Does the dog die?
190 supporters
Hereditary
Movie • 2018 • Horror
ReportWhen Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
This movie contains 72 potentially triggering events.
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Yes
659
No
64
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Anonymous
The death is not shown on screen. The camera briefly shows the aftermath (not bloody, just a small furry stillness) but if you're not paying attention you could easily miss what it's showing you.
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Abandonment
Yes
3
No
14
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
22 supporters
Yes
5
No
40
14
heartshapedguitar
i wouldn’t say abandoned but there’s a lot of tension and parental issues in general between peter and annie
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Yes
0
No
16
Abuse
Yes
39
No
2
Yes
3
No
21
Is someone stalked?
17 supporters
Yes
250
No
4
36
maulidon
Yes, by several people, though the signs are subtle and extremely easy to miss if you don't know they're there. Random stangers smile at the children as if they know them, very quiet footsteps are heard in the house before the family actually enters, the breath of an unknown person is visible outside the house at night, and in a brief night shot of the house towards the end, multiple people are standing outside the house.
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Yes
241
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9
26
danikaviolet
there is a description of a mother attempting to murder her two children but it is never shown. there are also loud screaming fights shown between mother and son as well as husband and wife.
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0
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19
Yes
60
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0
13
KamiSteele
It's a major theme of the movie, to the point where one potential interpretation of the title refers to the 'hereditary' nature of dysfunctional families. The film plays heavily into the specific trigger of becoming like your abusers.
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Is someone gaslighted?
27 supporters
Yes
242
No
16
25
Egan
We watch a character hysterically explain what she's been through during the film, and another character ignores her emotional pleas and clearly blames her.
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Yes
0
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24
Yes
298
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5
40
danikaviolet
one child is implied to have been abused by the grandmother, and the other child is emotionally abused by the mother. there is also a description of a mother attempting to murder both of her children but it is not shown, only talked about.
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Addiction
Yes
328
No
1
32
Anonymous
marijuana is smoked out of two seperate bongs and a spoon-style hand pipe
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Yes
2
No
205
Does someone abuse alcohol?
7 supporters
Yes
54
No
181
33
jaidybug03
Several teens are seen drinking alcohol at a party
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Animal
Yes
0
No
30
Does a horse die?
55 supporters
Yes
15
No
333
38
Anonymous
There are no horses in the movie.
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Yes
455
No
11
36
Logan Plonski
A pigeon flies into a window, and a character cuts off the pigeon's head with a pair of scissors.
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Are animals abused?
113 supporters
Yes
88
No
194
18
cherry
a pigeon is decapitated, but it had already passed away after hitting a window
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Yes
4
No
234
Is there a dead animal?
63 supporters
Yes
278
No
3
20
Seenit
A dead pigeon, it’s head is removed with scissors
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Yes
1
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13
Yes
0
No
26
Does a cat die?
101 supporters
Yes
15
No
350
56
eyesinthehills
No cats are ever seen or mentioned in the movie.
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Does a pet die?
85 supporters
Yes
91
No
0
10
Cassiman
The family dog is killed
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
295
Are there spiders?
26 supporters
Yes
4
No
283
33
Anonymous
No spiders, but lots of large ants.
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23
Yes
2
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280
Yes
0
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24
Are there bugs?
17 supporters
Yes
413
No
7
38
Anonymous
Lots of ants, also loud fly swarms.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
10 supporters
Add comment
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1
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21
Yes
1
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41
Yes
0
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35
Yes
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38
Yes
1
No
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Yes
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Yes
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63
Yes
30
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261
Yes
13
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0
Yes
0
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27
Yes
2
No
82
Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
19 supporters
Yes
293
No
2
35
slug
a character very gruesomely slices at their own neck with what looks like piano wire.
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Yes
16
No
1
Are there dislocations?
5 supporters
Yes
14
No
3
1
It’s not a dislocation as much as it is his hand bending and snapping in a weird way
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Is there throat mutilation?
