An American Werewolf In London

Movie • 1981 • Comedy  

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Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
This movie contains 63 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
1 supporters
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lunallena
There are a couple of dogs in the film but none of them get hurt. The werewolf does get killed, however.
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Abandonment
1
KamiSteele
Technically, as one of the ghosts is a man who seems to be coming home from work on the tube when he's killed. During the theater scene he mentions that David made his wife a widow and his children fatherless. They're likely grieving his loss, which would be influenced by the fact he never arrived home safely during what's presumably part of his daily routine. It's obviously not deliberate abandonment, but may be triggering in a similar vein.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
27 supporters
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12
Is an animal abandoned?
80 supporters
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7
Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
44 supporters
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8
Yes
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6
Is someone stalked?
24 supporters
Yes
26
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6
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Cryptid_Crow
The werewolf hunts, but nobody is stalked.
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Is there domestic violence?
72 supporters
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30
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
73 supporters
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1
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6
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Leighschar
Not in the typical sense but if you think about it - David is attacked by a werewolf and therefore ends up becoming one and in his werewolf form, he does attack and kill people.
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Yes
14
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20
5
TheDreammweaver
David is gaslighted repeatedly because of the town where he was attacked trying to cover up that there was a werewolf there.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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6
Is a child abused?
91 supporters
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31
Addiction
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Kyleeo
not explicitly, they do mention adding some kind of pain med into the main characters IV when he's in the hospital
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Is there addiction?
16 supporters
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27
Does someone abuse alcohol?
15 supporters
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Yes
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29
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
118 supporters
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7
Does a horse die?
81 supporters
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31
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
149 supporters
Yes
37
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Travis Clark
A deer is killed by the star in a dream sequence, and of course there ate the werewolves
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Are animals abused?
172 supporters
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28
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abbilovescows
Not really but there are werewolves attacking people so that could still possibly be triggering
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30
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Leighschar
In a dream, David stalks, attacks and eats a deer. We see it's meat being eaten. When the werewolves are killed, they turn back into their human forms, so therefore we don't see the actual wolf harmed
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Is an animal sad?
69 supporters
Yes
5
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1
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Leighschar
David is sad through the wolfs eyes
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Are rabbits harmed?
53 supporters
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6
Does a cat die?
146 supporters
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Yes
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30
Does a pet die?
136 supporters
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Yes
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10
Does a dragon die?
27 supporters
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Yes
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29
Are there spiders?
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28
Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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6
Are there snakes?
16 supporters
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28
Are there sharks?
6 supporters
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7
Are there bugs?
0 supporters
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28
Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
16 supporters
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7
Is someone drugged?
27 supporters
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8
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albinopigeon
Sedated in a hospital.
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Is there pedophilia?
103 supporters
Yes
1
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11
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KamiSteele
There's no actual pedophilia, but there is a scene that might potentially be triggering. After David's first transformation he wakes up naked inside a wolf enclosure at the zoo. He hides in the bushes and tricks a local child into giving him his balloons so that he can cover his privates (as the child puts it 'a naked American man stole my balloons'). It's very obviously not sexually predatory in any sense, as David does not expose himself to the kid or have any sexual intentions, and contextually it's a comedic scene, but it may still be upsetting to some viewers.
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Is someone held under water?
19 supporters
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9
Is rape mentioned?
76 supporters
Yes
3
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7
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ShadesOfRad
Jack mentions that the girl he wants to have sex with will not be able to refuse
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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7
Yes
14
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wallflowers
David, upon hearing of his friend’s death, is hysterical and the doctor and nurse hold him down before sedating him
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Yes
22
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12
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lunallena
There is a brief moment when the protagonist is in the hospital and in a coma, where a nurse tells another that she took a look at his privates.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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7
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abbilovescows
Weird scene where nurse jokes about peaking at David’s privates when he’s in the hospital
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Bodily Harm
Yes
37
No
1
10
aawilcore
In a dream sequence, David's throat is slit with a knife. Also the character Jack has visible cuts across his face from a werewolf attack.
