Does the dog die?
669 supporters
Re-Animator
Movie • 1985 • Sci-Fi
ReportSynopsis
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
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Your Triggers
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paintedrocket
Herbert's notes mention using the re-agent on dead dogs but this is not shown in the movie
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
146 supporters
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musiclistener
A twice dead cat is abandoned by its owner.
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Abuse
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ThirdEvilGender
there are no children in re-animator or bride of re-animator
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
131 supporters
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monshtar
The only woman's only apparent role is to be psychologically, physically, sexually, and medically brutalised throughout the film.
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SQuare98
Woman slaps male partner twice.
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Is someone gaslighted?
43 supporters
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valkery
Yes, repeatedly. Hill constantly gaslights people throughout the movie.
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musiclistener
No, but someone blackmailed into reanimating people later starts reanimating people of his own free will.
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Is someone stalked?
24 supporters
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RavenB
Hill is revealed to have kept a file on Meg containing pictures and hair without her consent.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
28 supporters
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fanofbees
Only in the extended version there is a scene where it shows that Herbert is addicted to the reagent.
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ThirdEvilGender
the movie contains many shots of people/corpses receiving injections. there is also a scene in an extended edition of the main character injecting himself.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
284 supporters
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cosmicautopsy
animals are experimented on, but only the cat is shown
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Does a cat die?
256 supporters
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captainjenneger
A dead cat is seen in a fridge. The cat later returns as a zombie and attacks two men. One of the men throws the zombie cat at a wall and it dies (again). We see an obviously fake cat with some gore on it, which is then re-animated once again.
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MintTea
A cat dies, is brought back to life, and then killed again onscreen, twice. It's obviously a puppet but the sound effects/gore can be a lot to take in.
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Does a pet die?
240 supporters
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A pet cat dies offscreen, is reanimated, and is killed in a violent way
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Is there a dead animal?
168 supporters
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Rev
Yes, there is a black cat who dies, is re-animated, and then killed again. It is obviously a puppet for all of those scenes though
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Is an animal sad?
125 supporters
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eBroadcastSystem
Rufus the cat is reanimated twice and is shown to come back in pain the second time
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Are rabbits harmed?
114 supporters
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paintedrocket
Herbert's notes mention using the re-agent on dead rabbits but this isn't shown in the film
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Assault
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SiRenfield
Attempted rape but pretty close enough honestly
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A woman, while unconscious and later conscious is groped and licked without her consent.
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Is there pedophilia?
158 supporters
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stormclouzdz
There are no children in the movie and nobody is described as or implied as being a pedophile.
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Is rape mentioned?
113 supporters
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Anonymous
you see someone get assaulted while they are naked (look at "is someone raped on screen?") so it isnt 'mentioned' it just kinda happens
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Is someone drugged?
41 supporters
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RavenB
Several corpses are re-animated with a "re-agent" drug. Extended version shows the main character injecting himself.
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Is someone restrained?
37 supporters
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BobbieDreamhearse
Megan is strapped to a table against her will.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone's mouth covered?
20 supporters
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paintedrocket
Meg's mouth is covered so she can't scream when she's kidnapped by her reanimated father. At the end of the movie a large intestine-like appendage restrains Herbert and covers his mouth. In both cases, muffled screaming and cries for help can be heard for several seconds.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
133 supporters
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valkery
Eyes popping and bleeding as well as eyes gouged out.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
115 supporters
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musiclistener
No, but a character receives nonconsensual genital stimulation that leaves her bloodied.
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Is there body horror?
90 supporters
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Odd that this wasn’t answered, it’s a huge part of the movie
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
72 supporters
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SamhainStranger
A character has their fingers severed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
71 supporters
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SamhainStranger
Mouths are very bloody after being attacked, though it is unclear if teeth are damaged.
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Is there decapitation?
58 supporters
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A character is decapitated and their severed head is shown repeatedly throughout the movie.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
50 supporters
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RavenB
The scalp of a corpse is cut and peeled from the skull during a medical lesson.
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Is someone crushed to death?
46 supporters
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SiRenfield
Are we forgetting Dean Halsey being crushed by that door?
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Is someone buried alive?
46 supporters
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mothla
yes deez nuts
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Is there amputation?
45 supporters
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A man’s fingers are bitten off and a man’s head is cut off
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
38 supporters
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basilange
A character is strangled to death
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Does someone asphyxiate?
