Arsenic and Old Lace

Movie • 1944 • Comedy  

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Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there body horror?
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Abuse
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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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
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No but the romantic interest tries to tell her husband something and he kisses her to keep her quiet, so this is against her will, and she eventually submits.
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One scene has a pretty intense threat of torture/mutilation and murder using an array of blades, hooks, etc., but it never actually occurs.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Mentions of finger mutilation
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Is someone tortured?
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One scene has a pretty intense threat of torture/mutilation and murder using an array of blades, hooks, etc., but it never actually occurs.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
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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
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Medical
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One scene has a pretty intense threat of torture/mutilation and murder using an array of blades, hooks, etc., but it never actually occurs.
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No scene in an institution, but a major subplot revolves around various characters being committed to such an institution.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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The plot is about a family of mentally ill people who commit murders.
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The villain has had repeated reconstructive surgery to hide his identity and currently looks like Boris Karloff, so he becomes extremely angry and violent if someone points out his face and how he looks.
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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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
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Does the black guy die first?
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There is some mild bigotry expressed in the form of not wanting to bury a "foreigner" in the same place as "one of our gentlemen" and a few other mildly disparaging characterizations of the same person because he's a "foreigner". The person in question is never actually shown in the movie; he is only discussed.
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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