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Yes
6
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Leighschar
During the werewolf transformation scene, David's hands grow and contort in an inhumane way. In a brief shot, we see Jack's thumb is disconnected from his hand in his ghost form
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Are there dislocations?
9 supporters
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5
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Yes
8
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Leighschar
In a dream sequence, David has his throat cut with a knife. Jack's ghost has his entire throat exposed as I presume it was ripped out by the werewolf. It's very obviously practical effects but it does look pretty damn good
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
0 supporters
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28
Yes
8
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1
The werewolf bites a policeman’s head clean off
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Is there cannibalism?
30 supporters
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23
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Leighschar
Not in the typical sense, but as a werewolf David attacks and eats people. Upon waking up he has a disgusted face on his look and spits.
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Yes
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0
In a car pile up some pedestrians are crushed briefly
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Is someone choked?
13 supporters
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7
Is someone burned alive?
36 supporters
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30
Is someone buried alive?
26 supporters
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27
Is there body horror?
46 supporters
Yes
13
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wallflowers
The transformation sequence is a very graphic example
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Is there amputation?
27 supporters
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aawilcore
No, but a person's head is decapitated during one of the final scenes.
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13
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Leighschar
Not in the typical sense, but during the transformation scene there is a shot of David's feet elongating, focusing on the Achilles Tendon. It's the toughest part of the transformation to watch imo
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Is there a hanging?
34 supporters
Yes
0
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25
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Kaizokuokubey
A mention of someone hanging, but they don't go through with it.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
25 supporters
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11
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
74 supporters
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abbilovescows
The main character is attacked around 16:00 minutes then ends up blacked out in the hospital
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2
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Kaizokuokubey
When the werewolf transforms his skeletal structure reshapes itself in a very graphic way
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Does someone have a seizure?
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1
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27
Yes
7
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teaz
not damaged, no, though david's teeth are shown changing painfully.
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Yes
27
No
6
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starkid17
Not exactly mutilation, but claws are shown to grow out of the main character's fingertips in a bloody way.
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Is someone tortured?
73 supporters
Yes
2
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25
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ProfessorProcyon
Not torture so to speak, but the first transformation sequence does involve a lot of screaming and someone being in extreme pain, which is possibly worth mentioning in this category.
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Yes
0
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9
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JesusFreakEmo
No, a character falls going up on an escalator though
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Does someone fall to their death?
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25
Yes
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28
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Leighschar
No, but as Jack decomposes throughout the film he ends up with almost a half skeleton look, and his eye is very visibly shown in the socket
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Is someone stabbed?
15 supporters
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6
Yes
13
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1
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wallflowers
Lots of on-screen wounds and blood
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
17 supporters
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11
Does a kid die?
43 supporters
Yes
33
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0
13
Travis Clark
The lead character's entire family is graphically killed in a dream sequence including 2 children
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Is a minor sexualized?
97 supporters
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Yes
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10
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
0 supporters
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0
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6
Death
3
The main character is told to sacrifice himself many times, and tries to
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Does a major character die?
20 supporters
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Yes
9
No
0
Yes
10
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0
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Anonymous
Werewolf
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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Yes
8
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0
Disability
Yes
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8
Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
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Yes
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12
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
14 supporters
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0
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12
Family
Yes
7
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0
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abbilovescows
David has visions and nightmares of his family being killed
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Does a parent die?
20 supporters
Yes
32
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0
8
Travis Clark
The lead character's familybis brutally murdered in a dream sequence
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Yes
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23
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Kyleeo
however a child's balloons are stolen
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Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
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26
Does someone cheat?
16 supporters
Yes
1
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28
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lunallena
There is no cheating in this film.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
38
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0
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Kaizokuokubey
All of the werewolves victims come back in a state of "limbo" and haunt the protagonist. With each appearance they become more rotting with decay
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Are there jump scares?
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35
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0
Yes
37
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1
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bricker
40:47 - 41:22, sexual shower scene
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Are there natural bodies of water?
1 supporters
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6
Are there clowns?
11 supporters
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31
Is someone possessed?
12 supporters
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2
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huviks
Not really, but then the main character is frequently taken over by a malign supernatural force so...kinda?
