Alien

Movie • 1979 • Horror  

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This movie contains 35 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
9,238 supporters
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2
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SadieRebeccaLaHote
There is no dog in this movie.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is someone abused with a belt?
77 supporters
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Are there bedbugs?
72 supporters
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Is there BDSM?
69 supporters
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Is an animal abandoned?
62 supporters
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Is an animal sad?
48 supporters
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Is religion discussed?
46 supporters
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Is there on-screen pooping?
32 supporters
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Are any hands damaged?
25 supporters
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Yes
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
145 supporters
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0
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
412 supporters
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10
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49
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Mommagranate
There is some deception that could be triggering, but mainly Ripley is brushed off.
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Is someone stalked?
270 supporters
Yes
56
No
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LadyPendragon
Most of the movie is spent with the characters being hunted by the titular Alien, being found and then killed, which while not quite stalking, could be potentially triggering
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Are there abusive parents?
107 supporters
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Is a child abused?
955 supporters
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2
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NearEastMugwump
You can't have child abuse in a movie if there are no children in the movie.
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Is there domestic violence?
724 supporters
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3
No
58
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
226 supporters
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2
No
62
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geoKgaming
No, but there is smoking
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Mommagranate
Self-rolled smoking, presumably tobacco
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
208 supporters
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Yes
1
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67
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
207 supporters
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Does a horse die?
641 supporters
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1
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NearEastMugwump
Not a single horse in this movie. I don't know what the Yes-voter is thinking.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
1,101 supporters
Yes
7
No
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Anonymous
Jonsey is OK.
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Are animals abused?
1,529 supporters
Yes
8
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71
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CatoKitty
Not necessarily abuse, but Jones’ cage is flung by the alien and then thrown around a bit by Ripley during her escape. Can make cat owners uncomfortable.
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NearEastMugwump
There are no dogs, thus no dog fighting.
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Yes
6
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65
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geoKgaming
Almost, he escapes without a scratch
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Are rabbits harmed?
41 supporters
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Does a cat die?
1,206 supporters
Yes
5
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yummyfur94321
In the third act of the film Ripley makes it a point to recover Jones the Cat to evacuate him with her before the ship self-destructs. There's a moment of suspense when she has to abandon him when she catches sight of the monster but ultimately she gets herself and Jones off the ship. He's sleeping peacefully in her lap in the final scene.
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Does a pet die?
420 supporters
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1
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Does a dragon die?
195 supporters
Yes
3
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83
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NearEastMugwump
There are NO dragons or anything dragon-like in this film.
(Did someone just go down the line pressing "yes" for everything!?)

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Are there spiders?
444 supporters
Yes
26
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50
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Anonymous
The crew's attempts to remove an alien parasite latched onto a crew member's face involve a number of close-ups of the creature, showing it in full detail. The prop, made of various seafood bits among other things, is realistic-looking and may be unnerving for some.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
4 supporters
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Are there snakes?
117 supporters
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7
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PhillipSRaptor
The chestburster is very snake like but still not a snake
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Are there sharks?
45 supporters
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Are there bugs?
281 supporters
Yes
29
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53
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WillyFTW
The facehugger is incredibly buglike.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
178 supporters
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21
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Yes
48
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29
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notgoingtoaddcomments
There is no literal sexual assault, but there are enough horrific metaphorical allusions to it that a sexual assault survivor would probably have their trauma triggered. Phallic objects being forcibly shoved down throats is a recurring element.
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Is someone held under water?
127 supporters
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Is rape mentioned?
141 supporters
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0
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5
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Anonymous
Not directly, but theAlien is designed as a r!pe metaphor.
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Is there pedophilia?
225 supporters
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Is someone drugged?
144 supporters
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
104 supporters
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8
Yes
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NearEastMugwump
In the director's cut Lambert slaps Ripley.
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Bodily Harm
Yes
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Katie Clements Gillis
Alien explodes through mans chest
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Is someone crushed to death?
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CharlieCharlie
An android's head is squashed and knocked off of his body. His white "blood" is very visible and gets everywhere. A pretty gross scene.
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sarahcastic
It’s implied that the alien penetrates a crewmember vaginally with its tail, but it happens off screen
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MarieWalker14
Dallas was captured by the alien and asks her to kill him towards the end of the movie, she uses the flamethrower to do it. You do not see him get burned but you know it happens
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sarahcastic
They try to cut off the “face-aliens” digit, aka finger
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Is someone stabbed?
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NearEastMugwump
No one gets buried, alive or otherwise.
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Is there cannibalism?
317 supporters
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NearEastMugwump
No creature eats another of its kind.
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NearEastMugwump
None that we can see.
Pun not intended.
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Is someone choked?
58 supporters
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Insertnamehere
A bug-like creature sticks a tentacle into a man's neck and chokes him if it is moved.
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Is there body horror?
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Agentreality
There are multiple violent murders including an infamous “chestburster” scene in which an alien rips apart a character’s ribcage while leaving his body. There is a lot of blood.
