The Black Phone

Movie • 2021  

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Does the dog die?
9,238 supporters
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Binn
dog gets left next to bicycle after child is kidnapped
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a woman get slapped?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Are there bedbugs?
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Is there BDSM?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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howdywrites
Kind of. A parent insists one of the child characters is mentally ill rather than psychic and berates her that they're just dreams and nothing else
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Is someone stalked?
270 supporters
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Sid
Only briefly before the kidnappings
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AnonymousFriends
YES!! A father beats his children on screen with a belt
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Is a child abused?
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Binn
father in movie belts child violently
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Sid
The father physically and emotionally abuses his children
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Binn
father drinks a lot of alcohol and a side character does cocaine
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howdywrites
Cocaine is used on screen by a minor character
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Binn
father is an alcoholic
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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DanyDrogo
Dead frogs about to be dissected- you do not see them die nor do you see anyone start to dissect them.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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zoie
no one is actually restrained, but characters are seen being grabbed and kidnapped
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technopilled
not sure what the other comment is talking about, as it is most definitely implied, and quite heavily so; the kidnapper plays a game with his victims called “naughty boy,” of which his “favorite part” is briefly discussed (though never explicitly clarified or shown). when playing the “naughty boy” game, he’s also half naked, for some reason. he also watches the main character as he sleeps, says he “won’t do anything [the main character] won’t like” in a suggestive tone, and the sexual component is both confirmed and intended by the director and writers. as a csa victim myself, it’s extremely difficult to miss.
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Extremely implied

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Is there pedophilia?
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Pantalones
The Grabber is heavily implied to be a pedophile. There is no explicit sex on screen but he makes statements regarding children he kidnapped that suggest he molested them.
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Is someone drugged?
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natalie0215
the grabber sprays stuff in the kids mouth when he kidnaps them, it's referenced later:"you're already down here, what would i need to drug you for?"
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Bodily Harm
Yes
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42
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howdywrites
No, but a lot of the characters can be seen with visible cuts to their face/body
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Yes
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Binn
a man gets an axe to the head towards end
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Yes
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Binn
a man breaks his ankle towards end
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Tdahlgreen
Someone is seen inside of a hole but not buried or covered
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Is there cannibalism?
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Binn
one of the kidnapped children had blood covering his eyes, cant really see much else than that
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Is someone choked?
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Is there body horror?
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0
A bit is shown through ghosts
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Binn
no excessiveness, but a man gets axe to head and you see it. probably the most gory in movie
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The grabber gets strangled
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Pantalones
A character is strangled with a phone cord
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natalie0215
the grabber punches finney very hard in the head, presumably knocking him out
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Pantalones
A character falls in a hole and snaps their leg
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Is someone tortured?
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howdywrites
Not on screen, but it's verbally described. The main character is also borderline starved
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Is there amputation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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howdywrites
Child characters teeth bleed during a fight
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there decapitation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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fraisierdesbois
There isn't a hanging per se, but someone gets strangled with a phone cord
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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zoie
many minors are kidnapped and it his heavily implied their kidnapper gets pleasure out of watching them
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Does a kid die?
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Binn
you do not see them die, only their ghosts and the moments they were kidnapped.
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Death
Does someone die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Yes
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The main character’s best friend gets murdered
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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14
It is mentioned that a parent has passed away due to unaliving themself.
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Does someone cheat?
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Yes
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2
Sid
Finney leaves his rocket pen behind in the basement when he escapes
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1
off screen the main character’s mom is mentioned to have taken her own life
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Is someone kidnapped?
171 supporters
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Pantalones
Several children are kidnapped by a serial killer. They are abducted from the street and thrown into a van.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Binn
not super scary but a little startling. two of the victims appear very suddenly, one appears behind mc bloodied and one floating from the floor dripping with blood.
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Are there mannequins?
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BleuC
A girl is shown briefly in a bathtub, but there is no nudity and only her head is visible.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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carriewhite
the kidnapper is a magician, paints his face similar to a clown in one scene.
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Are there razors?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there ghosts?
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Pantalones
Numerous ghosts of murdered children are seen.
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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howdywrites
Not spit perse but there's some blood coming out of mouths during the movie
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Is there farting?
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catmeres
no but there is audio of someone peeing
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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howdywrites
Occasionally, mainly towards the end
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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gayrat
Absolutely yes! The cops take credit for solving the crime despite them not doing a dang thing, lol, and the film never interrogates/questions that.
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Qu1nnd1g0
Well it's not a needle it's a spray can with a drug
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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swoonsing
The killer/kidnapper is clearly "unhinged," but no diagnoses are referenced and none really even come to mind. It's just standard horror movie villainy.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there misophonia?
238 supporters
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34
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fraisierdesbois
Eating sounds
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Yes
46
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8
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howdywrites
Somewhat. Kid panics when he is kidnapped/can't escape
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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7
Is there body dysphoria?
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7
Is there body dysmorphia?
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15
Not during the movie or on screen, but it is mentioned that the mother of the main characters unalived herself.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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2
But the kidnapper starves the victim
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6
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43
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Dannythetwo
The alcoholic and violent father appears to suffer from ptsd due to his wife’s suicide.
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sapphicstrodes
lots of scenes take place in a small basement
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Does someone self harm?
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Oakydxn_
It’s not said like this, but it was said that a parent killed themself
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
272 supporters
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7
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Sid
During the dream sequences
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dmackadelic
only emergency vehicle lights. im epileptic and saw this movie with no problem
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natalie0215
f word is used a few times
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Does a baby cry?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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0
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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47
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Yes
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Anonymous
Implied that Robin may have been LGBT
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Yes
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Is there hate speech?
417 supporters
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Sid
Homophobia and a bit of racism
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there n-words?
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Cryptid_Crow
A slur for a latine/latinx person is used.
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Yes
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11
Binn
f slur
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fraisierdesbois
The protagonist is called "a girl" by bullies in the school bathroom
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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4
Relationships
Yes
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thelocalmaniac
It is heavily implied the villain SAs his child victims. Nothing is shown on screen or technically discussed, but there are undeniable implications and the directors have suggested it was intentional.
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Sex
Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is there sexual content?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there bestiality?
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7
Are there nude scenes?
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Yes
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No
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thelocalmaniac
Villain says a few overly flirtatious things to minor, but nobody is shown in any problematic state of undress.
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Sexism
Yes
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No
25
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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4
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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13
Social
Are there fat suits?
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7
Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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4
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Yes
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No
51
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catmeres
it’s bittersweet but satisfying
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Yes
34
No
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howdywrites
It was hard to tell but I'm pretty sure the kid runs into the van rather than gets hit
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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41
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2
Does a car crash?
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47
Violence
Does someone drown?
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2
No
48
Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
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51
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1
7
Binn
children get beat up a couple times, bloodied victims appear throughout movie, a man gets hit with an axe to the head
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Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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