36 supporters
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RavenB
Several characters are strangled, one to death
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Does someone break a bone?
33 supporters
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castlefan3000
One of the re-animated corpses pushes a morgue's steel door over a man then jumps on it, crushing and breaking the man's bones causing him to bleed and then throws him around the room to death.
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Are any hands damaged?
32 supporters
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paintedrocket
Dean Halsey gets his fingers bitten off by a zombie
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Is someone choked?
28 supporters
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Anonymous
yes, toward the end of the film
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Does someone have a seizure?
24 supporters
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basilange
a few of the re-animated bodies have convulsions
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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RavenB
Dan falls down his basement stairs after breaking down the door.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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musiclistener
A woman is unconscious at several points.
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Is there excessive gore?
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rubyfire77
gore in this movie feels particularly gross
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Does a head get squashed?
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Medical_Maggot
A severed head is thrown against a wall and splatters near the end of the film
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Is there cannibalism?
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SiRenfield
One of the Re-Animated engages in self cannibalism
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
125 supporters
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SiRenfield
It is however implied in-universe that Dr. Hale has had predatory thoughts about Megan since she was a child (and even molested her in the comic adaptation)
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Does a kid die?
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sticksandstans
All of the characters are adults
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
49 supporters
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RavenB
A pet cat is killed twice.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
18 supporters
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SiRenfield
[SPOILERS] Was probably not part of their plan for the get-go but Herbert lets himself get devoured by the worm thing to let Dan and Megan escape with his notes…he’s confirmed to survive in the sequel so it’s not lethal though
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
24 supporters
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BobbieDreamhearse
a reanimated antagonist "overdoses" in a very unrealistic, fantastical way by being injected with excess reagent.
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
29 supporters
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mothla
i mean if you count how gay dan was for herbert than yes
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Is someone kidnapped?
14 supporters
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castlefan3000
A girl is kidnapped by one of the re-animated corpses, but rescued soon after.
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Does a parent die?
1 supporters
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ElizabethZ
A character's father died though he is brought back to life in zombie form and still maintains some of his own personality.
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Does a family member die?
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Anonymous
refer to "does a parent die?"
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
20 supporters
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valkery
No, but there is mind control
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Is there a shower scene?
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valkery
No, but there is explicit nudity
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Are there mannequins?
7 supporters
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RavenB
There is no outright mannequin, but a man uses a rubber mask as a fake head for a few scenes.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
1 supporters
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Anonymous
i didnt recall anything that could be however if it is a huge trigger maybe get somebody to watch it for you who knows your own boundaries with this!
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
157 supporters
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ElizabethZ
Several of the re-animated corpses spit up blood or gunk but no one outright vomits.
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Does someone spit?
19 supporters
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cosmicautopsy
people are shown spitting out blood
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Is there audio gore?
1 supporters
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RavenB
There are many squelch noises in bloody scenes, and speech/attempted speech through blood
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
45 supporters
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stormclouzdz
police/security are generally depicted as incompetent
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
47 supporters
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76
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0
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AdamC
Multiple times throughout the movie needles are used to reanimate corpses
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Is there a mental institution scene?
41 supporters
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SiRenfield
Technically not a mental institution, but Dr. Hill puts the Re-Animated Halsey in a padded cell and straitjacket that he has in his office…I guess. Either way it involves asylum imagery
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Is electro-therapy used?
30 supporters
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4
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Cryptid_Crow
No. However, a lobotomy is performed on a character offscreen.
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Is there a hospital scene?
1 supporters
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70
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SamhainStranger
A large portion of the film takes place in a hospital, as the characters are students.
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Mental Health
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valkery
In a way? a character's father (although dead and re-animated) sacrifices himself to save their loved one.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
113 supporters
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valkery
Yes, but only dead people. Seem banging their heads on walls, among other things.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
67 supporters
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mothla
yea herbert is super autistic and everyone is mean to him. not because hes autistic but cause hes a murder
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
52 supporters
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paintedrocket
No, but Meg does ask Dan if he's ever seen Herbert eat, which could be uncomfortable if you or someone you know has struggled with an eating disorder
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Is autism misrepresented?
