Does the dog die?
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The Cell
Movie • 2000 • Horror
ReportA psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
This movie contains 68 potentially triggering events.
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Simonzra
The dog fares relatively well compared to the other characters. It seems at one point that he might have been hit by a car, but it doesn't turn out to be true.
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Is there BDSM?
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KristenC
Not a sex act specifically but there is plenty of bondage and BDSM related imagery involved in the serial killer's dream world
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Zoexo
We do not see the brutalisation. We see her corpse lying in water.
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KamiSteele
The killer, Stargher, was himself abused as a child by his father, with several sequences dealing with that fact. The movie seems critical of the idea that abuse alone can make a person evil, as it's implied the two protagonists also have similar dark backstories.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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The killers father beats him with a belt in a dream sequence after discovering he has dolls. The father also repeatedly calls him a homophobic slur.
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GlendaJordan
the child abuse is fairly graphic, it happens in the dreamscape and are the flashbacks of the main antagonist. His father is abusive to him and it shows at least three different scenes of abuse, including verbal and physical abuse.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Simonzra
Not explicitly, but there are scenes featuring domestic abuse where a character could possibly be drunk.
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Does a horse die?
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Verity.williams
The main character walks into a room with lots of clocks and there is a horse in the middle of the room after a clock gets to a curtain time there are glass sheets that fall from the ceiling and slice the horse into different sections then they move apart and show you the inside of the horse ( the organs are still functioning due to the horse only just being killed) it’s more weird and disturbing than scary and grotesque. The horse make a short and quick “neigh”, the ears also twitch and there is no blood
Time stamp 43:25 -44:45
Time stamp 43:25 -44:45
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cassandrasaurus
Not sure why anyone said no to this. A horse (albeit an imaginary one) is cut into sections while still alive. The horse does not technically die (you can see all the organs still functioning) or even appear to notice what has happened… but it’s still very graphic and disturbing.
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Are animals abused?
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Simonzra
A horse is mutilated but remains alive, and a character describes the process of mercy killing a bird.
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Are there spiders?
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There is a VERY sudden brief clip of a tarantula which happens near the end of the movie. It’s in the scene where she is dressed like a nun in all white. It happens right after J-Lo says “I can’t do that” and the dream-like border fades away. It’s gone after about 10 seconds.
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Are there snakes?
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sarahcastic
Eel that look like snakes and a regular snake and an intestine being pulled out like a snake (“naughty little worm!”)
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Are there bugs?
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KristenC
1:29:00, brief
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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Mention of a child molester
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Is someone held under water?
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SPOILER:
The killer almost drowned at a baptism as a child. He drowns his victims.
The killer almost drowned at a baptism as a child. He drowns his victims.
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KamiSteele
Stargher's attacks are sexually motivated, as he masturbates over his victim's corpses while watching the footage of their drowning. We see representations of his victims within his mind, and they are presented in a sexually objectified way. There is also a scene showing Stargher's childhood, during which he appears to be forced to look at an unconscious woman's crotch by his abusive father.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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sarahcastic
Knives pierce skin at more than one occassion
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Is there cannibalism?
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Simonzra
No, but a character appears to feed human meat/blood to a dog.
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Is there a hanging?
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Anonymous
Flesh hooks are used in a few scenes.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Simonzra
No, but nipples are graphically mutilated.
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Is someone tortured?
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GlendaJordan
there is a graphic torture scene of Vince Vaughn's character while he's restrained on a table. There is also ongoing torture of a woman in a room being slowly filled with water. There is a child abuse flashback scene where he is abused by his father that includes being burned by a clothing iron.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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sarahcastic
The bodies of female victims are put in bleach that turn their eyes white
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Is there excessive gore?
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KristenC
I'd say the worst part is at 1:17:40 - 1:19:18 when the serial killer pulls an intestine from a character. It's an important scene to the plot though so just listen to the audio if you can't watch.
Another gross part is nipples being ripped off at 1:31:20, lasts a few seconds
Otherwise it is no worse than your average R-rated horror movie
Another gross part is nipples being ripped off at 1:31:20, lasts a few seconds
Otherwise it is no worse than your average R-rated horror movie
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Does a kid die?
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sarahcastic
Well, the bad guy is an adult when he dies, but in his dreamscape he is a little boy when he dies
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Are there jump scares?
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Simonzra
Only a few, starting with the first two dream sequences featuring the little boy.
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Is someone possessed?
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cassandrasaurus
Not technically but someone loses their sense of self and becomes controlled by another person’s mind
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Are there mannequins?
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saradempsey1990
Technically no but,if they freak you out, the killer has a thing about dolls. His victims appear as dolls in his mind.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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GlendaJordan
someone does spit up blood
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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sarahcastic
An institution where they treat comatose patients through sci fi therapy
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Does someone have cancer?
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fraisierdesbois
Mentioned only
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Dizzyget
The antagonist has a made up type of schizophrenia.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Anonymous
The usual mentally ill serial killer situation.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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sarahcastic
This weird made type of skizophrenia, which in the movie makes people kill and turn comatose, is often confused with autism in younger children, J-Lo explains 🙄
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Dizzyget
The movie moves in and out of reality and the minds of characters. At one point it is not clear what state they are in.
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
There are several scenes that suddenly blast noise or music. If you're sensitive to sound make sure you watch this with on something with dynamic audio compression controls.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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GlendaJordan
there are several moments that various characters in the film suffer profound anxiety, including a scene with frantic breathing
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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sarahcastic
But someone asks someone else to kill them as an act of mercy- very, very “better dead than mentally ill”-ableist
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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sarahcastic
The bad guy might have issues with how he sees himself, as he continuously changes in his dreamscape
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sarahcastic
A character indirectly asks to be killed
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Noxious
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Brody
The f-slur is used in a scene
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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sarahcastic
The whole plot depends on some bizarre medical concuction that mixes up autism, skizophrenia and made up stuff to explain why the bad guy is bad and eventually in a coma. So diagnoses did it, basically
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Simonzra
Not jokes, but androgyny is used as a horror element. There's one super muscular woman who attacks JLo, and there are dolls in the serial killer's house that follow a gender bending theme.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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sarahcastic
It is hinted that the bad guy who is doomed is gay or gender non conforming- in a flashback we see him getting abuse for being effeminate and playing with dolls.
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Is there hate speech?
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sarahcastic
A dad calls his boy faggot and beats him
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Race
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Sex
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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GlendaJordan
The plot revolves around a serial killer targeting women for sexual gratification
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cassandrasaurus
Not technically but a father shows his little boy a woman’s crotch. She is not his mother but appears to be sleeping with the father. No actual incest but definitely some interfamilial sexual abuse.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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KristenC
The fictional illness described in this movie (some crazy rare version of schizophrenia) is "triggered" into a permanent state of catatonia
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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GlendaJordan
Yes and no. A character who has been hurting others dies (and you learn complex nuances about them), but there are hopeful things at the end - including some lives that are saved/changed for the better.
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Simonzra
There is a moment where it seems like a dog is hit by a car, but he isn't actually hurt.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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GlendaJordan
the drowning is a slow torture that takes place over the course of the movie. There is also a flashback where a character describes being baptised and held under water and having a seizure. The camera angle for this scene flips upside down and goes under water, which could be upsetting for people with this trigger.
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