A Nightmare On Elm Street

Movie • 1984 • Horror  

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Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
This movie contains 57 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
334 supporters
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Anonymous
In the 1984 version, there is no dog. In the 2010 remake, a dog does die. However this is the entry for the 1984 version so I think people got confused which is why there are so many yes" entries.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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vlixxord
Nancy's mom briefly slaps her.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Mcdeville
Adults refusing to believe the real and terrible experiences of teenagers based on "knowing better", and implications that the teenagers are just too emotional, is probably the main theme of the film. Personally I feel like more of the horror comes from this than from Freddy Kruger.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
89 supporters
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Mcdeville
The entire movie is about children being brutally murdered and the survivors being ignored by the adults who should be caring for them. I'm really not sure why anyone has clicked no for this.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
14 supporters
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Saniso
Nancy's mother is an alcoholic
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Anonymous
Nancy's mother is an alcoholic and frequently shown drinking or hiding alcohol throughout the movie.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
112 supporters
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
144 supporters
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Are animals abused?
168 supporters
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ceisan
There are no animals in the 1984 (original) movie at all
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Is an animal sad?
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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?
42 supporters
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DottyBlackheart26
There aren’t any spiders. I’m not sure why there are yes votes for this. I’m incredibly arachnophobic and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
16 supporters
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bricker
40:17 there's several eels in a pile of mud in Nancy's dream.
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
28 supporters
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bricker
40:13 - 40:20 when the woman opens her mouth a long centipede crawls out (very gross) and then turns into a bunch of eels in a pile at her feet.
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Assault
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Dreamdust1600
Nancy is Slapped by her mother
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Is someone drugged?
27 supporters
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Is there pedophilia?
100 supporters
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0
That's in the remake, not the original
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
71 supporters
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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eastcraven
Freddy is not a pedophile in the original series. He does make some lewd gestures though.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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2
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Bodily Harm
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lukehasahead
Freddy cuts his chest to reveal green ooze and maggots at one point
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livelaughslay
Freddy purposely cuts off two of his fingers and green liquid, equivalent to blood, comes out
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
28 supporters
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33
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Blastspark01
One character almost drowns
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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5
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3
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StanleyKruger
Freddy was burned to death, but IIRC this wasn't shown, merely talked about.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
26 supporters
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DottyBlackheart26
Freddy slices off 2 of his fingers while antagonizing Tina, but it’s not very graphic and played for laughs. Since he’s a dream demon, it’s not permanent anyway.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
34 supporters
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A man dies of hanging.
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GreyCaprice
Someone is hung.
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Mulu
No but the scene where Freddie's knife-hand approaches Nancy's crotch when she falls asleep in the bathtub might feel unconfortable for some people
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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ceisan
Freddy cuts off two of his own fingers at one point
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Is someone tortured?
73 supporters
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ceisan
Not torture in the usual sense of the word but the deaths of most characters are not exactly quick/ clean
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GreyCaprice
Freddy falls down two sets of stairs.
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throughourphantoms
A character falls through a sort of portal Freddy created in his bed and is said to be dead. not sure if that counts?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
13 supporters
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IanMorris
There is excessive gore in the sense that there is tons of blood in two death scenes, and some other scenes. But the effects are not shown in a truly realistic manner, and most of the scenes are quick.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
15 supporters
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Does a kid die?
39 supporters
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Anonymous
Teens are killed throughout the movie and it is implied (but not shown) that younger kids were abused and killed by Krueger in the past.
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Is a minor sexualized?
95 supporters
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
16 supporters
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6
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
8 supporters
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7
Does a major character die?
20 supporters
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Does a non-human character die?
20 supporters
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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9
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
14 supporters
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
19 supporters
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
22 supporters
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4
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19
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3
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ceisan
Not kidnapped but one of the characters is arrested and held in jail, and there is talk of Freddy's past crimes which included kidnapping, but it isn't depicted
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
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12
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DottyBlackheart26
Not really. There’s some hallucinations in the characters’ dreams, but no ghosts.
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Are there jump scares?
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39
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4
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Westley
Technically. It's a bath scene.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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5
Are there razors?
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12 supporters
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
89 supporters
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JackLapierre
Not pictured but a character mentions that someone is in the bathroom sick after witnessing a crime scene.

