Incantation

Movie • 2021  

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A serendipitous encounter one winter in New York, with reels of 16mm film shot in Delhi, India in 1952. Dislocations in time and space, an incantation to liminal spaces of freedom and belonging. The film reels were salvaged from an antique store in Owego, NY by video artist and engineer, Dave Jones, who collaborated with Subramanian on analog video experiments with the footage
This movie contains 59 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
188 supporters
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Misanthrope
They do show a puppy in the movie but thankfully nothing happens to the puppy.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there BDSM?
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Is someone choked?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Abandonment
1
AutumnGoode
The child is never abandoned, but she does switch in between who takes care of her
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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StephanieReed
yes, they get called crazy for things that are actually happening
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Is a child abused?
67 supporters
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Imnotscared
The child becomes sick from a curse. There is a point in the movie where the mother is not allowed to feed her child for 7 days. She ends up giving the child a small piece of food but gets her to throw it up after.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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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)
97 supporters
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volchya
Many bugs are smashed
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Are animals abused?
111 supporters
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Anonymous
A goat is implied to be used as a sacrifice. Whether or not it lives is ambiguous.
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JodieL
A dead pig head was put in some specific religion altar
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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?
26 supporters
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Walkerka2
No but there is a super scary centipede in the last half hour or so
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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?
17 supporters
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Misanthrope
Many catapilar looking wormy bugs are shown in multiple scenes and squished.
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Assault
1
SarahElaine421
She gets slapped by a member of the cult after breaking their taboo and the consequences beginning. It’s shown in the background of found footage
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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7
Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Greyshadow
Yes. At the very beginning, the scene opens with a man tied betwixt two poles.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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29
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
23 supporters
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Princessssamm
I’m response to the above, I don’t think they were trying to eat the main character. They bit her, and said their teeth were itchy, not that they were hungry.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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7
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21
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StephanieReed
A body is hung and burning but unsure if they were alive when the burning started.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
27 supporters
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AutumnGoode
Many tryphophobia triggers on human bodies throughout the film
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Is there amputation?
12 supporters
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Beanmom
A child’s ear is removed for an offering. This is not shown graphically
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Beanmom
At least two different characters harm or kill themselves by bashing their heads repeatedly against a wall or table.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
22 supporters
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Princessssamm
A burning body is shown hanging/suspended on a high pole, and the doctor is referenced on the radio to have been found hanging after an explosion at the hospital.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Beanmom
Several instances of people spitting out blood and teeth, and many shots of bloody teeth just sitting out on tables or altars.
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Vanihba
A young character becomes very ill and is often asleep. There is also another minor character who is found unconscious and taken to a hospital.
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Does someone break a bone?
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14
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Princessssamm
Don’t know why people are saying no? The daughter has a seizure in the car after the mother gets her from the roof.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Anonymous
No, however we do see a child’s hand that appears to be infected/rotting
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Is someone tortured?
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16
Does someone fall down stairs?
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Imnotscared
Guy goes crazy/or is cursed after leaving the forbidden tunnel and falls out of a window/ off a house
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royalbatty
Glass gets in a character's eye early and the broken blood vessels are shown.
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Anonymous
Not sure what would be defined as excessive. Heads get smashed, entrails are shown, a bloody rash of little holes covers characters’ bodies, a woman scratches at the back of her head to the point of ripping off chunks of flesh and hair.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
28 supporters
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royalbatty
ambiguous on multiple counts
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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5
Does someone die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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19
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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12
Family
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12
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Anonymous
A child is told to hide under blankets in the backseat as her mother flees social services.
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Does a parent die?
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26
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0
Does someone cheat?
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20
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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18
Does a family member die?
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4
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1
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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31
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27
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Princessssamm
Technically they’re supposed to be cursed, not possessed, but functionally, yes.
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
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StephanieReed
Yes but you only see the arms
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Are there clowns?
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11
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MaxAran
there is a LOT of trypophobia content >:(
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Are there razors?
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5 supporters
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5
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Vanihba
No razors. But knives
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Is there a shower scene?
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22
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2
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4
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Vanihba
There are no traditional store mannequins. There are creepy statuettes and idols throughout the movie.
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Gross
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4
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15
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Princessssamm
The daughter appears to have wet herself when she’s in the bed for the seven days of no food. They don’t address it so it’s possible she’s supposed to have sweated through her clothes, but it looks like bed wetting.
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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37
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0
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sputniksweetie
Once (audio/visual) when Ronan gets out of the car to look at what they hit. Again (audio/visual) when she's going up the slope to the tunnel in the village. A final time (audio and visual of toilet afterwards) when she discovers the boils on Dodo's back.
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Is someone eaten?
19 supporters
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0
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5
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MaxAran
A character is bitten by another character, but I don’t think the motivation was to eat her as she is only bit once
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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3
Does someone spit?
8 supporters
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23
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2
2
StephanieReed
A couple instances of people spitting teeth out
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Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
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28
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0
1
StephanieReed
The scene lasts about 4 minutes
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Is there farting?
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4
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
25 supporters
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4
Are there transphobic slurs?
