The Video Dead

Movie • 1987  

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A supernatural TV is mistakenly delivered to a suburban family instead of a research lab. After the family mysteriously turn up dead, a new family moves in and finds the TV hidden in the basement. Soon they discover the TV is actually a gateway for the undead.
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Does the dog die?
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A poodle dies from a heart attack, though when its body's shown, it's clearly breathing.
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there bestiality?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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One character smokes a blunt.
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Two dead fish (and a myriad of dead gnats) are shown on-screen.
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Are animals abused?
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Not actively but we see two goldfish that have died from neglect.
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Within the first couple of minutes a goldfish is shown to be dead from neglect floating in its dirty fishbowl.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
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Two characters are strangled.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Pants
Someone spits chewing tobacco on the ground, and it shows it. Someone also spits out food. Someone also spits on a leaf, twice, and it shows it.
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Is there audio gore?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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