Does the dog die?
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Hellraiser
Movie • 1987 • Horror
ReportAn unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover while the demonic cenobites are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.
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Anonymous
No dogs are killed in Hellraiser. Rats are tortured and killed, however.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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SamTaylor
No character intentionally leaves from someone’s life, but there are many characters who didn’t get the chance to say goodbye.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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SamTaylor
Not abandoned, but rats are harmed in the movie.
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
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KamiSteele
Frank, while wearing his brother's skin, manipulates Kristy. He tells her that the skinned corpse in the attic is Frank having been subdued, instead of her father. She finds out quickly this isn't the case.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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jenniespennies
Characters from another realm are trying to find a main character throughout the film
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SamTaylor
The main character of the movie has a troublesome relationship with her mum, and the dad character changes in the movie and abuses the daughter.
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KamiSteele
Julia is not only cheating on Larry with Frank (his brother), but she and Frank kill him so the latter can wear his skin. Frank also tries to sexually assault his niece, one time while wearing her father's skin. He tries to stab her when his advances are rejected, but ends up stabbing and draining Julia, for which he has little remorse.
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Are there abusive parents?
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KamiSteele
Kirsty's stepmother is an antagonist who acts violently towards her. Frank, her uncle, also wears her father's skin, and his dynamic with Kirsty is sexually abusive, which may be a trigger for incest survivors.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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LiaCooper
Frank and Julia are seen smoking cigarettes
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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jenniespennies
No one is known for being drunk, but alcohol is consumed throughout the movie
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glitterpop95
Smoking.
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Animal
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Maxwell
Dead rats are shown several times, in a very graphic and unsettling way
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Are animals abused?
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Sheev
Rats are killed but in a torturous way (stuck to a wall, sharp implements)
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Is there a dead animal?
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SamTaylor
Rats are killed and they are shown in graphic detail
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Are there spiders?
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TiffanyWoolf
There’s something that looks like a spider around the 20 minute marks but ends up being something else
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Are there snakes?
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glitchbirds
There IS a snake in a scene taking place at a pet store, but it's really only focused on in a handful of shots, and it's in a glass cage.
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Are there bugs?
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SamhainStranger
Cockroaches and maggots/larvae are in various scenes throughout. A man at a pet store has visible insects in his beard.
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Assault
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sephiroth
There are several dubious scenes throughout, as others have mentioned. Kirsty's uncle, Frank, attempts to sexually assault and/or kill/physically harm her when she discovers him. The "coming onto her" scene that others have mentioned is very violent, which I was not prepared for by the other comments, so I wanted to clarify.
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Is someone restrained?
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sephiroth
Multiple people are restrained with chains throughout the film.
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cheezedoodlezz1020
no, but some of the sex scenes are kinky in a way that could be uncomfortable for certain viewers
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Marsattacks
Not slapped but women get hit, stabbed and go through sexual aggression
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Is there pedophilia?
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Anonymous
Frank calls himself both "Uncle Frank" and "Daddy" when speaking to his niece for the first time since her childhood. He immediately corners her and targets her sexually.
Yes, she is an adult in present, but it's not unreasonable to interpret him as having preyed on her when she was a child. Given how little information we have of Frank when he was alive, it seems plausible.
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Soon after, he begins (nonconsensually) pursuing Kirsty as a romantic/sexual interest while wearing her father's skin, calling himself "Daddy" once more.
If you are triggered by pedophilia, you're probably going to get pedophilic vibes from this.
I think that the other commenter saying "well she's an adult now so there's no chance its pedophilia!" does not understand how triggers work.
Yes, she is an adult in present, but it's not unreasonable to interpret him as having preyed on her when she was a child. Given how little information we have of Frank when he was alive, it seems plausible.
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Soon after, he begins (nonconsensually) pursuing Kirsty as a romantic/sexual interest while wearing her father's skin, calling himself "Daddy" once more.
If you are triggered by pedophilia, you're probably going to get pedophilic vibes from this.
I think that the other commenter saying "well she's an adult now so there's no chance its pedophilia!" does not understand how triggers work.
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Bodily Harm
Is someone crushed to death?
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RachelGriffin
More beaten with hammers, but their faces are pretty visibly disfigured by it
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Does a head get squashed?
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Anonymous
A person's head is showing exploding for a split second after he states "Jesus wept" and Kirstie leaves the room.
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Is someone burned alive?
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ceisan
There is a scene at the very end where a man walks into a fire and burns, but it seems to be intentional/he's supernatural somehow. There's no indication that he's experiencing pain.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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prismfyr
there is NO finger or toe mutilation. a man gets cut on the hand with a nail but that's not finger or toe related. a man gets brought back to life and his body has to regrow so bony fingers sprout out and i guess that can count but as someone whose biggest trigger is finger mutilation it didn't count to me
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Is someone stabbed?
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Marsattacks
Many attemps at stabbing, some are succesful (also hooks get through skin a lot in the movie)
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Is there cannibalism?
