Does the dog die?
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Hellraiser
Movie • 1987 • Horror
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An 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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No dogs are killed in Hellraiser. Rats are tortured and killed, however.
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Abandonment
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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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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Not abandoned, but rats are harmed in the movie.
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Abuse
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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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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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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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Is someone gaslighted?
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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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Characters from another realm are trying to find a main character throughout the film
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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No one is known for being drunk, but alcohol is consumed throughout the movie
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Smoking.
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Is there addiction?
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Frank and Julia are seen smoking cigarettes
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Animal
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Are there spiders?
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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 bugs?
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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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Are there snakes?
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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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Dead rats are shown several times, in a very graphic and unsettling way
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Are animals abused?
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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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Rats are killed and they are shown in graphic detail
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Assault
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no, but some of the sex scenes are kinky in a way that could be uncomfortable for certain viewers
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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 there pedophilia?
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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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Is someone restrained?
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Multiple people are restrained with chains throughout the film.
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Not slapped but women get hit, stabbed and go through sexual aggression
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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Yes, but it's softened a little because a lot of it doesn't look that realistic
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Is someone tortured?
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Torture is a major reoccurring theme.
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Is there body horror?
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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 finger/toe mutilation?
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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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Does a head get squashed?
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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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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 throat mutilation?
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Pretty much all kinds of mutilation.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Not technically. More of a vampiric sucking of people's life force.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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The house collapses on one of the cenobites
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Is there amputation?
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Less amputation, more dismemberment
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Does someone break a bone?
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Julia breaks a man's jaw bone/teeth while hitting it with a hammer.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Graphically, on-screen, in a way that someone may relate to.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Many attemps at stabbing, some are succesful (also hooks get through skin a lot in the movie)
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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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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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Are any teeth damaged?
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A man Julia sacrifices for Frank is seen with broken/missing teeth after she hits him with a hammer.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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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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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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Frank kills Larry and wears his skin afterward, then comes onto Kirsty, who was Larry's daughter.
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Does a family member die?
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The only one of the Cotton family who survives to the end is Kirsty.
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Does someone cheat?
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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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Is someone kidnapped?
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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
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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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There are no ‘ghosts’ in the traditional sense, but supernatural elements regarding life after death are present.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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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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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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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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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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I don't think she's institutionalized, she's just brought to the hospital after passing out. However, her door is locked by the nurse
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Loss
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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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 mental institution scene?
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After collapsing in the street, Kirsty wakes up in a hospital- it's not necessarily a mental institution.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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After collapsing on the street, Kirsty wakes up in a hospital. No graphic medical treatment is shown.
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Mental Health
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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There are multiple sound effects that could trigger misophonia, however no characters suffer from it onscreen
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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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 body dysmorphia?
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Body modification/body horror is not body dysmorphia. The former are present, the latter is not.
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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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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 die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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There is a nightmare scene with a very long period of a baby crying
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Paranoia
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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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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The Hellraiser series has religious undertones. Biblical imagery/quotes are often presented mockingly.
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Sex
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Not quite graphic however the uncle is quite forward and makes quite lewd comments and advances on his Niece.
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Is there sexual content?
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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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One of the photos Julia looks at has a woman restrained by the wrists whilst engaging in sexual acts with Frank. Lots of BDSM imagery with the Cenobites: chains, restraint, body modification.
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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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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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Bad things happen in the movie, but there is resolution.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Yes, alot of blood, gore and torture
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