Gaslight

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A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
This movie contains 13 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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No dogs
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Is an animal sad?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Is there BDSM?
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AnonymousFriends
The main character questions reality throughout the film as she is being gaslit.
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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
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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amwhite91
The protagonist's love interest (who later ends up being abusive) shows up at her vacation spot without telling her he would be there.
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PlatoCrawford
Emotional domestic abuse, but not physical.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Corellon
The leading lady is gaslighted so badly that the name of the movie is now used to describe the behavior itself.
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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
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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All horses are okay!
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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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Is there a dead animal?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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AnonymousFriends
No cats on screen. One meows cutely near the middle of the movie but is not harmed or seen
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Does a pet die?
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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
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No but I felt fear of this the whole movie as the main character is being abused mentally.
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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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KirstenParriott
The villain is tied to a chair at the end.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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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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Not on screen. It's mentioned multiple times that someone is strangled to death. It's very hard on the main character to hear about
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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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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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theoriginaledi
Psychological torture only; no physical torture.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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No. However there is a tense moment near the end where you think someone will be stabbed - they are not
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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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The only children are happily with their parents or in the background having fun. Very safe
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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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AnonymousFriends
Off screen in the very beginning
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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 a parent die?
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PlatoCrawford
A mother is discussed as having died in the past, but this is not a character we see.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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theoriginaledi
SPOILER: We learn near the end of the film that a character who has been married throughout actually has another spouse elsewhere but there's no active, overt adultery shown in the film.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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AnonymousFriends
No but ghosts are discussed. "I thought I saw a ghost" and a child says "ghosts aren't real"
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Are there jump scares?
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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 wet/soil themselves?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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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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Police save the day in the climax
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Sidonut
There is no scene in a mental institution, but the main character is threatened with institutionalization and there is discussion of people dying in institutions
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AnonymousFriends
Someone is threatened with "being taken to the mad house" but that never happens
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there misophonia?
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Perhaps screaming at points
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Sidonut
The main character is upstairs and she hears some noises, so she collapses in the bed
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The protagonist is traumatized by finding her aunt strangled. She is then further traumatized by the man who manipulates her
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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theoriginaledi
Mental illness is treated almost as a fate worse than death throughout the film.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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Gregory Anton was an adult when Paula Alquist was a child
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Sex
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There’s a scene where a maid undresses the protagonist, but she’s wearing a slip underneath
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Is there bestiality?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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PlatoCrawford
There is some implied but never explicit or seen.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
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No cars at all
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Does a car crash?
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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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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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theoriginaledi
A gun is fired during a brief scuffle but no blood or gore is shown and it's not even clear whether a bullet actually hit anyone.
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