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Yes
6
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4
0
Anonymous
In the last quarter or so of the movie, there are some people and their dogs sitting around a fire pit. The holes in the sides of the firepit bin are triggering. Is only there for a scene or two.
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Are there razors?
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13 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
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albinopigeon
No razors, but there is a pocketknife, which David tries to slit his wrists with.
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Are there mannequins?
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9
Gross
Does someone vomit?
92 supporters
Yes
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35
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Leighschar
This movie is completely safe !
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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17
Is there farting?
10 supporters
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8
Is someone eaten?
30 supporters
Yes
7
No
1
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abbilovescows
Werewolves trying to eat folks

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Is there on-screen pooping?
0 supporters
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7
Does someone spit?
10 supporters
Yes
3
No
26
0
Leighschar
David spits after waking up in the wolf enclosure at the zoo. Only brief, after he takes the bit of straw out of his mouth
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Is there audio gore?
41 supporters
Yes
27
No
2
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ProfessorProcyon
Yes, mainly a lot of bones cracking.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
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0
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13
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
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Yes
0
No
18
Yes
4
No
3
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Leighschar
No one is actually incarcerated. David yells offensive things in front of a police officer in an attempt to get arrested, but it doesn't work
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LGBTQ+
Yes
1
No
7
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abbilovescows
No but David says the queen of England is a man
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Yes
0
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8
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
29 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Is there bisexual cheating?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
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10
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
20 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
7 supporters
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Yes
0
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7
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
33
Yes
30
No
2
6
Kaizokuokubey
In a hospital scene to put a character to sleep.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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0
No
32
Yes
36
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0
7
aawilcore
David is in the hospital for a portion of the movie after the werewolf attack.
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Is there menstruation?
6 supporters
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Yes
1
No
6
Does someone have cancer?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
33
Mental Health
1
abbilovescows
David develops ptsd if that counts
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Yes
36
No
1
8
squahs
attempted wrist cutting in a phone booth but the character is too freaked or scared to actually do it
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Is autism misrepresented?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
8
Yes
1
No
14
1
Anonymous
The main character is not mentally ill
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Is there autism specific abuse?
39 supporters
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Yes
0
No
26
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Leighschar
David attempts to slit his wrists in a phone booth, but is too afraid to go through and chickens out. In the cinema after that scene, David and the ghosts discuss ways he could kill himself that would be less painful. None of the solutions go through and it's all hypothetical
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SaltySquid223
David’s lycanthropy is assumed to be psychosis for the earlier half of the movie which makes it harder to tell if his word is real or that of the other characters
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Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
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Yes
6
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0
Is there misophonia?
30 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Yes
31
No
2
6
Kaizokuokubey
The main character suffers from an extreme case of guilt that leads to several anxiety attacks
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Is there ABA therapy?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
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6
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mxmango
No, but the main character is told several times he needs to kill himself, including a scene where people are talking about how to go about it.
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Is there body dysphoria?
15 supporters
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6
Yes
21
No
14
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Body horror, but not body dysmorphia.
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Yes
5
No
21
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izkm
maybe when he's in the phone booth?
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SaltySquid223
Not explicitly, but David repeatedly declines eating food because he isn’t hungry due to the transformation, which might be triggering for viewers with an eating disorder
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lunallena
Technically speaking, no character in the film dies via suicide. There is a lot of suicide talk, however, as the protagonist is constantly told to kill himself and is even given methods of doing so. There is also a suicide attempt scene, where he tries to cut his wrist inside a phone booth but fails to go through with it.
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Yes
12
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0
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Leighschar
David very obviously has PTSD after the attack on the Moors and when Jack first visits him afterwards, he thinks he's dreaming and says "I can't take this." And eventually ends up crying and calling the nurses for help
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Yes
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6
Are there sudden loud noises?
30 supporters
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Yes
6
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0
Is there shakey cam?
35 supporters
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Yes
29
No
1
Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
Yes
7
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0
0
Leighschar
A LOT during the transformation scenes.
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0
Leighschar
David yells offensive things including swear words such as "F*CK, sh*t, c*unt" in the middle of London to try and get himself arrested. Swear words are used throughout the film but in general conversation as they would normally with adults
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Are there flashing lights or images?