14 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
4
Mochii_Says_Hi
Spoilers,
YES. A character levitates and slices away at their throat with a piano wire, it’s really gross
YES. A character levitates and slices away at their throat with a piano wire, it’s really gross
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
16 supporters
Yes
230
No
1
45
Maedon
A character has an allergy attack causing their throat to close. It starts small and gets really bad.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there decapitation?
15 supporters
Yes
44
No
1
7
CMster
Decapitation is central to the movie. It happens by accident toward the beginning, and a character dies by suicide decapitating herself.
Also an animal is decapitated
Also an animal is decapitated
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Yes
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147
Yes
1
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59
Yes
3
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23
Is someone burned alive?
24 supporters
Yes
356
No
1
37
Anonymous
yes. once someone's arm is engulfed in flame, another time someone's entire body
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
162
Is there body horror?
28 supporters
Yes
68
No
4
10
KamiSteele
There is a shot of a child's rotting decapitated head sitting in the middle of the road, covered in swarming ants. We also see a rotting corpse hidden in an attic. One character decapitates themselves using a piano wire. A mummified severed head is used as part of a statue.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there amputation?
14 supporters
Yes
175
No
29
40
SpearowDee
If a head counts.
4 comments | Add comment
Does a head get squashed?
35 supporters
Yes
340
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20
50
Anonymous
Not exactly squashed but one character's head gets severely mutilated by an accident involving a utility pole and another character smashes his head on a desk repeatedly.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
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63
Is there a hanging?
24 supporters
Yes
181
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21
30
dav2392
A character appears to be floating but also seems to be getting their neck cut by a rope or wire as they are in the air.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
16 supporters
Yes
78
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3
8
Spoilers!
Actually🤓 no, but Charlie doesn't die due to trouble breathing, she's severely allergic to nuts, accidentally eats some, goes into anaphylactic shock and then on the way to the hospital, dies in a freak accident.
Actually🤓 no, but Charlie doesn't die due to trouble breathing, she's severely allergic to nuts, accidentally eats some, goes into anaphylactic shock and then on the way to the hospital, dies in a freak accident.
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Are any teeth damaged?
25 supporters
Yes
38
No
190
36
Anonymous
Not specifically the teeth, but a character's mouth gets bloodied up pretty badly after taking a beating.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
41
No
2
Does someone break a bone?
15 supporters
Yes
309
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3
30
danikaviolet
a character breaks his nose
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a seizure?
4 supporters
Yes
235
No
36
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Anonymous
A character has a seizure and injures their face on a desk - it is not a medical seizure, but is rather a coercive supernatural event. However, other characters in the scene believe it to be a seizure
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
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117
Yes
3
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210
Is someone tortured?
57 supporters
Yes
103
No
128
41
KendalleAubra
Psychologically, yes
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Yes
0
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73
Does someone fall to their death?
8 supporters
Yes
241
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9
33
danikaviolet
yes, but the character is possesed and revived as a new person right afterwards.
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Is there eye mutilation?
59 supporters
Yes
25
No
188
37
danikaviolet
there's not exactly eye mutilation but there is a scene in which a character is possesed and his eye is breifly shown very bloodshot and as if it's about ti pop out.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
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13
Is there excessive gore?
51 supporters
Yes
124
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6
15
Ivylover28
This is an extremely gory film. I would avoid it at all costs if you're squeamish.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
12 supporters
Yes
4
No
47
7
shroomoss
Not in a usual sense but writing this just incase: It is mentioned that the mom was heavily pressured by the grandmother to give away her child and let the grandmother raise it. She agreed to for her second child, and she says this with great regret.
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Does a kid die?
28 supporters
Yes
418
No
2
69
danikaviolet
there is a graphic depiction of a child's death as well as multiple of the dead body, including a scene of a mother finding her child's body. there is also another character who mentions her son and grandson's deaths but those arent shown.
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Is a minor sexualized?
61 supporters
Yes
47
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6
11
Anonymous
short shot of a girl’s butt shown from teenage boys persepctive
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
7 supporters
Yes
0
No
15
2
Stonesoulthegoth
Technically no, but a scene with ants in a bed
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
7 supporters
Yes
40
No
5
11
Everyman
SPOILERS: One character asks another to set fire to an artifact which they believe will save the family. The second character refuses, and the first burns the artifact, inadvertently killing the other.
