Practical Magic
Movie • 1998
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There are no dogs killed or shown dying in this film.
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The main characters mom dies of a broken heart and is blamed for abandoning her two kids.
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FREE FOR EVERYONEThere's domestic violence.
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A character enters a room and another calls out to them.
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0:30:53A character is physically abused by their partner, resulting in visible bruising.
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There's domestic violence.
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Small spoiler!!!! Gillian is possessed by her dead abuser so she quite literally becomes the abuser
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Main characters abuser stalks her, and hides in her car.
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In particular, belladonna is used against the antagonist, who is eventually given a lethal dose. In another scene, the witches are taking turns drinking and it is clear that they are using more than alcohol, as they keep blurting out candid opinions and insults, then giddily laughing.
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Use of cigarettes throughout the film. Addiction is not emphasized.
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Drinking, drunkenness, hangovers.
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A pigeon is stabbed with a long needle just off-screen. Its death is not shown, but implied. We do not see the bird again.
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There is a black cat featured throughout the film that remains unharmed.
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They stab a bird in the chest and kill it
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The bird that’s killed off screen is struggling in the woman’s hands and is clearly uncomfortable/terrified.
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A sizeable tarantula is shown and handled.
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Large beetles are shown on a couple occasions.
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Deep burn wound in a palm. It's shown up close.
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The antagonist is drugged when in the car with the two sisters
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During an exorcism, someone is held down
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spoiler: Gillian begs Sally to let her abusers spirit take over her so everyone else is safe, but she is saved before it could happen
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It's a large part of the story that there is a curse on the male partners of the witch family causing them to die. Only one parent's death is shown, others are historical
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The sisters are not exactly kidnapped but held hostage by the antagonist
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Thankfuly only 1 in the crowd at the end of the movie for the Halloween scene. It's not zoomed in just appears for a second.
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Typical demon-type possession - writhing, screaming, action against the will of the host, speaking in demonic voice, etc.
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Fairly traditional ghost - vengeful, visible only to some, manipulates objects, haunts and possesses people.
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the house sits next to a large body of water where Sally's two daughters throw a charmed object into it
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A frog does regurgitate a ring though but it didn’t bother me at all
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A pair of witches intend to stab a corpse through the eyes with long needles. The needles are held near the eyes, but they never actually stab them.
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The main love intrest is a cop
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Long (maybe 8-inch) needles are used for spells. One is used to stab a pigeon just off-screen. Two more are meant to be stabbed through the eyes of a corpse and are held near the eyes, but no eye mutilation actually takes place.
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The deathwatch beetle sound could read a little like misophonia.
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Both main characters suffer from PSTD due to a curse
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When Sandra Bullock's character hears a noise indicating someone will die she rips up her entire floor in a panic.
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A woman is in a gallows at the beginning of the movie, about to be hanged, but she performs a spell and jumps. The rope breaks and she is unharmed.
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Someone is choked by hand
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A broom falls and makes the characters jump.
Someone throws a glass bottle into the sink and it shatters. Another person drops a ceramic fruit bowl.
Someone throws a glass bottle into the sink and it shatters. Another person drops a ceramic fruit bowl.
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Spoiled: During the banimet of the evil spirit there are a lot of flash scenes and them a sudden bright light
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Pregnant woman at the very beginning but she is not a main character and only appears briefly at the beginning
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Local children chant a crude rhyme at the witch family a few times throughout the film.
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It is a very white movie....
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The only time it comes up is when Sally's love interest tells her some of the townspeople believe her family practices "devil worship" and she corrects him.
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There’s no demons but a spirit of the dead who returns
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FREE FOR EVERYONEThere's suicide.
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Two characters argue about whether a past death was intentional or accidental.
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0:04:49A parent dies by suicide following a family loss.
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FREE FOR EVERYONESomeone self harms.
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A character asks another for a pocket knife.
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0:09:27Two characters cut their hands to perform a spell.
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Someone self harms.
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A character offers alcohol to another character.
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1:35:06A character cuts their own hand and another's hand to perform a spell.
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Someone self harms.
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Several women join hands in a circle.
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1:35:28Two characters cut their hands to perform a spell in a flashback scene.
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The main antagonist makes a comment about "wanting sisters" more than once. This is never acted upon.
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Various borderline scenes and suggestive dialogue.
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I would say Gillian at the beginning ish of the film is presented as quite sexually free spirited, I think the camera angles and the portayal very purposefully objectify her, but this decreases a lot as the movie goes on
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FREE FOR EVERYONESomeone is sexually assaulted.
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A character mentions staying up all night.
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0:23:41A character implies unwanted sexual activity but it is not shown or confirmed.
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Traditional happy ending - evil is defeated, the romantic couple ends up together, everyone becomes friends.
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Car crashes into person walking
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Yes, we dont see the car crash but we hear honking and the "crash"
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Various instances of minimal blood.
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An officer of the law brandishes a gun, but it is never fired.
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Palm cutting for a blood pact and then again later to call upon the blood pact for a spell.
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The first husband of one of the protagonist is crushed by a car and dies
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Sort of. They resurrect a character and kill hi again before burying him, but it is strongly implied that he's undead/a ghost.
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A dove is stabbed. It happens just off screen, but the bird is struggling in the woman’s hands just prior. It’s difficult to watch.
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