Shock Treatment
Movie • 1981 • Fantasy
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Janet 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?
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There are no suicide attempts or references. Thought I should mention there's a song in the film where two people who hate each other sing 'the best thing you could ever do is die ' repeatedly, in case that's triggering
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Are there nude scenes?
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There's a scene where we see the silhouette of a woman in the shower, otherwise no
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Abandonment
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Janet is not a child.
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Abuse
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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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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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Is someone stalked?
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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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Addiction
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there is some drinking and a character acts drunk but it’s due to her drink being drugged
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A major character takes unspecified pills
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Is there a dead animal?
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A dead bird is shown briefly
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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 someone drugged?
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somebody puts drugs in janet’s drink
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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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Is someone restrained?
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Brad is restrained in a straight jacket and gagged, while sitting in a wheelchair in a cage
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Is rape mentioned?
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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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Bodily Harm
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Is someone tortured?
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brad is kept sedated and in a cage against his will
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Does someone become unconscious?
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brad and janet both do
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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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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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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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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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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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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Is someone kidnapped?
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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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Is there a shower scene?
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janet showers and we see her sillouhette
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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There is a cop in the film, but this cop is portrayed in a negative light.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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a needle is stabbed into brad’s neck
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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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Is there a hospital scene?
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Psychiatric hospital setting
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Majority of the movie is set in a mental institution
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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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?
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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end song there are flashes of bright light that goes with the music
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Throughout the show, the villain who owns the tv show watches the characters through CCTV without them knowing, as part of his plan. Also, a man sneaks into a woman's bathroom and watches her silhouette in the shower without her knowing. He goes to move the shower curtain but is interrupted by someone else.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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The f-slur is used.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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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 ableist language or behavior?
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The c-slur is used.
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Is there hate speech?
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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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A symbol that looks like a N**i symbol is used (unclear if intentional)
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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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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Adult brother/sister. Sex scene lead up is shown but no actual sex or kissing.
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Sickness
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Spoiler
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Violence
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