Shock Treatment
Movie • 1981 • Fantasy
ReportJanet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
This movie contains 20 potentially triggering events.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Ellie_red
No, but be aware a policeman wolf whistles at two cheerleaders. I don't know if the actors are adults as they look like older teens/young adults, but they are playing teenagers.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Ellie_red
Unsure about this one. There are two cheerleaders who I think are meant to be teens who wear short skirts where you can sometimes see their underwear, and a cop also wolf whistles at them once. But not sure how old the actors are, they look older teens/young adult.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Ellie_red
There's a scene where we see the silhouette of a woman in the shower, otherwise no
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Ellie_red
No stalking in the 'following behind you' way, but the villain watches the main characters on CCTV without them knowing through the film, and is obsessed with Janet, trying to get her to leave her husband for him
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Ellie_red
Not exactly, but a man is pressured into going into mental institution by a group of people and his wife agrees with them. When he's in the institution, his wife is at first concerned about him, and later begins to not care and ignore him (this changes at the end though)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Ellie_red
Plot centres around a man being locked in a padded cell and a tv show telling him and everyone else that he's mentally unwell when he's not
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Addiction
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goblinbrodie
A major character takes unspecified pills
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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twitchywitchy
there is some drinking and a character acts drunk but it’s due to her drink being drugged
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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saltypeanut
A dead bird is shown briefly
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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Ellie_red
I think a character very briefly says something is as bad as rape but I didn't catch what as it was one quick line
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Is someone restrained?
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Ellie_red
Brad is restrained in a straight jacket and gagged, while sitting in a wheelchair in a cage
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Ellie_red
There's a scene where a man enters a woman's bedroom and looks at the silhouette of her in the shower and goes to move the curtain, but he is then interrupted by someone else before he can.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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ParTy
The line “You lost your baby when you lost your balls,” is used in a song, but this is metaphorical and not literal.
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Is someone tortured?
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twitchywitchy
brad is kept sedated and in a cage against his will
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Children
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Disability
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Ellie_red
No one is kidnapped in the typical sense, but someone is pressured by everyone else into seeing a doctor, who drugs them and sends them to a mental institution like room where they're imprisoned
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Does someone cheat?
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Ellie_red
I would say someone *almost* cheats unless I'm missing something - Janet is tempted and has a whole song about looking for sex with other men - but we don't see her do anything with anyone else
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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twitchywitchy
janet showers and we see her sillouhette
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Gross
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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ParTy
There is a cop in the film, but this cop is portrayed in a negative light.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Despite the title there is no Shock Therapy present but there are references to it
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Are needles/syringes used?
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twitchywitchy
a needle is stabbed into brad’s neck
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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AshCa
Majority of the movie is set in a mental institution
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Ellie_red
Psychiatric hospital setting
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Mental Health
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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A character is put in a cage in a straitjacket.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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twitchywitchy
end song there are flashes of bright light that goes with the music
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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ParTy
The f-slur is used.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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ParTy
The c-slur is used.
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A symbol that looks like a Nazi symbol is used (unclear if intentional)
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Ellie_red
No jokes, a man sings a song about how he thinks a man should behave, but this is satirical and the show is criticising this limited view
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Is there hate speech?
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Ellie_red
A character says he hates mexicans and a group cheers, he also uses the f slur about gay people. A character is locked away for being mentally unwell (although he's not) and near the end someone says 'don't listen to him, he's mad'. All of these things are portrayed as bad though
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goblinbrodie
Adult brother/sister. Sex scene lead up is shown but no actual sex or kissing.
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Is there sexual content?
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twitchywitchy
cosmo and nation act sexually toward each other, nothing is shown. a nurse has a very short uniform and you see her butt and underwear a few times
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
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