51 supporters
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3
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Herbert is kind of a negative autistic stereotype but it's not like they ever say that he's autistic.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
43 supporters
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valkery
Not unless a zombie with low mental faculties counts
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
37 supporters
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23
Yes
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Is there body dysmorphia?
32 supporters
Yes
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No
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TheDreammweaver
Body horror
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Are there anxiety attacks?
29 supporters
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mothla
yea dan has a anxiety attack (maybe????) during a scene
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musiclistener
There's a scene where Dan, the main character goes into shock and is in what appears to be a dissasociative state for the next few minutes.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
27 supporters
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futureboy
There is a scene where two characters are attacked in an elevator.
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Is there ABA therapy?
20 supporters
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stormclouzdz
autism is never mentioned in the movie so there is no ABA or other similar abusive "treatments" for autism depicted in the movie.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
11 supporters
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musiclistener
A character goes into shock after witnessing a reanimation.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
61 supporters
Yes
12
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25
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basilange
the only time that comes to mind is when Dan falls down a flight of stairs
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Are there flashing lights or images?
58 supporters
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53
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squahs
a light constantly swings in the basement as the two leads hunt a cat
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Yes
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
17 supporters
Yes
6
No
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musiclistener
A character is stalked.
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Pregnancy
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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44
Yes
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19
Yes
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No
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Prejudice
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No
43
Yes
0
No
56
Is there ableist language or behavior?
54 supporters
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10
No
33
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SiRenfield
In terms of casual ableism Megan calls Dan “insane” when he tries to explain what happened to her father
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Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
Yes
6
No
42
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SiRenfield
Herbert West is queer coded (and according to actor Jeffrey Combs, is asexual) and is seemingly killed off at the end, but his death is retconned/ignored in the next movie
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
38 supporters
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3
No
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SiRenfield
You could argue Herbert isn’t a great depiction of asexual people (at least if you go with Jeffrey Comb’s reading) since it feeds into the stereotype of asexual people being sociopathic (edit: the aphobia category has since been added so I’ll also note that other minorities aren’t egregiously misrepresented)
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Does the black guy die first?
28 supporters
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No
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basilange
there are two black characters, though neither get any characterization. one is a security guard, who lives, the other is one of the reanimated corpses.
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Is there aphobia?
27 supporters
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8
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SiRenfield
Herbert West is asexual if you take “Word of Saint Paul” (in this case a 1996 interview with Jeffrey Combs) into account. And I love him, I really do; but he does meet a fair amount of criteria for the amoral asexual stereotype. Edit: Judging by how much downvotes I get every time I mention the asexual thing, because how DARE I try to contradict a popular headcanon, here is my primary source: https://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/villa/5949/shockint.html
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Race
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No
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
45 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
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TheDreammweaver
An older man preys on and assaults a younger woman after being creepy towards her earlier.
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Religious
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No
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Yes
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Sex
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No
13
Yes
6
No
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liskoihminen
No, but a father (heavily controlled by a third party) rips his daughter's clothes off and watches without putting up a fight as she is sexually assaulted. He isn't in a fully conscious state though, and this isn't sexual in his part at all. Could still be triggering for some.
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Is there sexual content?
79 supporters
Yes
72
No
0
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castlefan3000
Early on the film a couple is shown finishing having sex, near the ending a girl is sexually assaulted by a re-animated corpse.
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Are there nude scenes?
63 supporters
Yes
25
No
0
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RavenB
Many of the corpses are nude, and a female character is seen nude several times.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
26
No
0
Is there BDSM?
37 supporters
Yes
0
No
7
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musiclistener
No, but a character is strapped down and assaulted against her will.
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Yes
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No
6
Sexism
Yes
0
No
19
Sickness
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
0
No
14
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
1 supporters
Yes
2
No
12
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musiclistener
No, but a character's father is lobotomized and begins acting differently, which could be triggering for some.
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Social
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No
7
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
17
Yes
0
No
15
Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
79 supporters
Yes
57
No
2
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castlefan3000
Herbert is implied to die killed by the re-animated and Meg dies too after being strangled by a zombie and Dan failing to save her in a way that could be upsetting to some viewers.
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10
Yes
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46
Vehicular
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0
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45
Yes
0
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46
Yes
0
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15
Yes
0
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47
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
71 supporters
Yes
68
No
0
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boilingpoint
LOTS of blood and gore. all practical effects.
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41
Yes
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Yes
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