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Does a major character die?
11 supporters
Yes
30
No
0
3
MeeshMish
The whole family dies basically.
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Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
Yes
27
No
7
11
QuietWyatt
Non-human animals? Yes. Non-human characters? No. There is only one non-human *character* in the movie, and he most certainly lives.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
30
No
0
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
22 supporters
Yes
83
No
0
9
MeteorMeadow
A child's drawing is described in this way.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
0
No
60
Family
Yes
0
No
167
Does a parent die?
8 supporters
Yes
342
No
1
34
Anonymous
a grandmother dies naturally in the beginning and it isn't shown, only her funeral. both parents die in brutal fashion
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
178
Is a child's toy destroyed?
15 supporters
Yes
22
No
100
12
Cherii
Charlies sketchbook is destroyed in a fire
2 comments | Add comment
Does a family member die?
11 supporters
Yes
30
No
0
2
ErinHollow
Intergral to the plot
1 comment | Add comment
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
30 supporters
Yes
329
No
11
36
Anonymous
There are, but surprisingly only very few. Most startling things were seeing a character getting startled by the soft clicking sound. These didn't even feel like they were meant to be junpscares but many people in the theatre startled the first couple times.
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Is someone possessed?
8 supporters
Yes
293
No
1
33
RosClark
Possession is a central theme of the film as a demon attempts to find a suitable vessel. Several characters are compelled to act in bizarre ways during fits of possession before one finally becomes permanent host to the entity
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Yes
303
No
4
31
danikaviolet
yes there are apparitions as well as communication with ghosts via seances. there are also evil demonic spirits
1 comment | Add comment
Are there clowns?
9 supporters
Yes
56
No
183
35
Anonymous
Very briefly a clown is shown in one of the miniature sets that the mother makes.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
0
No
33
Yes
4
No
200
Are there mannequins?
4 supporters
Yes
25
No
7
5
QuietWyatt
Annie's dioramas are full of them.
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Gross
Yes
0
No
85
Does someone vomit?
58 supporters
Yes
62
No
183
44
Logan Plonski
No vomit is shown, but a couple of characters gag after seeing something disturbing.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
24
Yes
0
No
15
Does someone spit?
8 supporters
Yes
74
No
116
34
Breanna
A character drools for a good part of the movie. About 4 minutes worth.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
30 supporters
Yes
160
No
1
19
johnny
You can hear the child’s head be decapitated in a thud, a character saws their head off and you can hear the sawing and their body drop to the floor.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
No
49
Law Enforcement
Yes
0
No
99
Yes
0
No
16
LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
25 supporters
Yes
16
No
11
4
Cassiman
After Paimon possesses Peter, he is referred to as Charlie, who is the girl he used to possess.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
35 supporters
Yes
0
No
16
1
ErinHollow
The director has said that Paimon isn't intended as trans, and he's not exactly predatory but he isn't the nicest
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Yes
0
No
34
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
2 supporters
Yes
3
No
17
7
IndigoBlue14
Annie destroys her artwork she's spent months on.
1 comment | Add comment
Medical
Yes
0
No
197
Yes
0
No
223
Yes
0
No
189
Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
Yes
27
No
164
42
Anonymous
No, but a miniature figure is made depicting a hospital/hospice room.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Does someone have cancer?
12 supporters
Yes
42
No
151
27
Logan Plonski
There is a character who died of cancer before the beginning of the movie, and it's briefly talked about.
1 comment | Add comment
Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
28 supporters
Yes
70
No
3
10
mfms
Several dreams and events occur which suggest a character has PTSD from severe trauma, but the dreams and events are usually shown as having a supernatural cause rather than mental illness. An actor later reported he had PTSD from making the film.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
23
No
1
Yes
249
No
4
39
Anonymous
There's a fair number of instances where characters self-harm in bizarre ways (think: by possession rather than by volition). Most are graphic/bloody.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
11
Is a mentally ill person violent?