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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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5
Is someone eaten?
29 supporters
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7
Is there on-screen pooping?
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7
Does someone spit?
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29
Is there audio gore?
42 supporters
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5
It doesn’t fit perfectly into this category, but Freddy does scrape the knives on his glove against a lot of surfaces. Lots of unpleasant squeaking noises that might bother some people with sensory sensitivities.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
25 supporters
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1
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18
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SiRenfield
The plot of the whole franchise basically happens due to in the incompetence of the police (or at least Springwood’s).
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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
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6
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0
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
43 supporters
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0
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7
Yes
0
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6
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
31 supporters
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7
Is there bisexual cheating?
21 supporters
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7
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
20 supporters
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5
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
5 supporters
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6
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
18 supporters
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Yes
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bricker
50:47 a doctor tries to give a girl a shot but she doesn't let him.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
23 supporters
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2
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27
Yes
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bricker
47:30 - 51:20 Nancy's parents take her to a hospital for sleep disorders
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Is there menstruation?
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5
Does someone have cancer?
16 supporters
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0
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29
Mental Health
1
The main character is believed to be mentally ilk by her parents, but it's not true
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22
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20
12
Alixandraw
~27 mins into the movie Nancy burns her wrist on a hot water pipe to wake herself up. She later looks at the burn.
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Is autism misrepresented?
28 supporters
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7
Is a mentally ill person violent?
30 supporters
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16
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
16 supporters
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7
Is there autism specific abuse?
37 supporters
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0
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23
Yes
1
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Yes
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Jackaellk
A lot of the movie happens throughout dreams and in such dreams, reality is bent and twisted.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
7 supporters
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2
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4
Is there misophonia?
35 supporters
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26
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1
10
SiRenfield
The iconic Freddy scraping his gloves on the metal pipes
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Are there anxiety attacks?
22 supporters
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Yes
24
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1
Is there ABA therapy?
15 supporters
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0
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6
Yes
0
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Is there body dysphoria?
15 supporters
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7
Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
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3
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23
Does someone have an eating disorder?
37 supporters
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13
SleepSystem
An actual suicide does not occur but a character's death is made to look like a suicide and several characters discuss it as if it is one.
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7
1
Mulu
One might consider Nancy's drinking to be an expression of PTSD, but it's not explicitly treated as such
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Noxious
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2
Nancy is pulled underwater in the bath
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Are there sudden loud noises?
33 supporters
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0
Is there shakey cam?
34 supporters
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7
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23
Does a baby cry?
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Yes
1
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14
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
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5
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0
Is there obscene language/gestures?
6 supporters
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Yes
4
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1
Are there flashing lights or images?
43 supporters
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Yes
7
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
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Yes
5
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0
Is the fourth wall broken?
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10
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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11
Does someone miscarry?
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27
Are there babies or unborn children?
14 supporters
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11
Is there childbirth?
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1
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24
Are there abortions?
13 supporters
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25
Does a pregnant person die?
16 supporters
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1
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24
Prejudice
Yes
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16
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Cryptid_Crow
"Fruitcake" is said in a derogatory way.
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ceisan
There isn't anything horrible but the main character is considered "psycho" by a lot of people so some rude things about that are said
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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20
Yes
0
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
30 supporters
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Does an LGBT person die?
27 supporters
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Are there fat jokes?
48 supporters
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23
Is there aphobia?
16 supporters
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0
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6
Is a minority is misrepresented?
22 supporters
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0
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5
Does the black guy die first?
17 supporters
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0
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24
Is there hate speech?
23 supporters
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27
Race
Is there blackface?
27 supporters
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8
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
36 supporters
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10
Religious
Is religion discussed?
9 supporters
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Yes
2
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3
Are there demons or Hell?
13 supporters
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0
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5
Sex
Yes
4
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5
1
Dreamdust1600
There is a bath scene but you can't see any genitals
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Is there bestiality?
79 supporters
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9
Does someone lose their virginity?
12 supporters
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0
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5
Is someone sexually objectified?
40 supporters
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Yes
12
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0
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
82 supporters
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Is there sexual content?
50 supporters
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1
Is there BDSM?
20 supporters
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0
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6
Sexism
Yes
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
17 supporters
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0
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5
Does someone have a stroke?
9 supporters
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0
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10
Does someone have a chronic illness?
10 supporters
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0
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6
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
25 supporters
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0
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5
Social
Are there fat suits?
24 supporters
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0
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6
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
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0
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11
Is existentialism debated?
10 supporters
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0
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5
Are there anti-abortion themes?
31 supporters
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0
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5
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
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25
Are there end credit scenes?
29 supporters
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0
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5
Does it have a sad ending?
48 supporters
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Yes
34
No
3
Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
12 supporters
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Yes
10
No
1
Does a car crash?
18 supporters
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3
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3
KaitiMaddox
It’s not shown on screen, but it is heavily implied that a car crashes.
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Does a plane crash?
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0
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27
Is someone hit by a car?
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0
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27
Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
0
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27
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Anonymous
No, but a character almost drowns.
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Is there blood/gore?
52 supporters
Yes
39
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0
2
DottyBlackheart26
Yes, but it’s not too graphic.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
5 supporters
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Yes
7
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ceisan
(Spoilers, obviously!!) There is one scene where a cop points a gun/threatens to shoot one of the protagonists, but it is never fired and no one in this movie is killed by a gun
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