Corpse Bride

Movie • 2005 • Animation  

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Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.

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Does the dog die?
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Scraps, the main character’s dog, has died in the real world. When he finds him again in the afterlife, he’s all bones. But he’s happy and behaves like a normal dog
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Are there heart attacks?
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Are there tsunamis?
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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It's moreso that he is involuntarily taken, but desires to go back. They think he's left them though.
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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I would say Victoria is abused alot.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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the corpse bride was mudered by the man she planned to elope with and victoria is threatened by her second betrothed
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Are there abusive parents?
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i dont know if it entirely counts, but after victoria finds out victor has married a corpse, she attempts to tell her parents and the priest, but they all call her insane and say she’s lost her mind
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
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One of the skeletons has clearly had a few to many
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Is there addiction?
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Does a pet die?
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Refer to the "does the dog die" question.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Yes there is a dead dog. However he is a rather happy ghost. There are also dead fish getting cut in half at the start of the movie.
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Does a horse die?
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There is the skeleton of a dead horse in the town square in the land of the dead
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there spiders?
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there’s a scene where a bunch of black widows crawl all over victor to repair his outfit, and it could very well give MAJOR arachnophobia
yaybees
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Many bugs and a maggot that hangs out with the corpse bride.
Iamspidrman
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Are there snakes?
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if the movement/shape of snakes bothers you, there is a maggot that could vaguely resemble a snake, but no actual snakes!
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Are there sharks?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone held under water?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
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It's not overly graphic, and it's being done to an undead character.
Lynxwithaharpn
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No graphic gore but there are skeletons, dead bodies, and an eyeball and arm fall out more than once
Dreamdust1600
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Is someone tortured?
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Implied to be the fate of the villain, but it's not graphic.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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There ARE dismembered limbs on occasion, but you know.... they're skeletons.
marmaladedreamt
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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paul is a disembodied head in the land of the dead
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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No but an eyeball falls into someones soup. No one eats it though
Dreamdust1600
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Viktor is dragged underground by emily
Dreamdust1600
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Is there amputation?
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A few undead characters detach their limbs, I believe.
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The coach driver struggles to breathe when smoking and ends up choking and dying.
Iamspidrman
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No, but someone threatens to strangle another character with a rope
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Is someone choked?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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we don’t see exactly what happens but the main character is in the land of the living and then wakes up in the land of the dead and is said to have fainted
raechl
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Are any teeth damaged?
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None actually break; undead characters (skeletons and zombies) do come apart at times, though.
spindleclown
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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No, however there are two children that are already deceased in the Land of the Dead. They are skeletons, but we do not see them 'die'.
Anonymous
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Is an infant abducted?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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SPOILER

Emily allows the villain to stab her with a sword in order to save Victor. However, she is already dead and is unaffected by the injury.
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SPOILER:

The main antagonist dies
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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No parents are explicitly stated to have died. However, (spoiler) there is a scene where Victor's parents go looking for him while riding in a carriage, and the carriage's driver dies; they don't notice this, and aren't seen in the movie after this, so it is possible that they died offscreen.
ProfessorProcyon
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Well.. not intentionally but the main character accidentally marries the corpse bride while being betrothed to a living woman
.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Technically the main character is held in the afterlife without his consent
DorianaGraye
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Fear
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There are a few when the corpse bride is introduced
DorianaGraye
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Are there razors?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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much of the movie takes place in the afterlife. at one point the dead go up to the land of the living
JakeErdman
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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(SPOILERS!!!) when the lord goes to stab victor, but emily defends him, there is a kind of squelching noise when he stabs her, but it’s not awful and it only lasts a second
yaybees
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Is there defecation?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there farting?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Mental Health
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The main character is about to drink poison to properly marry the corpse bride (as a part of the ceremony) but she stops him
.
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the main character is about to voluntarily drink poison but is stopped
raechl
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Someone says “I’ll do it,” when agreeing to drink poison to stay in the afterlife with his accidental new wife.
TheCassandraComplex
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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A character is forced to wear a very, very tight corset by her parents.
spindleclown
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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victor has a massive anxiety attack when he goes to the afterlife, not sure who said no
JakeErdman
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Viktor being trapped underground in the afterlife could be considered claustrophobic
Dreamdust1600
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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No, but there is a spinning scene shortly after Victor meets Emily that might make one feel a little nauseous.
audreypom
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minor lightning a couple times
JakeErdman
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Paranoia
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Victor is watched by Victoria during his wedding, but this is completely non-threatening and he finds out soon after.

Victor also watches his parents/in-laws when he visits the 'human' world.
tada
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Victor's mother can't fit into the carriage so they push her bottom to make her fit. She insists it's not her and that her dress is just caught. It's depicted as a humourous scene.
Iamspidrman
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A character is called “mad,” “come undone,” and her mother says “fetch a straight jacket.”
TheCassandraComplex
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Is there hate speech?
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Great movie as it is, it’s based on a Jewish folk story and a lot of the Jewish elements were erased in the adaptation
SiRenfield
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Unfortunately there are no poc characters in this movie f**k you Tim Burton)
Dreamdust1600
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Not hell, but an underworld where all dead people goes to after dying
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Some minor suggestive stuff but super subtle.
TheCassandraComplex
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there BDSM?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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After a coach driver dies, he falls from his seat and the coach runs over him. It's brief.
spindleclown
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Does a plane crash?
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There are no cars in this movie, only carriages
Dreamdust1600
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
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Mild gore in the form of zombies. Very cartoonish and unrealistic. The most severe is an undead man who's bisected and his two halves walk separately.
spindleclown
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Does someone drown?
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No but threatened– Victoria's father says "fetch me musket" once or twice.
nanadaiba
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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