Dawn of the Dead
Movie • 1978 • Horror
ReportDuring an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
This movie contains 19 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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SclerisMockrey
Well no, but one could say there are a few scenes with a handheld camera supposed to be a zombie's POV as they watch and approach other characters. Also, one zombie dressed as a 'hare krishna' cult member makes its way through the mall to the female lead's hideout and it's a tense stretch of scenes, even if not tv cop show style 'stalking'.
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LordKapp
Not in the traditional sense, but a raid occurs at the beginning of the film, and several characters are killed in their own homes.
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LordKapp
Zombified children are killed
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Addiction
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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les
around 1:18:10 there are close ups on those deer head mount things
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Multiple zombies are cut, usually in the head, with blood pouring out of the wound
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Is there cannibalism?
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TanniHobbs
Yea, they’re zombies.
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Is there amputation?
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A man does have an arm torn off.
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Does a head get squashed?
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A man’s head explodes at the beginning
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Scenes of genital mutilation or trauma? In this film? Not a one.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Cryptid_Crow
Yes! Fingers get cut off.
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Is there excessive gore?
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SclerisMockrey
Oh my goodness yes. Throughout, front to back, top to bottom. If gore is a trigger, run from this film.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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children zombies are seen and shot
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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No parental characters die during the film. Certainly when a ton of people in (say) an apartment building are being attacked and killed by zombies and then by SWAT teams, I am sure many of them are parents, but there is no overt parental death scene. There is no 'goodbye to mom or dad' scene in it.
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Fear
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Does someone vomit?
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the woman has morning sickness but you do not see any actual vomit
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Is there audio gore?
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LordKapp
Gory scenes throughout the film, with disgustingly bloody sound effects.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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SclerisMockrey
No. As a matter of fact, the SWAT team scenes early on (and a few other runaway cops in a later scene) tend to present them as either racist, corrupt and insane at worst, or noble but ineffective or just plain useless at best, and dismiss the whole notion of policing the general population as a joke now that the zombies are taking over.
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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a character is shown getting injected with morphine
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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SclerisMockrey
No, technically. It is never mentioned overtly as PTSD but really they are all suffering with it -- the whole concept of the film means everyone in it has been experiencing abrupt, severe, life-altering horrific trauma and they each behave according to how their stress and grief cause them to react. You certainly see moments of a few characters zoned out, paranoid, terrified, angry, etc.. If people kinda whacked out from awful events triggers you, then you might want to look elsewhere.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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SclerisMockrey
No one says that... but there is a scene where one of the SWAT members shoots himself in the head (the camera pulls away before he pulls the trigger). Near the end, one of the main characters nearly does the same, but decides to keep fighting.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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SclerisMockrey
There are scenes of people snapping and behaving in ways they certainly would not in normal circumstances. Anxiety will do that. But no obvious anxiety attacks as such.
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hermitcrab
There's a point at the beginning of the movie where a different character than the one mentioned holds a gun to his head and presumably pulls the trigger, though we don't see this happen on screen.
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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LordKapp
A character’s future childbirth is discussed, but never occurs during the events of the film.
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Are there abortions?
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there is talk of abortions
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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The female lead is pregnant, though she does not give birth before the end of the film. I'd guess that's an unborn child present in the film.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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LordKapp
No, but a pregnant character is placed into several situations where she is at risk of death or infection.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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SclerisMockrey
Not as such but there are a few scenes of some nearly naked very obese zombie in shorts belly-bumping his way into a glass door, and later falling into a mall fountain.
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Does the black guy die first?
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SclerisMockrey
No, the black lead lives... but there are a number of black/brown-skinned people and zombies who get attacked and shot near the beginning of the film as a SWAT team takes over an apartment building in the projects.
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Is there hate speech?
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huviks
The SWAT commander at the beginning of the film has some nasty things to say about the ethnic minority tenants of an apartment complex.
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Are there n-words?
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SclerisMockrey
A fairly psyched out racist SWAT cop uses a bunch of colorfully racist language near the beginning of the film.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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hermitcrab
Some nudity, but sexuality is only implied.
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Are there nude scenes?
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AmberBarnes
There is a scene in some cuts of the film where Stephen and Francine are in a bed together. Francine is topless.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sickness
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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huviks
It's not a 'happy' ending, but it's definitely closer to a happy ending than a bad one, and there is a decent amount of hope at the end.
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Vehicular
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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SclerisMockrey
A virtual army of a chopper/motorcycle gang has a lot of screentime near the end. I don't recall specifically honking horns but there's a lot of tire noises and loud engine rumbling and roaring.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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hermitcrab
Zombies are hit by cars.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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LordKapp
While the blood doesn’t look realistic, gory killing scenes occur throughout the movie.
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Is there gun violence?
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There is gun violence throughout the film.
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