 and 50:40 to skip it.
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Are animals abused?
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Bulbasaursmeow
Not shown, but described by the main character. Skip the conversation between the main character and Maurice from 30:38 to 32:40 to avoid listening to it.
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Does a pet die?
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VIRUS
A fox dies, but it is not a pet.
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Are there spiders?
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huviks
If you don't like spiders, you're gonna have a bad time with this one
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Are there bugs?
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AtlasTarot
a bug crawls on a character's face, not sure what kind but it's about the size of a dime. later something that might be a spider crawls on the ceiling. there are likely other bugs throughout the movie here and there
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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DrZarkov
Strong implication of previous abuse of the central character
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Is rape mentioned?
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Child sex abuse is heavily implied but not shown
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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AtlasTarot
(spoiler) his uncle in the end
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a lot of talk throughout the film of children being sexually assaulted, *SPOILER*
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main character is briefly assaulted on-screen by his uncle in the last 5 minutes of the movie
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main character is briefly assaulted on-screen by his uncle in the last 5 minutes of the movie
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fraisierdesbois
Molested rather than raped
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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GeekWithTea
Strangulation, but it isn't the "more important" part of the scene.
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Is someone burned alive?
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estonia76
Although there is reference to parents who died in a bedroom fire, and the remains of the room are seen.
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Is there body horror?
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VIRUS
Debatable whether or not the puppet counts as body horror.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Ladybird
The puppet is deliberately crushed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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tasharomanoff
At one point a glass jar containing a few teeth is briefly shown, but the teeth are undamaged and clean. No extraction is shown.
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Does someone break a bone?
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shannonwilliams49
The climax of the film includes a character’s neck being snapped. It’s the focus of that moment in the scene and you clearly hear it happen. I’m very confused by the no votes on this one.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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No genital trauma but someone is whipped on the butt with a belt pretty graphically at the end of the film.
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Is someone tortured?
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tasharomanoff
A character is hit with a belt several times, but nothing gory, graphic, sustained, or what I would call torture.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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huviks
Nothing onscreen, but there are lots of references and implications to child murder
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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not shown on-screen but the main character lost his parents to a bedroom fire when he was a child, and their death is referenced at multiple points throughout the film
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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VIRUS
The puppet gets destroyed over and over again but I wouldn't count that as a child's toy.
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Does a family member die?
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main character's parents died before the events of the movie but it's referenced a lot throughout the film. another family member is killed at the end
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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only one, around the last 7-10 minutes of the movie, but it's the best jumpscare in cinema history
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Are there mannequins?
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VIRUS
No mannequins but the puppet's head VAGUELY resembles a mannequin head.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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KatieSkelley
Gagging sounds are heard, but no actual vomit is thrown up (an object it, but it is covered in spit)
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Is there audio gore?
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tasharomanoff
Briefly near the end of the movie.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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the entire movie itself is a metaphor for trauma/PTSD. if this is triggering for you, i would highly advise skipping this film.
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filmvirgo
the main character seems to lose touch with reality quite often
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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CygnusDoesThings
Throughout the movie, as trauma crops up, there is a ringing tone, like tinnitus. It comes and goes.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Not exactly claustrophobic, but the main character is in a kinda tight hallway during a chase scene towards the end of the movie
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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GeekWithTea
At one point a character age regresses from trauma. This is not autism related but as this is something that can occur in autistic people, this could be disturbing.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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AtlasTarot
very much obscene language at the end.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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GeekWithTea
There are allegories to sex and birth that could be read as childbirth in a blind, first viewing of the movie.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
34 supporters
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GeekWithTea
Someone's PTSD is manipulated. It isn't intended to be ableist (cruel, but not specifically ableist) which does trigger symptoms.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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tasharomanoff
While there is no consensual sexual content the way this is probably referring to, there are explicit references to children being assaulted and *SPOILER* a man is assaulted near the end of the film. There is no nudity depicted, but the language is explicit.
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HorrOrion
A character is sexually abused by an older relative. Although for most of the story it's only hinted at and only explicitly on screen near the end of the movie.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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in my opinion the ending is best described as hopeful, but the entire film is extremely depressing. the ending could be construed as sad or happy depending on how you look at it
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Vehicular
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Violence
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