19 supporters
Yes
80
No
10
20
sapphicswords
A character (who dies in the beginning of the film and is only shown in photos) is diagnosed with DID and had some abusive tendencies. Given the context of the film however, it’s very likely that this character was possessed and never actually had the disorder.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
0
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
13 supporters
Yes
32
No
4
15
mstryke
The grandmother is said to have D.I.D. - though we never meet the character so it’s impossible to know if that is correct. She’s also the leader of a cult so that’s not great.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
50
No
2
8
Everyman
One character discusses almost committing self-immolation in their sleep, but does not go through with it. This same character later tries to burn a haunted artifact, which they believe will kill them but spare their family, but again this does not happen.
Also, it's somewhat unclear if this was the intention, but a character does at one point jump from a window to escape a monster.
Also, it's somewhat unclear if this was the intention, but a character does at one point jump from a window to escape a monster.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
22
No
1
Yes
18
No
1
Is there misophonia?
25 supporters
Yes
90
No
5
25
moonpie91
And how! The main indicator of Charlie's presence is her tic of clicking her tongue. It is repetitive and agonizingly grating.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Is there body dysphoria?
9 supporters
Yes
11
No
21
6
QuietWyatt
Paimon has body dysphoria so bad that he plots to jump from a female body to a male one.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there body dysmorphia?
19 supporters
Yes
62
No
120
27
davida
A central AFAB character shares their body and spirit with a male demonic force. This character wears baggy oversized clothes in order to hide their figure is implied to have conflict over their gender and takes on a male form throughout the course of the film. Whether this is their partly own feelings or exclusively that of the male demon is left unstated.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
17 supporters
Yes
99
No
6
25
Pixi3
While not those specific words, the mother does have a breakdown in her room while being comforted by her husband while she screams that she wants to die
4 comments | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
19 supporters
Yes
256
No
1
30
schnazzleberry
When Peter is with his friends under the bleachers, he has an anxiety attack
3 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
14 supporters
Yes
19
No
152
16
glitchybuddy
While not an extreme case, scenes showcasing the inside of the little tree-house at the end of the movie could feel claustrophobic to some people.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
24 supporters
Yes
27
No
181
52
danikaviolet
there is mentions of a character's father who starved himself to death, but this character does not actually appear in the movie.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there autism specific abuse?
31 supporters
Yes
145
No
10
31
sickb0y
One of the characters neglect and have a distaste for their child, who is implied to have autism or another learning disability.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
286
No
3
39
danikaviolet
there is a very graphic depiction of a suicide by decapitation. also someone jumps out of a window and falls to their death. there is also mention of a character's brother and father commiting suicide years before the movie takes place.
3 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Yes
17
No
0
Yes
0
No
14
Yes
0
No
75
Is there shakey cam?
23 supporters
Yes
6
No
181
21
Anonymous
No shakey cam, the camera is ominously smooth throughout.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
15
No
0
Yes
43
No
0
Yes
0
No
203
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
Yes
26
No
0
6
Cassiman
The cult stalks the family
2 comments | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
5 supporters
Yes
2
No
57
13
mfms
There are a lot of instances of characters staring at the camera, but it is because they are looking at something else implied to be where the camera is
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Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
60
Yes
0
No
160
Are there abortions?
12 supporters
Yes
37
No
130
43
Kells
There is mention of an attempted and failed miscarriage.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
10 supporters
Yes
1
No
56
0
slimey
breastfeeding is depicted as well as many mentions to having/being a baby
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone miscarry?
13 supporters
Yes
38
No
156
49
Anonymous
Not during the course of the movie, but miscarriage is mentioned when speaking of past events.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
166
Prejudice
Yes
0
No
162
Yes
38
No
151
30
Breanna
An important antagonist is in the movie to gain a male body after getting into a female body by accident.
3 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
14 supporters
Yes
2
No
172
22
MaceRenaae
As far as I can remember there are no black people in the movie.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
125
Yes
0
No
129
Yes
0
No
75
Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
Yes
168
No
43
54
danikaviolet
there is an exchange where a side character refers to something that a disabled character drew as ret*rded.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
12 supporters
Yes
11
No
17
8
heartshapedguitar
the whole metaphor of the movie is mental illness, especially the mother, and she’s represented as an abusive cult leader , so somewhat??