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SoZettaGay
Not technically. More of a vampiric sucking of people's life force.
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Is there body horror?
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Pantalones
This movie is full of body horror. There is all kinds of physical mutilation, skinning, hooks and chains impaling people. The Cenobites are pierced with pins and other objects and some of them look mutated and appear partially flayed.
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Is there excessive gore?
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lrrrbch
Yes, but it's softened a little because a lot of it doesn't look that realistic
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Is there throat mutilation?
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LouisT2924
Pretty much all kinds of mutilation.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Telle8490
Julia breaks a man's jaw bone/teeth while hitting it with a hammer.
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Is someone tortured?
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SamhainStranger
Torture is a major reoccurring theme.
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Is there amputation?
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RachelGriffin
Less amputation, more dismemberment
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Are any teeth damaged?
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HorrificHermione
A man Julia sacrifices for Frank is seen with broken/missing teeth after she hits him with a hammer.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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A character does jump out a window, but they are fine and shown to be so immediately.
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Is there a hanging?
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ceisan
There's no hanging in the traditional rope noose sense but there are scenes where someone is suspended by their skin/by chains and hooks
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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GFlash10
Kirsty is not a minor. It's disgusting incestual behaviour from her uncle but she is not a minor.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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gunsandlove
the cenobites, which were human at some point, are sent back. not really a death and they are technically human. butterball was crushed, but hes seen in the sequel
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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KamiSteele
Frank kills Larry and wears his skin afterward, then comes onto Kirsty, who was Larry's daughter.
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Does someone cheat?
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OJAndToothpaste
The protagonist's mother in law cheats on her father with his brother, and several other men in various scenes. She also explicitly tells the brother that she does not love her husband.
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Does a family member die?
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KamiSteele
The only one of the Cotton family who survives to the end is Kirsty.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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sephiroth
The Cenobites drag people to Hell, often against their will, so this could loosely be described as kidnapping, I suppose, but not in the traditional sense.
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Fear
Is trypophobic content shown?
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KamiSteele
Yes, of the body horror variety. Frank needs fresh blood to reform himself, and there are holes in his skin as he starts to revive. There are a few shots of hooks entering the skin, which does show them rip in multiple places in such a way I can see as triggering.
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Is someone possessed?
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No one is possessed, but someone’s steals someone else’s skin and tries to pass as them to another character. Definitely very different from possession, but it may trigger people who are triggered by possession.
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Are there ghosts?
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SamhainStranger
There are no ‘ghosts’ in the traditional sense, but supernatural elements regarding life after death are present.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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Anonymous
There's a scene after Larry cuts his hand on a nail and he says he's going to throw up but he doesn't.
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Is there audio gore?
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TheKoten
When Frank eats/drains his victims, there are very graphic slurping sounds.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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RachelGriffin
A character is institutionalized
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
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TheKoten
After collapsing in the street, Kirsty wakes up in a hospital- it's not necessarily a mental institution.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
towards the beginning, hooks are shown going through skin, so not quite needles but close enough that I could see it being triggering. Also one of the villains has needles/pins in his head.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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TheKoten
After collapsing on the street, Kirsty wakes up in a hospital. No graphic medical treatment is shown.
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Mental Health
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Cryptid_Crow
Body modification/body horror is not body dysmorphia. The former are present, the latter is not.
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SamTaylor
The movie often combines reality and unreality together, usually for artistic effect. The viewers perception of events are often played with for shock and story reasons
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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DjMuel
It could possibly be argued that Frank experienced extreme trauma being trapped in hell by the cenobites, but it is only briefly alluded to.
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Is there misophonia?
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bogbat
There are multiple sound effects that could trigger misophonia, however no characters suffer from it onscreen
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SamhainStranger
There is no active self harm, however a few characters appear to have self-mutilated body modifications which may unnerve those sensitive to this topic.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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bogbat
There is a nightmare scene with a very long period of a baby crying
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Paranoia
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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There are a few scenes where Frank is watching Larry and Julia without Larry realizing.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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lrrrbch
No, but there is a very brief mention of Josef Mengele
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Is religion discussed?
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Trothwell55
The Hellraiser series has religious undertones. Biblical imagery/quotes are often presented mockingly.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
The wife spends most of the movie seducing men to bring home, and there's some pre and post s*x scenes early on.
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Is there BDSM?
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Marsattacks
Not actual BDSM stated but ideas of pleasure in pain and BDSM imagery
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Timekeeper
Not quite graphic however the uncle is quite forward and makes quite lewd comments and advances on his Niece.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
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One of the cenobites is wearing a fat suit
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Is someone homeless?
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absolutesquash
There is a homeless man in a few scenes, the pet shop scene especially. [Spoilers] He turns out to be a demon disguised as a man, but that twist is revealed at the very end.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Cryptid_Crow
Bad things happen in the movie, but there is resolution.
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Sieren
Yes, alot of blood, gore and torture
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