Dark Waters
Movie • 1993 • Horror
ReportA woman investigates the disappearance of her friend and her own murky past when she travels to a mysterious convent on a barren island.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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lzboyfurniture
No, but meat and fish from the food industry were obviously used in the production
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Is there excessive gore?
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lzboyfurniture
There is gore, but it’s a combination of being stylized ala a Giallo and just not being well executed. There is one scene where a butcher is feeding offal to seagulls where they clearly used meat industry products and it’s therefore very realistic, and a scene during the final act where a nun is disemboweled that are both pretty gross. The nun scene is very heavily signaled.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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lzboyfurniture
Elizabeth has trauma due to not knowing her mother or what happened to her
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Sarah was left behind on the island when their father took her sister to another country
Spoiler:
Sarah was left behind on the island when their father took her sister to another country
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lzboyfurniture
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Elizabeth leaves her grandmother to burn to death and then regrets her actions. There isn’t a category for elder abuse, so this feels closest since it’s a relative
Elizabeth leaves her grandmother to burn to death and then regrets her actions. There isn’t a category for elder abuse, so this feels closest since it’s a relative
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lzboyfurniture
Elizabeth stats the story as a victim but becomes an aggressor
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Is someone gaslighted?
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She was lied to and manipulated, but not for the purpose of causing her to question her sanity. It was just to cover up something, and lead her into finding the truth.
Gaslighting is a specific abuse tactic, in which the abuser constantly denies their victim's reality, so that the victim questions even their ability to discern reality, making the victim even easier to manipulate, and less able to fight back because they constantly doubt themselves.
Gaslighting is a specific abuse tactic, in which the abuser constantly denies their victim's reality, so that the victim questions even their ability to discern reality, making the victim even easier to manipulate, and less able to fight back because they constantly doubt themselves.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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No, but nuns whip themselves over the sound of a child crying, which I found triggering.
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No, but nuns whip themselves over the sound of a child crying, which I found triggering.
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Addiction
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Animal
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Lots of fish and other assorted meats. Shown in a butcher shop and also being eaten raw by people
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Is there a dead animal?
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lzboyfurniture
A ton of dead fish, and one cat like animal
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Does a cat die?
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lzboyfurniture
Honestly it’s hard to tell that the prop is supposed to be a cat, but you can tell it’s meant to be a dead mammal of some type. It’s not realistic at all, nor is it ever identified as a cat or pet
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Does a pet die?
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lzboyfurniture
Maybe? There’s the cat scene, but we don’t know if it was a pet or not
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Are there spiders?
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A character on a coach is shown playing with spiders, which run over and around his hands and into his coat sleeves
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Are there bugs?
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A character on a coach is shown playing with spiders, which run over and around his hands and into his coat sleeves
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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A nun is shown bound to a cross several times
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Bodily Harm
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Is there cannibalism?
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lzboyfurniture
There is background cannibalism throughout. When Elizabeth goes to town to seek out a phone or lodging near the start of the movie, you see a butcher in a bloody apron and behind him you can see a human corpse. In another scene this same man is seen eating offal and feeding it to birds and it’s implied to be from the earlier body.
At the start of the film’s finale, Sarah instructs Elizabeth to feast on human flesh, and she does. This is the most graphic and gory scene in the film
At the start of the film’s finale, Sarah instructs Elizabeth to feast on human flesh, and she does. This is the most graphic and gory scene in the film
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Is someone burned alive?
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lzboyfurniture
While visiting the woman that Elizabeth has realized is her grandmother, after she asks her not to call her by her birth name, nuns show up very suddenly and set the house on fire. Elizabeth abandons her grandmother and leaves her to burn. She gets out of the house and douses herself in water, but is horrifically burned and dies in Elizabeth’s arms
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Does a head get squashed?
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lzboyfurniture
Elizabeth beats a nun to death by slamming her head into the floor repeatedly. We see blood and brain leaking from her skull.
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Does someone break a bone?
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lzboyfurniture
A person is shown after falling to her death and her limbs look broken but it’s not the focus
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Is someone tortured?
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Nuns whip themselves.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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A woman falls from a cliff onto rocks, and dies
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Young women are killed by the cult of nuns
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Death
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Several blind characters are played by sighted actors
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Burned in a fire.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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There is a supernatural element, but it is more in the vein of Weird Fiction
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Are there jump scares?
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All jump scares are very heavily broadcast imo and I’m very easily startled
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Is someone possessed?
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lzboyfurniture
Debatable
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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At an hour mark she'll spit out a raw fish, some gagging sounds, but not straight up the act.
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Is someone eaten?
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lzboyfurniture
At least two people are cannibalized, one while alive
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Does someone spit?
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Spitting out raw fish after eating it
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Is there audio gore?
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lzboyfurniture
There are some squelching sounds throughout the film
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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lzboyfurniture
Elizabeth’s grandmother insists on calling her by her birth name even when she begs her not to and says that isn’t who she is. It’s not gender identity linked but feels very similar emotionally
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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It’s evil though
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Nuns whip themselves.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Elizabeth describes not being able to remember the first seven years of her life, but has flashbacks to disturbing images that she later realizes are of herself and her sister as children.
I think this element could be really triggering for some people who experience blocked childhood memories because through her flashbacks, she learns that she herself was “monstrous” as a child. I wasn’t triggered by this, but I could tell that if I watched this as a teenager I really would have been
I think this element could be really triggering for some people who experience blocked childhood memories because through her flashbacks, she learns that she herself was “monstrous” as a child. I wasn’t triggered by this, but I could tell that if I watched this as a teenager I really would have been
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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lzboyfurniture
We hear babies or young children crying throughout the film
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Paranoia
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Prejudice
Is there ableist language or behavior?
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lzboyfurniture
Blindness is spoken about inappropriately, as being both a consequence of choices and as granting super human powers
Blindness is also associated with insanity in this film
Blindness is also associated with insanity in this film
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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lzboyfurniture
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I bet the gap between Elizabeth’s dad and the ancient beast was pretty extreme 😂
I bet the gap between Elizabeth’s dad and the ancient beast was pretty extreme 😂
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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lzboyfurniture
Film takes place in a convent
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Are there demons or Hell?
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It is not specified where the monster comes from exactly. It's Lovecraftian.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Not exactly. A woman strips, but she is actually covered in latex special effects makeup. She is meant to be topless, and you see the shape of her breasts, but the actress is technically covered.
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Is there bestiality?
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No, but there is conversation about monster-f*cking, and there are characters stated to have a lovecraftian creature as a parent
No, but there is conversation about monster-f*cking, and there are characters stated to have a lovecraftian creature as a parent
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A woman strips and holds her sister down with her body. Could be triggering for some.
A woman strips and holds her sister down with her body. Could be triggering for some.
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Is there sexual content?
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It is implied that people had sexual relations with a creature
It is implied that people had sexual relations with a creature
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Is there BDSM?
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Nuns whip themselves.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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lzboyfurniture
At the start of the film
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Is there blood/gore?
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Frequent throughout the film, though the gore itself is not usually shown, but blood is: for example, a woman is stabbed multiple times, and although we don't see the knife penetrating, water is shown carrying her blood away. A man is shown ravenously eating offal.
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