Does the dog die?
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Movie • 1984 • Thriller
ReportAs youths, Andy McGee and his future wife, Vicky, participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie, begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as "The Shop."
This movie contains 28 potentially triggering events.
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superpchan
At around 54 minutes into the film, two government agents are walking two dogs across a lawn in one scene; nothing happens to them.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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AnonymousFriend
No. The parents love Charlie very much and try their best to take care of her
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Is someone stalked?
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Cryptid_Crow
Nobody is stalked. A small girl, and her father, are repeatedly tracked by a governmental agency due to the young girl's power. This is not stalking.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Cryptid_Crow
A character is lied to, but not gaslighted. There is a huge difference.
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AnonymousFriend
This is a main plotline in the movie
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Addiction
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quietpoem
Characters are given an experimental hallucinogen at the beginning. Later a character is forced to swallow a pill.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Mngwa
No, but there is a scene where two characters drink a beer.
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Does a horse die?
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Horses are locked in burning stable near the end of the movie, but are set free before they are harmed.
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AnonymousFriends
There is discussion of "do you eat these chickens?" when feeding animals on a farm. But no animal dies on screen or otherwise
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Is an animal sad?
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Cryptid_Crow
Some horses are scared because of fire, but they are not harmed.
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Does a cat die?
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quietpoem
No cats die in this 1984 adaptation.
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Are there spiders?
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AnonymousFriend
No on screen spiders. However, a character describes starvation and eating spiders to survive. He consistently lies to a child so we do not know if it is actually true or not. But hearing about eating large, living spiders was close to triggering
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Are there snakes?
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quietpoem
Andrew uses telepathy to make Hollister believe he's holding a snake.
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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AnonymousFriend
About halfway through the film, a man insists that after the government is done experimenting on the child he "gets to have her." After a little more time, it's most likely that he's talking about power instead of sexualizing her but it's very jarring to hear at first
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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AnonymousFriends
Yes. A little girl is chloroformed and has her mouth covered with a cloth to do so. A woman is murdered and has a handkerchief stuffed into her throat - it is not clear if it was pre or post death
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Cryptid_Crow
A character is shot with a tranquilizer dart and gasps repeatedly before losing consciousness.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Lots, but all bad guys
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Is someone buried alive?
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AnonymousFriend
Not on screen. Someone lies about being in a "hole" and describes it as being "buried alive." But we do not know what's really real or not.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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A man is choked to death with a belt on screen
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Does someone become unconscious?
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A child gets chloroformed on screen
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Does someone have a seizure?
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No seizures.
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Is someone tortured?
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AnonymousFriend
A child and her father are held captive to be experimented on. The father is shown multiple times as being held down and forced to take pills, etc
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Falls from second story heights. No stairs
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Does someone fall to their death?
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AnonymousFriend
People fall from a second story area to the ground. No one dies from a fall on screen. It's typically fire that kills them
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Is there eye mutilation?
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AnonymousFriends
Very early in the movie - a man is shown shortly after ripping out his own eyes
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Is there excessive gore?
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There is blood and mild gore. I would not say excessive
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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The youngest child on screen is around 6. No infants are taken
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Is a minor sexualized?
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AnonymousFriend
About halfway through the film, a man insists that after the government is done experimenting on the child he "gets to have her." After a little more time, it's most likely that he's talking about power instead of sexualizing her but it's very jarring to hear at first
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Death
Does someone die?
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AnonymousFriends
Less than 20 minutes in the film, the main character talks about missing her dead mother and then we see how she was murdered
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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From the beginning, the main character talks about how much she misses her (dead) mother.
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Does a parent die?
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Fanmouse
The child protagonist is left an orphan at the end.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Mngwa
Yes, Charlie's bear is dumped in the lake and a scene lingers on it
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Is someone kidnapped?
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AnonymousFriends
The main character and her father are being followed by men throughout the film. There are attempted kidnappings over & over.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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They're is a big lake about 43 minutes in. There are houses around it.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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AnonymousFriend
Someone walks to the bathroom as if we are going to watch them pee on screen. They do not
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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AnonymousFriend
Not the traditional kind. Two people are held captive in generally "nice" accommodations. No cells or bars
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Are needles/syringes used?
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AnonymousFriend
Someone is forcefully drugged with a syringe. Early in the film, there are many people in a room with IVs in their arms but you do not see needles
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Is there a hospital scene?
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AnonymousFriends
Very early in the film - people are taking part in an experiment
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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AnonymousFriend
Someone fakes an anxiety attack due to the dark. He is gaslighting the little girl he's with
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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It is said through dialogue that 7 people committed suicide.
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Noxious
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Is there screaming?
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AnonymousFriend
Men scream in fear. A child cries out in sadness and in anger
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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AnonymousFriend
Multiple uses of the word "shit" and some other curse words; bastard, hell, son of a bitch, etc. no f*ck
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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AnonymousFriend
A man is woken up subtly by someone he didn't know was in his home. He is murdered shortly after
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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quietpoem
A visibly pregnant woman has a few lines but that's it.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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AnonymousFriends
The only pregnant woman on screen is in mental distress but not harmed
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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AnonymousFriend
Multiple uses of the term "crazy" in a derogatory way
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Does the black guy die first?
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AnonymousFriends
No. The first death is a white woman off screen
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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AnonymousFriend
Not even kissing
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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AnonymousFriend
No Strokes. The father gets headaches from his powers but no strokes or seizures
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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quietpoem
Andrew and Charlie are forced to flee their home and are on the run throughout the film, hitchhiking and stealing to survive.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Very sad ending with a small silver lining.
**Spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers**
After the death of her mother, the main character and her father run from the government as long as they can. In the end, her father dies from a bullet wound to the neck. She has no one to support or help her. She sets fire to almost everything. She is taken in by an older couple who seem like they will take care of her
**Spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers**
After the death of her mother, the main character and her father run from the government as long as they can. In the end, her father dies from a bullet wound to the neck. She has no one to support or help her. She sets fire to almost everything. She is taken in by an older couple who seem like they will take care of her
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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AnonymousFriends
Early in the film, the main character and her father are near an interstate. A semi honks at them and screeches around them. They are not harmed
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Does a car crash?
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quietpoem
They don't crash necessarily but cars are pyrokinetically set on fire and blown up.
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Does a plane crash?
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quietpoem
A helicopter explodes in midair and crashes.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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quietpoem
No, but Andrew and Charlie are almost run over by a semi truck.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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AnonymousFriend
Someone talks about how the main character could be capable of a nuclear explosion but none are shown on screen
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Is there gun violence?
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AnonymousFriends
Multiple people (government agents) fire guns at a man protecting his property & friends.
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