2 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
Yes
9
No
210
7
randomuser1105
"ambiguously supernaturally trans"
There are no "trans" people in this film.
There are no "trans" people in this film.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
27 supporters
Yes
181
No
5
44
GwendolynCox
One of the children shown has social issues. In a classroom scene, the teacher pushes her to finish her test in a way that could draw negative attention to this. Later, the mother yells at her, saying, "are you some kind of idiot," for displaying the same behavior. The same character's art is also called the r word
5 comments | Add comment
Are there n-words?
18 supporters
Yes
2
No
105
4
Cassiman
This is easy to miss, but when Peter and Charlie go to the party, the music playing uses the n-word.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
27
Race
Yes
0
No
21
Relationships
Yes
0
No
46
Religious
Is religion discussed?
9 supporters
Yes
13
No
3
4
MeeshMish
Yes, a cult religion is central to the plot.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
8 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
7
MeeshMish
The whole plot revolves around a cult obsessed with Paimon, one of the "kings of Hell", and their attempts to have him possess a human form. You only see this demon possessing someone; there's no separate demonic form shown.
1 comment | Add comment
Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
Yes
48
No
198
52
danikaviolet
there's full frontal nudity but it isnt sexual
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
26 supporters
Yes
14
No
31
7
KamiSteele
It's implied through the editing that a teenage boy stares at a female classmate's butt.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there nude scenes?
23 supporters
Yes
59
No
0
8
Anonymous
Yes, but for horror purposes.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
28
Yes
0
No
13
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
7
No
174
40
IndigoBlue14
No, but there is a mention of a grandmother breastfeeding her grandchild which the mother didn't want, which could be triggering to some.
2 comments | Add comment
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
12 supporters
Yes
1
No
53
11
heartshapedguitar
no, this movie is actually amazing at showing peters emotions
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Yes
1
No
37
Yes
3
No
31
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
15 supporters
Yes
12
No
18
9
heartshapedguitar
ellen has dementia but it’s not ever shown
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone terminally ill?
10 supporters
Yes
5
No
16
1
Stonesoulthegoth
Grandmother is mentioned to be old and terminally ill before death at the start of the movie, but it is not shown
1 comment | Add comment
Social
Yes
0
No
54
Yes
0
No
17
Yes
0
No
26
Yes
0
No
13
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
186
Yes
1
No
12
Does it have a sad ending?
24 supporters
Yes
274
No
8
62
RosClark
It has a happy ending for the demon
2 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
Yes
292
No
18
110
eyesinthehills
Yes. The car itself is not damaged, but the scene is horrific and a character dies.
*EDIT* This site is for people who are upset by certain events in media. If someone has prior fear of/bad experiences with car crashes, this scene is almost sure to feed into that or upset them. THAT is the measure. THAT is why this scene falls into the category of car crash. It is car-accident-related trauma and there are not enough categories to nitpick what exactly goes in. The more informed people with specific fears can be going into a movie, the better.
*EDIT* This site is for people who are upset by certain events in media. If someone has prior fear of/bad experiences with car crashes, this scene is almost sure to feed into that or upset them. THAT is the measure. THAT is why this scene falls into the category of car crash. It is car-accident-related trauma and there are not enough categories to nitpick what exactly goes in. The more informed people with specific fears can be going into a movie, the better.
3 comments | Add comment
Does a car honk or tires screech?
8 supporters
Yes
72
No
0
8
mfms
The first violent scene involves a character driving a car and then trying to swerve around a dead animal in the road and later stopping. I don’t quite remember if there’s specifically the sound of tires screeching, but it’s very possible.
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1
No
213
Is someone hit by a car?
11 supporters
Yes
18
No
160
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Logan Plonski
No, but there is a brutal death involving a car.
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Violence
Yes
2
No
154
Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
Yes
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Anonymous
there is blood, dismemberment, naked bodies with body parts missing, cutting, and head trauma shown in hereditary
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
Yes
28
No
164
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eyesinthehills
No characters are shown drowning, but a supporting character mentions that two of their family members (one being a child) died by drowning.
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