As Above, So Below
Movie • 2014 • Horror
ReportWhen a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
This movie contains 46 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
14 supporters
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albinopigeon
A character mentions that he has a child he has never met.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
14 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but the ghost of the father of a grown woman (or perhaps some sort of representation of him) blames her for failing him when he needed her to prevent him from committing suicide - when in fact she had no way of knowing that that was his situation. That's not the behaviour of a loving parent.
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Is someone stalked?
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Jessyka
For a large part of the movie the main characters are paranormally haunted and followed by their traumas in a confined space. This may be interpreted as being stalked, and may trigger some people.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Not exactly, but there's revenge killing by ghosts, and the ghost of someone who died after waiting in vain to be found and rescued leads some of the people who failed him into danger.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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HorrorFilmJunki
It’s implied that at least in part that someone had been a drunk driver
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Animal
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Are there spiders?
15 supporters
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goodandhorrid
Rats are mentioned but are never seen or implied.
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Are there bugs?
9 supporters
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dirtshrimp
Bugs are mentioned once, never seen or integrated into the plot in any way
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Assault
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Is someone held under water?
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hildahildahi
Someone almost gets pulled underwater but doesn't, also someone sees their brother in the water but he's not drowning or affected by it at all, he's a hallucination
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Is someone restrained?
8 supporters
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Lixie
A character is tackled early on in the movie in a very dramatic scene and is seen struggling on the ground
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
9 supporters
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dirtshrimp
Characters get cuts, but it’s not self inflicted or intentional
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
7 supporters
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should_be_sleeping
There are plenty of scenes where people choke on dust or come up gasping from water, as well as a panic attack scene.
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Is someone crushed to death?
10 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Yes - except he was already something like a ghost (but solid and talking). The other characters don't realise that, though. In any case, out of context, we do see a scene in which a ceiling collapses, and a group of people afterwards realise that one of the company is buried beneath the rubble.
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Is someone burned alive?
10 supporters
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csbyron1
There's a scene with a ghost sitting in a burning car and a man gets dragged in before the whole thing disappears - it isn't shown if he is burned, it seems more like he just blinks out of existence
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Is someone buried alive?
7 supporters
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should_be_sleeping
Multiple times: Souxie is briefly buried but is pulled out, La Toupe is buried and assumed to have died, and Papillon supposedly suffocates after being sucked into the ground.
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Is there body horror?
13 supporters
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georgiarose
there are injuries and blood, but no body horror
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Does a head get squashed?
17 supporters
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Tiphere
Actual head smashing happens at 1:04:20-1:04:25, Netflix time. That's 28:41-28:36 minutes remaining, if that's easier. Smashed head stays in view from 1:04:20-1:05:12. (28:41-27:49 minutes remaining.)
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Is there a hanging?
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8BitMonkey
No one is shown being hanged, but the vision of a man who is already hanging is shown about twice.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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goodandhorrid
However a woman gets her face smashed on the ground and comes up pretty bloody and messed up.
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Does someone break a bone?
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8BitMonkey
A character's arm gets severely injured, but the wound is healed and no bones are ever shown outside of the skin.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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8BitMonkey
No fingers or toes are intentionally injured or used for torture, but a character's hand is scraped up by sliding down a rope too fast. However, the injury itself isn't shown, and you can only see his hand being bandaged up with blood showing through.
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Is someone tortured?
31 supporters
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Luchadora
psychological torture - past sins are manifested to torment the group of explorers
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Does someone fall to their death?
3 supporters
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csbyron1
One character falls but it is unclear whether he dies before he hits the ground. There are also three characters who fall a great distance after becoming essentially immortal and are therefore unharmed
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Is there excessive gore?
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There physical landscape the characters are in gets bloodier and bloodier over time
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Children
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Does a kid die?
16 supporters
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SomeRandomSimmerMinecraft
It is mentioned by the brother of the kid that his brother drowned and he couldn't save him.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
More than one character (female and male young adults) die violently.
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Does a major character die?
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dirtshrimp
3 of the main cast of 6 die, although arguably the 2 most focused on characters (Scarlett and George) are alive by the end
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a family member die?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No family members actually die in the course of the movie's events, but we see a ghost/apparition of a boy - the brother of a now adult character - who drowned many years ago reenacting the drowning to some extent. The now adult surviving brother, who has grieved his dead brother and felt guilty about his death ever since it happened, feverishly tries to save the ghost, until someone makes him realise that it's not real. We also see a ghost/apparition of a grown woman's father, who committed suicide, hanging from a noose, and we've seen it looking alive earlier on in the movie. (She, too, has grieved and felt guilty ever since the death). So you might say that two *representations* of family members die in the movie.
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Does a parent die?
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Gabrael
Scarlett's father hangs himself and his ghost is always seen in this position in multiple encounters through the film.
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
4 supporters
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Jessyka
Multiple characters and dead bodies come back to life, and attack the main characters. Characters are haunted by past memories which include a drowned child, hanging man, man in a burning car, and a friend that got lost in the tunnel.
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Are there ghosts?
4 supporters
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apostle
they seem to be demons.
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Are there jumpscares?
