Absentia

Movie • 2011 • Mystery  

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Tricia's husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia.' As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, it becomes clear that Daniel's presumed death might be anything but 'natural.' The ancient force at work in the tunnel might have set its sights on Callie and Tricia... and Daniel might be suffering a fate far worse than death in its grasp.
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Does the dog die?
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Many pets are implied to have died. One dog is rescued from this fate.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Does someone vomit?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Callie is a recovering drug addict, and she uses heroin in one scene.
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Callie is a recovering drug addict, but she relapses.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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A man takes pets and (slight spoiler) trades them with the beast in order to keep his father safe.
It is implied that the creature itself eats them, or it force feeds them to its captives.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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A bug or two is present, one is in the bathroom sink for a moment.
(Slight spoilers) The monster itself is implied to resemble an insect, with "skin like a silverfish". The DVD cover and slight glimpses of it imply it resembles an arthropod.
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Does a horse die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a cat die?
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gayle
not shown, but assumed that all the missing pets in posters around the tunnel were taken by whatever lurks there. Not shown, but missing cat posters are
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Are there snakes?
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Are there spiders?
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Anonymous
Helpful arachnophobe here. The spider appears on screen at 3 minutes and 13 seconds (0:03:13). It's a small tan, black, and white spider. It moves fairly quickly down a string of web. Short legs, but sharp and clawlike. Both the spider and its web are out of sight by 3 minutes and 21 seconds (0:03:21).

The same spider is shown at 14 minutes and 31 seconds (0:14:31) and gone in 4 seconds.

There's another spider around the 40 minute mark that is the exact type of spiders I am horribly, horribly afraid of. So I had to quit watching. Do not watch if youre afraid of spiders. Especially long-legged ones.
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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bulbasaur
SPOILERS It depends on if you consider an unborn fetus a child. Considering that the baby is close to term and the mother intends to have the baby, and the body is shown on-screen, I personally would say yes.
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Death
Does someone die?
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Family
Does someone cheat?
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Technically yes, but unintentionally. As in the husband was thought to be dead. Oops.
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(Slight spoilers) The creature abducts those who walk in the underpass, and even drags the surrounding civilians to its dimension if they get too involved.
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Does a family member die?
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Fear
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For the most part, this movie AVOIDS JUMP SCARES! Finally, a horror movie that DOESN'T rely on them!
Still, there are some sudden visuals. At the end of Tricia's early dream sequence, Daniel, her missing husband, turns to the camera with a warped face (and screams, iirc). However, it is very predictable and clearly only there to signify that it is both a dream and foreshadowing.
Also, in the bathroom, there tension rising, but the real fright comes from the bait and switch that follows.
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Are there ghosts?
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Tricia has ghostly visions of her missing husband, but there are no ghosts.
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Are there clowns?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Can't remember if it's onscreen, but one character does heroin.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Mental Health
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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(MAJOR SPOILERS)
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One character experiences a surprise abortion via supernatural force. It is not shown on screen, but the fetus itself rests barely off-screen, and screaming and tearing is heard beforehand.
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An unborn fetus is dropped from an alternate dimension
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Not dead, but endangered and implied to have been harmed.
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An unborn fetus is dropped from an alternate dimension
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Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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None of the main characters are people of color. There are only two certain deaths.
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Is there hate speech?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Some PDA but nothing sexual.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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One scene shows a bloody and seemingly mangled corpse, but I think that's about it. Even then, it's only for a moment and you'll know what's gonna happen as soon as the scene begins. However, for reference, it happens when the two sisters come across the crime scene at the tunnel, and Callie points to the corpse and says something along the lines of "That's Walter (character's name)." or something like that.
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Does someone drown?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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