The Host
Movie • 2006 • Drama
ReportGang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. Following the dumping of gallons of toxic waste in the river, a giant mutated squid-like appears and begins attacking the populace. Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is snatched up by the creature and he and his family are taken into custody by the military, who fear a virus spread by the creature. In detention, Gang-du receives a phone call from Hyun-seo, who is not dead, merely trapped in a sewer. With his family to assist him, he sets off to find Hyun-seo.
This movie contains 35 potentially triggering events.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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amwhite91
Nam-il is tailed by the police and almost captured by them.
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CharlieCharlie
Some fighting amongst family members. They kick and hit each other while grieving.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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amwhite91
The US Army basically gaslights the whole of Korea by saying there's a virus when there isn't one. A U.S. doctor admits this in front of Gang-du, assuming he won't understand, but then the other doctors proceed to operate on him anyway.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
We're told that a man's mother left for good when he was a child, and that his father was away from home much of the time due to having to work a lot. The father feels that his son was neglected and believes that the son was permanently damaged by the childhood malnutrition caused by having to take care of himself to a large extent. So it's more a question of neglect than of abuse as such.
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Is there addiction?
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Crow75
A character is apparently alcoholic, but it does not really feature into the story.
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Anonymous
The uncle is alcoholic and once or twice he takes a swig onscreen
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Animal
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huviks
Big mutant fish-tadpole. You won't be sad to see it go.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Dried shrimp bodies and a taxidermy boar’s head
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Are there spiders?
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Anonymous
At 1:39:00 there's a huge spider on hyun-seo's arm
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Are there bugs?
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At 1:39:00 there's a huge spider crawling on Hyun-seos arm
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Bodily Harm
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amwhite91
Doctors cut into Gang-du's skin for a tissue sample
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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amwhite91
Particularly in the scene towards the end where "agent yellow" is released
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Is someone burned alive?
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Crow75
There is fire, but only the monster gets hurt in it.
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Does a head get squashed?
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amwhite91
A lot of people fall on their heads or get their heads stepped on by the monster.
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Does someone break a bone?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
I don't remember seeing it happen explicitly, but considering what happens to lots of people in the movie, there must be bones breaking all over the place. Also, we see a whole pile of human skeletal parts.
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Is someone tortured?
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CharlieCharlie
Medical torture by scientists. Can be pretty upsetting as the character is shown screaming in pain.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Yes. Not gory.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Anonymous
The creature is stabbed in the eye with an arrow at the end
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Children
Does a kid die?
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GwendolynCox
A child dies off-screen: we see them in danger and their body is discovered. There is no visible damage to their body.
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Family
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amwhite91
The monster kidnaps people. The police apprehend Gang-du
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
gang-doo's father is violently killed by the monster halfway in
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Fear
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I did jump: after the incident, when they first show the disinfectant cars patrolling the river, two men gets out of one of the cars. One goes close to the river, and when he turns back towards the car, the monster suddenly swings down and eats him. There're a few other instances when the monster acts as a minor jumpscare, but at least it doesn't have the cliche loud horror-music jump.
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Gross
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CharlieCharlie
Yes, a child pees himself in fear twice.
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Does someone vomit?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
A man throws up black liquid.
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Is someone eaten?
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RyanS
The monster eats people
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Does someone spit?
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amwhite91
A man coughs and spits into a puddle
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Is there audio gore?
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amwhite91
I would say yes, since there are sounds of the monster eating people
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Law Enforcement
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amwhite91
Cops in this movie are not presented in a positive light at all.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There's a long close-up of a huge biopsy needle being driven slowly into someone's neck/shoulder area while the person - who has not given his consent - screams.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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It is more like a secret fuckedup military hospital, not a mental hospital, but it is disturbing. But they are continuously insulting the protagonist guy's intelligence or mental state, while he's there
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Multiple
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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CharlieCharlie
Yes, kids hide from the creature of the film in a small plumbage drain.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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amwhite91
The scenes where the family are going around to different sewers have some flashing lights, with them swinging the flashlight around.
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Prejudice
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yes when he's escaping the bio lab where they operated on him he screams at the scientists and calls one of them "fatty"
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Gang-du is all but stated to have some kind of developmental disability due to poor childhood nutrition. Other characters repeatedly call him stupid for his lapses in judgment. Gang-du's father chastises them for calling him stupid.
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Sex
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It is only shown for a moment, and it is not clearly masturbation. It could be just scratching or something.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Yes and no. Part of it is happy, part of it is tragic.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Throughout
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Does someone drown?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Hard to say what kills the people who fall into the river or are dragged under water. People go in water, people die; if it's not drowning, it's something else. There are no close-ups of people drowning, there are no underwater shots, and I'm pretty sure we don't see someone struggling to come up for air.
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Is there gun violence?
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amwhite91
Throughout, mostly directed at the monster
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