17 supporters
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csbyron1
At least three jumpscares I remember. Biggest was as Benji is lowering people into the hole and a woman walks behind him in the background, later pops out at him. One when people pop out of the water, another when the seemingly petrified gargoyles come out of the wall.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Lixie
There's underwater cave tunnels and they're depicted in pretty scary ways
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
11 supporters
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dirtshrimp
A characters throat is bitten, but in an attempt to kill way and not a getting eaten way
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Does someone vomit?
33 supporters
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Anna Hess
But there is a lot of coughing which sounds a bit like retching. It's not, but it triggered me a bit. No one vomits at all thought.
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Is there audio gore?
15 supporters
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MeganChaffee
Several characters have very loud or "squishy" deaths. It is shown on screen as well.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but we see rock cave ceilings collapse, huge pieces of rubble falling on people (trapping two characters, only one of whom is pulled out), and panicking people stumbling and coughing in dust-filled air.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
4 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
The opposite. Unnecessarily violent apprehension.
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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
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albinopigeon
Mention of a character going to prison in the past, but it isn't shown or talked about in detail.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
1 supporters
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dirtshrimp
Kind of? Scarlett breaks through a wall that was going to be destroyed anyway, and arguably parts of the catacombs end up destroyed but it was via collapses or cave ins
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
13 supporters
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Jessyka
A large part of the movie involves characters haunted by past traumas, and they need to free themselves of their guilt to move forward.
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Etic
A characters father has killed himself and although not shown it's mentioned multiple times.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
4 supporters
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albinopigeon
The layout of the catacombs keeps changing and characters move through rooms in a way that doesn't make logical sense. Physics and gravity act strangely, and characters hallucinate things that are tangible and can actually affect them.
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dirtshrimp
Not on screen, a characters father did hang himself and his hanging ghost is seen but his actual death is not seen
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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csbyron1
Death not on screen but we see multiple hanging bodies, and it is also discussed that the protagonist's dad killed himself
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Roflpuff098
Benji has a panic attack and begins hyperventilating while climbing over the pile of bones in the catacombs.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
7 supporters
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Anonymous
If you're super claustrophobic this is probably not the movie for you in general as it takes place in catacombs in tiny passages but there is one scene of a character getting stuck in a small passage and having a panic attack that is very very intense.
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Noxious
Is there obscene language/gestures?
3 supporters
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dirtshrimp
Swearing yes, but no slurs or actually offensive language/gestures
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Does a baby cry?
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Spoilers:
After George says they’re 1000 feet down, it cuts to Benji. My subtitles said a baby could be heard crying.
After George says they’re 1000 feet down, it cuts to Benji. My subtitles said a baby could be heard crying.
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Is there shakey cam?
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MitsShadow
Lot of shakey cam. Similar to a found footage movie. So if this makes you sick or causes problems best to skip the movie.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
12 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Forehead lamps moving in the dark. Sometimes complete visual chaos due to the handheld camera falling freely or tumbling around. Some visually confusing and very fast-paced action.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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itsniko
the movie is a sort of "found footage" horror movies and characters talk directly to the camera/the viewer. i wouldn't consider it fourth wall breaking but it could be distressing for some people who are uncomfortable with fourth wall stuff.
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Is someone watched without knowing?
5 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
By ghosts/apparitions - a little.
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Pregnancy
Are there babies or unborn children?
6 supporters
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dirtshrimp
A brief flash of a baby in a jump scare but it’s definitely a demon and not an actual baby
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Does a pregnant person die?
5 supporters
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MeganChaffee
there is a very vague implication of a baby's death as one of the character's "sins" and then a woman appears to Cause Problems. Unclear but thought I should warn y'all
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
14 supporters
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One character has a phobia of being underground based on his traumatic past. The protagonist completely ignores his boundaries and pressures him into coming on the mission anyway
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Does the black guy die first?
5 supporters
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csbyron1
You expect him to die about five times before he does because he keeps getting injured though
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Is religion discussed?
4 supporters
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Depends on the definition of "discussed". There's some talking about religion (after all, it's a movie about Hell being real, and ancient mythology is involved as well), but no theological discussions. The closest thing is a bit of "I don't believe in that sort of thing" here and there.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
26 supporters
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Is there sexual content?
18 supporters
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RatBaby
There is a brief scene of women with exposed b*****s
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Yes
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Yes
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Social
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Yes
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Is someone homeless?
2 supporters
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Jessyka
One of the side-characters is found to have been living in the catacombs for years. It is unknown if he is a spirit or hallucination by the characters.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
10 supporters
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SomeRandomSimmerMinecraft
Well, they lose most of the crew, but the rest of them still get out of the catacombs.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
4 supporters
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Anna Hess
You dont actually watch a car crash but there is a burning car with someone in it, and it is implied it was from a crash or something similar
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14
Is someone hit by a car?
5 supporters
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2
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HorrorFilmJunki
We don’t see the actual impact but someone is under a burning car
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
4 supporters
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8BitMonkey
None of the main characters die by drowning, but one of them had a little brother who drowned in the past, and supernatural visions of him speaking underwater occur.
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Is there blood/gore?
16 supporters
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should_be_sleeping
If you’re uncomfortable with gore this is not the movie for you. There are many, many (very gruesome) scenes of blood, injury, and death like somebody getting a chunk bitten out of their shoulder or getting their hand torn up.
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