Does the dog die?
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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.
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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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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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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 there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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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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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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Is someone stalked?
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The werewolf hunts, but nobody is stalked.
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Addiction
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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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A deer is killed by the star in a dream sequence, and of course there ate the werewolves
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Not really but there are werewolves attacking people so that could still possibly be triggering
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Is there a dead animal?
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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?
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David is sad through the wolfs eyes
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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 there pedophilia?
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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 rape mentioned?
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Jack mentions that the girl he wants to have sex with will not be able to refuse
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Is someone drugged?
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Sedated in a hospital.
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Is someone restrained?
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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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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Weird scene where nurse jokes about peaking at David’s privates when he’s in the hospital
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Bodily Harm
Does a head get squashed?
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No, but a person's head is decapitated during one of the final scenes.
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Is there decapitation?
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The werewolf bites a policeman’s head clean off
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Is there cannibalism?
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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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Is there shaving/cutting?
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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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Is someone crushed to death?
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In a car pile up some pedestrians are crushed briefly
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Are any hands damaged?
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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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Does someone become unconscious?
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The main character is attacked around 16:00 minutes then ends up blacked out in the hospital
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Not exactly mutilation, but claws are shown to grow out of the main character's fingertips in a bloody way.
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Does someone break a bone?
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When the werewolf transforms his skeletal structure reshapes itself in a very graphic way
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Is there a hanging?
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A mention of someone hanging, but they don't go through with it.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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No, a character falls going up on an escalator though
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Is there body horror?
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The transformation sequence is a very graphic example
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Is there excessive gore?
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Lots of on-screen wounds and blood
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Is there eye mutilation?
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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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Are any teeth damaged?
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not damaged, no, though david's teeth are shown changing painfully.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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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 someone tortured?
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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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Is there throat mutilation?
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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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Children
Does a kid die?
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The lead character's entire family is graphically killed in a dream sequence including 2 children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Werewolf
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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The main character is told to sacrifice himself many times, and tries to
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Family
Does a parent die?
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The lead character's familybis brutally murdered in a dream sequence
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Does a family member die?
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David has visions and nightmares of his family being killed
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Does someone cheat?
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There is no cheating in this film.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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however a child's balloons are stolen
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Fear
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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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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No razors, but there is a pocketknife, which David tries to slit his wrists with.
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Is someone possessed?
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Not really, but then the main character is frequently taken over by a malign supernatural force so...kinda?
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Is there a shower scene?
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40:47 - 41:22, sexual shower scene
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Are there ghosts?
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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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Gross
Is there audio gore?
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Yes, mainly a lot of bones cracking.
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Is someone eaten?
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Werewolves trying to eat folks
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Does someone spit?
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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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Does someone vomit?
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This movie is completely safe !
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Movie was made before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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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+
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No but David says the queen of England is a man
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Loss
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Medical
Is there a hospital scene?
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David is in the hospital for a portion of the movie after the werewolf attack.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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In a hospital scene to put a character to sleep.
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Mental Health
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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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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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Body horror, but not body dysmorphia.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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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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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The main character is not mentally ill
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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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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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Does someone have a mental illness?
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David develops ptsd if that counts
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The main character suffers from an extreme case of guilt that leads to several anxiety attacks
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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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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attempted wrist cutting in a phone booth but the character is too freaked or scared to actually do it
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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maybe when he's in the phone booth?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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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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Noxious
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Is there screaming?
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A LOT during the transformation scenes.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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David yells offensive things including swear words such as "F*CK, sh*t, c**t 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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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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There’s stalking by werewolves
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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During a transformation, the Werewolf looks and reaches directly towards the viewer.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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the main character calls prince charles the f slur when trying to provoke a policeman to arrest him
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Is there hate speech?
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Anti semetic remarks, homophobia
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There is a nightmare sequence where the main character imagines monstrous Nazis killing his family (which I believe is Jewish)
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david while trying to get arrested shouts the queen of england is a man.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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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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Does an LGBT person die?
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i mean.. jack seems kinda....
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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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
Are there demons or Hell?
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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
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Who clicked yes???
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Are there nude scenes?
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The main character running through the woods naked
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Is there sexual content?
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An adult theater is featured near the end of the movie and a pornographic film plays in the background.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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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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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Lycanthropy and being undead
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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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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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It ends with the protagonist being shot and dying.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Huge sequence of crashes near the end of the film
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Is someone hit by a car?
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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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There is no drowning but a character does suggest that David to kill himself via drowning
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Is there gun violence?
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multiple werewolves are shot throughout- all while in wolf form, but of course transform back into humans shortly after
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Is there blood/gore?
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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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