44 supporters
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Yes
0
No
24
Paranoia
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abbilovescows
There’s stalking by werewolves
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Yes
3
No
8
0
Anonymous
During a transformation, the Werewolf looks and reaches directly towards the viewer.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
23 supporters
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Yes
0
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11
Does someone miscarry?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
29
Are there babies or unborn children?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is there childbirth?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
26
Are there abortions?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
27
Does a pregnant person die?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
27
Prejudice
Yes
32
No
1
13
Lou1999
the main character calls prince charles the f slur when trying to provoke a policeman to arrest him
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Yes
2
No
20
Are there usages of the n-word?
30 supporters
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Yes
0
No
27
10
huviks
There is a nightmare sequence where the main character imagines monstrous Nazis killing his family (which I believe is Jewish)
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Yes
15
No
3
4
izkm
the main character has woken up naked in a zoo and takes a ladys long dress like coat to cover up and is stared at judgmental-y by two men
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teaz
david while trying to get arrested shouts the queen of england is a man.
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Yes
0
No
29
5
izkm
i mean.. jack seems kinda....
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Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
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Yes
0
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23
Is there aphobia?
18 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
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Yes
0
No
8
Does the black guy die first?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
29
Is there hate speech?
27 supporters
Yes
33
No
0
12
StevenHay
Anti semetic remarks, homophobia
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Race
Is there blackface?
29 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Relationships
Yes
0
No
10
3
TheDreammweaver
There is no character called Henry in the film? (Referring to other comment) the main couple are both clearly adults and are probably similar in age.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Yes
3
No
4
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KamiSteele
There's a dream sequence where David's family is attacked by werewolf demon Nazis in such a way that's clearly intended to invoke Holocaust imagery. One piece of official merch refers to them as 'nightmare demons,' and Jack mentions that the forces of darkness are real, which raises the possibility that these are actual demons. Other than that, the supernatural horror comes from ghosts and werewolves, not demons.
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Sex
Yes
17
No
0
0
abbilovescows
The main character running through the woods naked
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Is there bestiality?
80 supporters
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0
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8
Does someone lose their virginity?
12 supporters
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0
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7
Yes
14
No
0
2
wallflowers
A nurse says she looked at a man’s privates while he was in a coma and laughs about it with another nurse
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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84 supporters
Yes
1
No
31
0
Leighschar
Who clicked yes???
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Yes
42
No
0
7
Six66
An adult theater is featured near the end of the movie and a pornographic film plays in the background.
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Is there BDSM?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Sexism
Yes
0
No
10
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
17 supporters
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Yes
1
No
5
Does someone have a stroke?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
1
Anonymous
Lycanthropy and being undead
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
24 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Social
Are there fat suits?
28 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Yes
13
No
0
1
KamiSteele
Three of the ghosts are shown huddling around a fire in a trash can when they are killed. This implies that they were homeless, which makes them easy prey for the werewolf rampaging that night.
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Is existentialism debated?
11 supporters
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Yes
5
No
1
Are there anti-abortion themes?
31 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
27
Are there end credit scenes?
33 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Yes
29
No
2
5
Kaizokuokubey
It ends with the protagonist being shot and dying.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
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Yes
14
No
0
Does a car crash?
18 supporters
Yes
31
No
0
1
wallflowers
Huge sequence of crashes near the end of the film
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Does a plane crash?
10 supporters
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0
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28
Yes
31
No
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aawilcore
One of the last sequences of the movie has a bunch of cars crashing into eachother and running over people.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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froggie
There is no drowning but a character does suggest that David to kill himself via drowning
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Is there blood/gore?
54 supporters
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bricker
There is lots of blood and some pretty knarly body horror. The worst of it, imo, which is the main transformation sequence, happens from 00:59:20 to 01:01:15. Lots of hair, disfigured limbs, audio gore, you name it.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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No
27
Yes
30
No
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xxlivlovesmusicxx
multiple werewolves are shot throughout- all while in wolf form, but of course transform back into humans shortly after
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