29 supporters
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0
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4
Is there bisexual cheating?
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4
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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20
Yes
28
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1
0
AutumnGoode
Graphic scene depicting the mother doing an at home IV, the whole needle can be seen in the skin
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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23
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0
Is there a hospital scene?
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26
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Yes
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Greyshadow
A character is said to have cancer at about the 27 min. mark.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
27 supporters
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22
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0
Does someone have a mental illness?
1 supporters
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6
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0
Yes
28
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freyab1
a woman puts hot glass into her mouth and characters bash their heads against a wall
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Is autism misrepresented?
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0
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3
2
Anonymous
SPOILER - A character who is not mentally ill, but is perceived to be having a psychotic break by other characters is implied to have planned to use her daughter as a human sacrifice. The same character also intentionally spreads a harmful curse to others to protect herself and her daughter.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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0
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6
Yes
7
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0
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
1 supporters
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5
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1
Is there misophonia?
23 supporters
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Yes
16
No
0
Is there ABA therapy?
13 supporters
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0
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5
Is there body dysphoria?
10 supporters
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0
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6
Is there body dysmorphia?
17 supporters
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19
Yes
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20
Are there anxiety attacks?
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22
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Yes
19
No
2
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Trolebus
There are scenes in a very tiny tunnel
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Trolebus
Not an ED but instances of induced religious starvation
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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0
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21
5
royalbatty
Multiple suicides via various methods. Some are more on-screen than others.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
17 supporters
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Yes
5
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0
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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24
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0
1
NotYourMemily
eerie wailing sounds, some of which do sound like babies, are a frequent occurrence during scenes in and around the forbidden tunnel
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Is there shakey cam?
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28
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0
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pibbi
one of the ghostbusters pulls the middle finger in their first appearance, responding to their friend telling them they loom ugly.
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volchya
There is an absolutely seizure inducing scene about halfway through the movie
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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1
No
3
Yes
23
No
1
4
Anonymous
SPOILER - Main character speaks directly to the audience multiple times. At the end she tells the audience they are cursed. Very triggering.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
13 supporters
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0
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19
Is there childbirth?
14 supporters
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18
Are there abortions?
12 supporters
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0
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20
Are there babies or unborn children?
10 supporters
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Yes
19
No
1
Yes
4
No
14
4
soravanitas44
No, but there is a scene where a woman who is pregnant can be seen bleeding from her lower regions (blood on the inside of her pants leg)
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Does a pregnant person die?
9 supporters
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0
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17
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
26 supporters
Yes
11
No
8
4
StephanieReed
They drew a fat person and said use a fat voice but as a fat person, it didn’t feel hateful or upsetting and it lasted maybe 3 seconds.
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Does the black guy die first?
14 supporters
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22
Are there homophobic slurs?
29 supporters
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0
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20
Yes
0
No
20
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
20 supporters
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0
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21
Is there hate speech?
19 supporters
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0
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19
Is a minority is misrepresented?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
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5
Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
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0
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21
6
Munchkin97
There’s a scene with a character in a wheelchair and a shop vendor says she can do a different toy instead of a kite because she’s sitting down anyways.
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Are there n-words?
18 supporters
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21
Is there aphobia?
13 supporters
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0
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5
Race
Is there blackface?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
23 supporters
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12
Sex
Is there sexual content?
33 supporters
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22
Is someone sexually objectified?
25 supporters
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11
Are there nude scenes?
22 supporters
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7
Is there bestiality?
45 supporters
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0
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5
Does someone lose their virginity?
8 supporters
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0
No
4
Are there incestuous relationships?
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49 supporters
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0
No
23
Sexism
Yes
0
No
19
Sickness
Yes
0
No
9
1
Princessssamm
Technically no, but the daughter does develop hemiparesis from supposed epilepsy, though it would fit closer to a stroke.
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Vanihba
Characters become very ill but it is almost always caused by supernatural forces.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
15 supporters
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0
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5
Is someone terminally ill?
10 supporters
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Yes
1
No
3
Social
Is someone homeless?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
19
Are there anti-abortion themes?
21 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Are there fat suits?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
2 supporters
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0
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22
Are there end credit scenes?
12 supporters
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Yes
1
No
3
Does it have a sad ending?
24 supporters
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Yes
19
No
0
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
8 supporters
Yes
27
No
0
1
At the very beginning of the movie there is a scene where there are three characters driving in a car when they get t-boned
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
7 supporters
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Yes
20
No
0
Does a plane crash?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
21
Yes
25
No
0
2
Imnotscared
There is a car accident and a man being hit by a truck in the beginning of the movie
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Violence
Yes
1
No
18
-1
Princessssamm
It’s not shown, but it is referenced on the radio in the car to have occurred at the hospital.
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
Yes
29
No
0
5
moonpidgeon
I'd like to add that towards the end of the movie there are a couple of body horror scene that can very easily trigger trypophobia, as there is a character cowered in wounds that look like little holes
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Does someone drown?
11 supporters
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0
No
19
Yes
17
No
7
5
Ryderdie
A very short clip of two men committing suicide via gun shot to the head
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