Heavenly Creatures
Movie • 1994 • Drama
ReportWealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.
This movie contains 32 potentially triggering events.
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Is rape mentioned?
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KristenC
No, but statutory rape is depicted
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Are there abusive parents?
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KristenC
Juliet's parents are kind of neglectful
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Abandonment
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TheCassandraComplex
Juliet’s parents leave on a trip while she is sick with turburculosis. It is clear she is scared of being left alone and doesn’t want them to go. They are unconcerned and leave anyway.
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Manicpixiedreamgirl
The main character is slapped in the face by her mother
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Is someone gaslighted?
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TheCassandraComplex
Juliet is gaslit by her mom, particularly the hospital scene.
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Anonymous
A mother slaps her teenage daughter. This is not shown as or implied to be part of an ongoing abusive situation. The daughter does not appear physically or emotionally damaged by the slap.
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Is there pedophilia?
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darkwingedove
John is a pedophile. He is 30 and rapes a 14 year old girl
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SavannahSpeir
A 14 year old girl is pursued and at least statutorily raped by a man I would place as 25 to 30 years old. She does come to his house with the intent of having sex with him, but she dissociates during it and seems to not enjoy it, and, again, she’s 14 and he’s a full grown adult
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bonkersbinch
Statutory rape, she's 14 and he's in his 20s. She meets at his home and says that originally she said no, but eventually gave in. "I had no choice." She then dissociates and cries during it and afterwards looks upset.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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TheCassandraComplex
In a dream/fantasy sequence, a character imagines her parents choking to death.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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TheCassandraComplex
However, someone is bludgeoned to death.
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Is someone choked?
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A character dreams that someone is choked.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Not squashed, per se, but a woman is violently beaten in the head. We see blood on her face and hear the impact, but the after-effects are not shown on screen other than large amounts of blood splatter.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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In a dream/fantasy sequence, a character imagines her parents choking to death.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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darkwingedove
Juliet and Pauline are 14
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
The opening scene reveals that a character has just murdered her mother. We do not see the murder at this time. The remainder of the film goes back to show how we came to this point, culminating with the murder itself (which is quite graphic).
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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bonkersbinch
There's a threat by a sister to break all of her younger brother's toys, but it doesn't actually happen. Also, a teenager's favorite record is accidentally broken. Not a toy but something a young person cares about a lot.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Anonymous
Not a shower scene per se, but there are multiple scenes in which the two main characters are shown sitting at opposite ends of a bathtub together.
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Are there mannequins?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not exactly but there are clay figurines and effigies that are kinda creepy and mannequin-like. In a few dream/fantasy sequences, these effigies come to life and are life-size. They are more like statues in appearance but I think folks who have issues with mannequins are pretty likely to have issues with these as well.
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Does someone vomit?
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maelinya
There is brief discussion of vomiting.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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darkwingedove
yes? not really but pauline is referred to by a name she does not want to be called
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Is there a hospital scene?
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In two brief successive scenes, the two main character discuss their childhood ailments in which they are shown as children lying in hospital beds. Later, one of these characters becomes ill and is shown in a sanatorium. None of these scenes show surgery, doctors, physical injuries, or blood.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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KristenC
Maybe not typical misophonia sounds, but there is squeaky chalkboard writing
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Manicpixiedreamgirl
Not literally in those words but a character implies that she doesn’t want to live on without her friend
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
One of the main characters, a teenage girl, is said to have lost a lot of weight due to vomiting, with the implication that she is bulimic. This is mentioned only once in the context of a doctor's visit and is not a major part of the story. We do not see the girl engage in any disordered eating (including purging) on screen.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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TheCassandraComplex
No but some of the language the psychologist uses could be upsetting.
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Anonymous
A character briefly voices her suicidal thoughts. She does not ultimately go through with it, and no attempts are implied or shown.
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Is there shakey cam?
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maelinya
A handheld camera ("shaky cam") is employed in many shots throughout the film; only in the first scene is it very jerky.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Brockl
Two characters act out an imaginary childbirth as part of a game, with groaning and screaming. The "baby" is a pillow.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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TheCassandraComplex
I guess there are no actual slurs but there’s a lot of homophobic language and attitudes.
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
This film is set in the 1950s, when homosexuality was considered a mental illness that a person might grow out of" and which might someday be cured by medical science. People react to this diagnosis with horror and refer to it as "unwholesome." One character refers to her own lesbian relationship as "sin" and believes that she and her lover are insane (although in context, these statements are presented as defiant acceptance).
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Relationships
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Manicpixiedreamgirl
There is a sex scene between a 14 year old girl and a 25+ year old man
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
A teenage girl has s*x with a man. We see the male partner thrusting and panting, but their bodies are concealed by a sheet.
Two girls appear to have s*x (it is a little unclear, as this is mostly shown through fantasy sequences). Afterwards the girls are shown in bed, lying in each other's arms, and they kiss. Again, any nudity is concealed by a sheet and the two seem to be wearing nightdresses.
A number of fully-clothed fantasy creatures engage in what amounts to a large public make-out session. They kiss and caress, and some are shown writhing on the ground in a way meant to simulate s*x A female creature is shown pushing a male's head down to her cleavage.
There are frequent scenes in which the two main characters share a bathtub. These sequences are not sexual. In one scene only, a character's b*****s are faintly visible through the cloudy water; otherwise their bodies cannot be seen in any of the scenes.
Two girls appear to have s*x (it is a little unclear, as this is mostly shown through fantasy sequences). Afterwards the girls are shown in bed, lying in each other's arms, and they kiss. Again, any nudity is concealed by a sheet and the two seem to be wearing nightdresses.
A number of fully-clothed fantasy creatures engage in what amounts to a large public make-out session. They kiss and caress, and some are shown writhing on the ground in a way meant to simulate s*x A female creature is shown pushing a male's head down to her cleavage.
There are frequent scenes in which the two main characters share a bathtub. These sequences are not sexual. In one scene only, a character's b*****s are faintly visible through the cloudy water; otherwise their bodies cannot be seen in any of the scenes.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Manicpixiedreamgirl
Partial nudity is seen in the bath (you can see a girls breasts through cloudy bath water)
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Is there bestiality?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not shown but there’s a Mario Lanza song called “The Donkey Serenade” that is about being in love with a donkey. The song is featured prominently.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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TheCassandraComplex
Tuberculosis
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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There is a homeless man in the streets, but he is shown only a few seconds, while Juliet embraces him.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
In the opening moments of the film, two young girls are shown with a great deal of blood on their faces, hands, and clothes (though they themselves are not injured).
In the Director's Cut only, there are two fantasy sequences in which the characters imagine people dying violently. In one scene, a man is run through with a sword; blood comes from his mouth. In another, a girl imagines her family dying around the dinner table; blood likewise comes from their mouths.
The final scene shows a woman beaten to death. There is a great deal of blood.
In the director's cut, the final shot is of a girl's blood-covered face (again, she is uninjured).
In the Director's Cut only, there are two fantasy sequences in which the characters imagine people dying violently. In one scene, a man is run through with a sword; blood comes from his mouth. In another, a girl imagines her family dying around the dinner table; blood likewise comes from their mouths.
The final scene shows a woman beaten to death. There is a great deal of blood.
In the director's cut, the final shot is of a girl's blood-covered face (again, she is uninjured).
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