A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
This movie contains 33 potentially triggering events.
Nothing happens to the dogs but the scenes with them can definitely give you anxiety if you're nervous about something happening to dogs especially because they show the kid looking at the dogs as he was getting possessed, they're barking, and he grabbed a knife... luckily he just murders the drunk guy! 😓. Good call because if he had done anything to the dogs it definitely would've ruined the movie for me. I applaud that they didn't decide to go that route. 👍👏. Although I'm still sad about the dog in the first Conjuring movie.
I had double checked on here beforehand but there wasn't any comments explaining in detail and unfortunately I've run into a few "No"'s that turned out to be "Yes" so just wanted to clarify.
Also the dogs are briefly seen in small kennels clearly not big enough for them to be comfortable in but it fits the drunks backstory of not being able to properly run a dog boarding business.
Arne cuts his wrists but survives. There are many times it is being described as stabbing but it doesn’t show the 2nd time but the first time it shows Arne stab the drunk boss 22 times
Several scenes of entire body cracking and contorting, fingers bending and snapping. At one point the little boy while possessed by the demon leaves huge claw marks on the walls despite his hands being inches away (implied demon claws coming out of his hands)
Throughout the movie, several people are possessed quite graphically and for long periods of time. As it is a major plot point and the main conflict, I would not recommend this movie if this is a trigger for you!
some foam comes out of the boy’s mouth at the beginning of the movie, but it’s not too much, there are also some parts where some characters are drunk and it seems that one of them could vomit but nothing happens
A character is sedated and yoy can deduce they used syringes for that, but you see nothing. By the time he gets some screen time it's already wearing off.
You see a character start to cut his wrist before the camera cuts away (you do see the wound immediately after and a guard yells “we have a cutter”) and later the same character is seen cutting his own neck
not really - the movie makes it clear that the violence is due to demonic possession, but the perception of the non-believers in the film is that Arne was just "crazy", and that violent cultists are "sick" - i would say the film itself doesn't present mentally ill people as violent, but the ableist views are held by some characters, so be careful if you find that triggering <3
It’s not quite body dysmorphia but the demon/satanist can force people to see things which aren’t really there, including images of themselves. While there’s no focus on body image, the idea of seeing yourself in manipulated, inaccurate form may be triggering
Ed is in a wheelchair for a part of the film, and helped down the stairs by someone who pushes the wheelchair and it bumps down the stairs quite clunkily - it's not overtly ableist but worth a mention just in case. in addition, see the prompt "is a mentally ill person violent?"
No, but [POTENTIAL SPOILER]
at a couple points there is a corpse of a quite large man who is possessed(?) and used to try to attack the main characters and manipulated to look quite scary and exaggerated in hallucinations. His stature being used antagonistically may be triggering/offensive for some.
not gratuitous but it is there. the worst scene is early on when David is hiding in a bathtub; the faucet is turned on and the whole tub is sprayed with blood
Nothing happens to the dogs but the scenes with them can definitely give you anxiety if you're nervous about something happening to dogs especially because they show the kid looking at the dogs as he was getting possessed, they're barking, and he grabbed a knife... luckily he just murders the drunk guy! 😓. Good call because if he had done anything to the dogs it definitely would've ruined the movie for me. I applaud that they didn't decide to go that route. 👍👏. Although I'm still sad about the dog in the first Conjuring movie.
I had double checked on here beforehand but there wasn't any comments explaining in detail and unfortunately I've run into a few "No"'s that turned out to be "Yes" so just wanted to clarify.
Also the dogs are briefly seen in small kennels clearly not big enough for them to be comfortable in but it fits the drunks backstory of not being able to properly run a dog boarding business.