Freaks

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Does the dog die?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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Hans is gaslit in his relationship with Cleo.
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Is someone stalked?
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glitterpop95
Cleo stalks Hans.
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Is a child abused?
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glitterpop95
Cleo tries to kill Hans.
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Addiction
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Smoking and drinking.
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glitterpop95
Cleo gets very drunk in one scene.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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127saturn
a seal is seen being put into a cage
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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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 snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Does a head get squashed?
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glitterpop95
Hercules is castrated in the original version.
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
During a fight, a character is slammed into a stove and burned
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Anonymous
Cleo’s eye is gouged out.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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venus.theplanet_
spoiler: when hans is poisoned, he pass out for a moment.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone tortured?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
As punishment for trying to kill Hans, Cleopatra is mutilated so severely that she becomes a “freak” herself, forced to live out the rest of her days as a horrifying sideshow attraction. It’s very disturbing, even though she’s the villain
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Is there amputation?
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glitterpop95
Cleo’s legs are cut off offscreen.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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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 Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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glitterpop95
Hans cheats on Freida.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Are there mannequins?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
The clown is the good guy
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Are there razors?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
A character spits near the beginning of the movie
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
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petezaparti
In a movie released in 1932? What do you think?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Paci
The antagonists often mock and shame the other characters' deformities, but overall this movie encourages body positivity thowards people with special habilities and physical deformities.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone self harm?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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glitterpop95
There is a lightning storm but nothing bothersome.
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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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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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127saturn
someone is said to have given birth, but the baby is not shown to the audience
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Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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bethdotjpg
It's mentioned that the bearded lady gives birth offscreen and characters go to visit her post-birth, but the process of childbirth itself is not shown. Thought it was worth mentioning in case that could be upsetting for anyone.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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glitterpop95
Josephine Joseph wears a tuxedo-dress costume, but she is indeed a woman.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Anonymous
The word “midget” is used.
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Is there hate speech?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Lots of disparaging remarks about the “freaks,” such as a man calling them “monsters” due to their disabilities.
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
The entire movie revolves around the hatred and prejudice against people with disabilities, who are called “freaks” even by the “good guys,” as well as how their only hope at a steady job is to be gawked at in a circus sideshow. While the film sensationalizes the “freaks” and clearly shows off them and their talents (swallowing swords, lighting a cigarette without hands or feet) in the same manner a circus would, the point is that the behavior of the “normal people” Cleopatra and Hercules is far more sinister than anything the “freaks” would normally do. In the end, there is a somewhat muddled anti-ableism message
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there n-words?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
One of the “freaks” in the movie is a “half man half woman.” Jokes are repeatedly made about what to refer to this person or if they are two people, and the two sides are referred to as “he” and “she” respectively.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Anonymous
Not on screen, but the actors playing Hans and Frieda were siblings in real life and thus their romance scenes had to be toned down significantly.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
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Spoiler
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Good triumphs over evil, and the movie ends with one happy couple and one couple reconciling after almost being torn apart. However, the path to this happy ending was extremely violent and gruesome
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
But a horse-drawn carriage does
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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glitterpop95
Minimal.
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Is there gun violence?
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You see a gun in a threatening light but it is not used on screen
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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