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Anonymous
People are choked, but do not choke do death. Therefore, no one asphyxiates.
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Anonymous
Cain begins choking horribly when the alien larvae exits his chest.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Anonymous
The alien's larval form breaks out of a man's sternum.
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Is someone tortured?
760 supporters
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15
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gtovis
Ripley is attacked and is pinned down by another crewmate and he tries to shove a magazine down her throat. Can be very disturbing.
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Is there amputation?
310 supporters
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sarahcastic
Decapitation off a cyborg crewmember
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Are any teeth damaged?
476 supporters
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Does someone fall down stairs?
109 supporters
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4
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CharlieCharlie
The alien is shown falling out of the space shuttle to its death. More of a blown into space scene than a typical falling scene.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
203 supporters
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Is there decapitation?
56 supporters
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4
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Yes
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Anonymous
Cain goes into spasms when the alien larva exits his body.
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Is there a hanging?
489 supporters
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57
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Mommagranate
Somebody's body discovery is indicated by hanging/swinging feet, but it is not suicide, and doesn't involve any rope or choking.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
156 supporters
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Is a minor sexualized?
444 supporters
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Does a kid die?
644 supporters
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1
No
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NearEastMugwump
The alien is at most only a few days old but...
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Death
Does someone die?
105 supporters
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0
Yes
14
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0
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kabigon
An android/robot dies
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Does a major character die?
106 supporters
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9
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
122 supporters
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Yes
10
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0
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
275 supporters
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0
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23
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
192 supporters
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0
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Family
Does a parent die?
326 supporters
Yes
2
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60
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NearEastMugwump
The only confirmed parent survives the movie.
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Does someone cheat?
212 supporters
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No
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NearEastMugwump
There are no romantic relationships, adulterous or otherwise.
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NearEastMugwump
There are no toys in this film.
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Does a family member die?
107 supporters
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Is someone kidnapped?
171 supporters
Yes
7
No
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sarahcastic
The alien takes off with a crewmember, but he is presumed dead
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
785 supporters
Yes
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1
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Anonymous
Well gee, the cover's only used as the emblem for jumpscares...
In all seriousness, the Facehugger leaps from its egg violently, and Davis is attacked by the Alien suddenly when searching the airvents.
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Are there mannequins?
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1
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mossraven
One of the crewmembers is shown, fully clothed, under dripping water, like rain.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
7 supporters
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Are there clowns?
202 supporters
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NearEastMugwump
Not a single clown appears in ALIEN.
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Are there razors?
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155 supporters
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Is someone possessed?
164 supporters
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passerby
not a spiritual possession, but someone’s body is removed from their control resulting in a seizure and gore
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Is trypophobic content shown?
90 supporters
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5
Are there ghosts?
107 supporters
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Gross
Does someone spit?
198 supporters
Yes
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CharlieCharlie
Yes the android spits up liquid during its fight with Ripley.
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Is there farting?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is someone eaten?
105 supporters
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Does someone vomit?
1,195 supporters
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80
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8
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Mawile
As spoiler free as possible: a character attacks Ripley. At first his sweat looks weirdly white. As he is trying to suffocate her other characters come in to stop him and hit him. He starts to spew white fluid of his mouth a little bit. Later when the crew wakes him back up the same white fluid leaks out of his mouth before he is able to talk.
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Is there audio gore?
387 supporters
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Yes
9
No
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
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Anonymous
There cannot be 9/11 depictions if 9/11 hadn’t happened yet. Aka, if the movie was released before 9/11, 2001.
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
3 supporters
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Is there copaganda?
237 supporters
Yes
2
No
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NearEastMugwump
No cops, thus no copaganda.
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
140 supporters
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Yes
0
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10
Are there transphobic slurs?
166 supporters
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0
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9
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
148 supporters
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0
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9
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
5 supporters
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Medical
Yes
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sarahcastic
No, but they try to zap the alien
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Does someone have cancer?
231 supporters
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Yes
1
No
63
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NearEastMugwump
They. Are. On. A. Space. Ship. No institutions, mental or otherwise appear in this movie.
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Are needles/syringes used?
497 supporters
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Yes
3
No
55
Yes
69
No
2
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Anonymous
Cain is placed in Sickbay when the Facehugger attacks him. There is also an endoscopy (a camera inserted into the stomach) video shown.
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
250 supporters
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Yes
1
No
30
Yes
2
No
51
1
Insertnamehere
Autism isn't even mentioned
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
25 supporters
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5
Is there misophonia?
238 supporters
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Yes
21
No
3
Yes
57
No
10
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Little_Xenomorph
I‘d say it could be triggering that Lambert panicks all the time, especially when the Xenomorph is in front of her before she dies
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
164 supporters
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0
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8
Is there body dysphoria?
130 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is autism misrepresented?
31 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Yes
2
No
54
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TheDreammweaver
Body horror elements. No body dysmorphia.
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10
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porridgegoats
Assisted suicide in the 2003 edition (the director's cut), but not in the original.
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Is there ABA therapy?
123 supporters
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0
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5
Does someone have a meltdown?
11 supporters
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3
Does someone have a mental illness?
95 supporters
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0
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5
Does someone have an eating disorder?
573 supporters
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Yes
1
No
56
Yes
2
No
16
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Insertnamehere
Nobody is shown to suffer PTSD until the end... if you see the final moments and all of Aliens, then Ripley suffers from it
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Yes
70
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1
3
Anonymous
Davis searching the air vents for the alien
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
1,213 supporters
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Yes
1
No
56
3
NearEastMugwump
When in the movie, Yes-Voter? Give us the timestamp.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
272 supporters
Yes
50
No
12
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SmuttyBerry
Shakey cam is used several times through out the movie. Most chase and fight scenes have a lot of shaking effects
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captainoliimar
There is extreme strobe effects throughout the majority of the end of the film that were uncomfortable even for someone without epilepsy
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
108 supporters
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Yes
2
No
7
Are there sudden loud noises?
92 supporters
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Yes
7
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0
Does a baby cry?
120 supporters
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2
No
29
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NearEastMugwump
Unless you count the noise the freshly "hatched" alien.
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Paranoia
1
Insertnamehere
Yes. How does this have more "no" than "yes". The Alien is watching the crew for the entire film, even at times when they don't know it.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
141 supporters
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0
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19
Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
281 supporters
Yes
4
No
56
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ajzeg01
The alien Chestburster is possibly triggering.
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Is a baby stillborn?
137 supporters
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0
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17
Are there babies or unborn children?
166 supporters
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Yes
1
No
18
Are there abortions?
186 supporters
Yes
1
No
54
0
NearEastMugwump
No pregnancies in this movie. Thus, there can be no abortions.
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Is there childbirth?
276 supporters
Yes
37
No
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Anonymous
If you count 'having an extraterrestrial larvae gnaw its way out of your chest cavity' to be 'giving birth,' then yes, there is a birthing scene.
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Yes
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No
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geoKgaming
Not a woman, but a man has a chest burster kill him, almost like child birth, could be triggering
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
337 supporters
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1
No
26
Yes
37
No
28
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3liza
Lambert is trans! This is not addressed in the script other than in a brief view of her personnel file.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
180 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
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NearEastMugwump
Judaism is not mentioned in any context, negative or otherwise.
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Is there hate speech?
417 supporters
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Yes
1
No
53
Is there ableist language or behavior?
521 supporters
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Yes
1
No
48
Are there fat jokes?
449 supporters
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Yes
1
No
50
Are there n-words?
310 supporters
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Yes
1
No
45
Are there homophobic slurs?
590 supporters
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Yes
1
No
42
Yes
2
No
70
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RiftWitch
He's actually one of the last to die.
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Is there aphobia?
139 supporters
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Yes
0
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5
Race
Is there blackface?
125 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
222 supporters
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Yes
0
No
13
Sex
Does someone lose their virginity?
109 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Yes
25
No
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14
Samandthedog
People awaken from, & enter the hibernation pods in their underwear. No sexy lingerie, undershirts, boxers, Sigourney Weaver at end in basic bikini pants.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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736 supporters
Yes
1
No
58
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NearEastMugwump
NONE of the characters in this film are related. Therefore incest DOES NOT HAPPEN.
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Is there bestiality?
218 supporters
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1
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8
Are there nude scenes?
263 supporters
Yes
3
No
8
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Radioactive_Leech
There are pictures of nude women seen in the background of one of the fight scenes about midway through the movie
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Is someone sexually objectified?
256 supporters
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Yes
4
No
10
Sexism
Yes
0
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17
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
111 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
129 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Is someone terminally ill?
99 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Does someone have a chronic illness?
119 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Social
Are there fat suits?
118 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Is someone homeless?
99 supporters
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Yes
0
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17
Is existentialism debated?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Are there anti-abortion themes?
99 supporters
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0
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
64 supporters
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0
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3
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
71 supporters
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1
No
53
Yes
37
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Anonymous
The ending could be seen as rather bittersweet. Well, at least Jones survive...
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
126 supporters
Yes
7
No
46
7
CharlieCharlie
A spaceship is shown already crashed on a planet. The main ship in this film is destroyed by the end.
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Is someone hit by a car?
180 supporters
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Yes
1
No
53
Does a car honk or tires screech?
126 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Does a car crash?
189 supporters
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Yes
2
No
52
Violence
Does someone drown?
272 supporters
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Yes
1
No
53
Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
Yes
81
No
0
9
Anonymous
The film's Signature Scene involves a parasitoidic alien larva gnawing its way out of a man's chest cavity.
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Is there gun violence?
232 supporters
Yes
7
No
38
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CharlieCharlie
Flamethrower and harpoon gun violence.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
15
No
37
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OculusOrbus
Not a typical "mushroom cloud" type explosion, but there is a massive (easily nuke-sized, if not bigger) explosion that occurs in space.
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