American Psycho
Movie • 2000 • Horror
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Abuse Back to Top
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patrick almost exclusively kills women, and kills them in incredibly violent ways. there is also sexual violence against women
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He brutally murders and dismembers prostitutes he's sleeping with, he is neglectful in all his relationships. There is no explicit domestic abuse, but the threat of him murdering his partners is there so err on the side of caution.
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This is a complicated one due to the main character being confused and unaware of who he actually is but characters in the film call him by other names and say that he hasn't actually done stuff he vividly remembers doing, all of this is ambiguous due to his deteriorating mental state
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No, but he has a cupboard full of tools he uses to murder people and there are belts or straps in there - it's not clear what it is though and we don't see him use it.
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ASPD (antisocial personality disorder) and people with it are often stereotyped as murderous or evil because of media when we are statistically more likely to be the victims of abuse and ASPD is often caused by childhood trauma. This media also uses ASPD specific wording derogatorily or incorrectly (“sociopath” “psycho” “psychopath” etc)
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It's assumed so, it's not seen on screen. The main character tells a person of a different character's life in oddly specific detail.
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Addiction Back to Top
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One character is shown having drug withdrawals.
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A character gets drunk, but that's about it.
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Explicit cocaine use
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Animal Death Back to Top
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There is a scene where he almost kills a kitten but doesn't go through with it.
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(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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If you want to skip the scene where he kills the dog, go from 22:01 to 22:32.
You'll go from the alleyway to the next scene where Patrick is getting a spa treatment. No context will be missed.
You'll go from the alleyway to the next scene where Patrick is getting a spa treatment. No context will be missed.
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He kicks a homeless man's dog to death after stabbing the man
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Yes but not visible
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bye bye horsey
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dragon deez NUTS on yo face
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Animal Distress Back to Top
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dog owned by homeless man stomped to death
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Yes we hear a dog whimper as he's kicked to death
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Animal Phobia Back to Top
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In the book, a rat is forced into a woman's vaginal cavity.
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Appendages Back to Top
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[SPOILERS, scene descriptions] There is a scene after Patrick has sex with two sex workers where he opens a drawer with knives and a wire coat hanger, and immediately after the sex workers are seen leaving his apartment limping and injured (what he did is left to the imagination). Towards the end of the movie, a journal is shown with explicit drawings of genital mutilation and torture, which was extremely triggering. I recommend looking away when [SPOILERS] the secretary sits to read the journal.
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not sure why someon said no. there is a head in patrick's fridge
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Assault Back to Top
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Patrick puts drugs in a character's drink
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Children Back to Top
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Thankfully there are no children in this film.
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Creepy Crawly Back to Top
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Death Back to Top
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If you want to skip the scene where he kills the dog, go from 22:01 to 22:32.
You'll go from the alleyway to the next scene where Patrick is getting a spa treatment. No context will be missed.
You'll go from the alleyway to the next scene where Patrick is getting a spa treatment. No context will be missed.
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Lots
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Drugs/Alcohol Back to Top
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Bateman is seen emptying an entire bottle of pills into his mouth towards the end of the movie. In the book we know this is Xanax, and he doesn't have any complications but it could still be potentially triggering or upsetting.
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Family Back to Top
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Yes, multiple characters cheat.
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No, but a prostitute is lured into his car with money despite her resistance (the previous time he had hired her he abused her badly, she mentions having to go to the ER) so this might not be great for anyone with this trigger
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Fear Back to Top
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While there are eerie and suspenseful scenes, there's never any instance of a sudden cut to a shocking image or a sudden loud noise. It all flows nicely into its horrid imagery.
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S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Patrick shaves in the beginning scene and later we see many MANY knives and different types of blades, which he most likely uses in his killings. i’d be cautious if razors trigger you
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Well Patrick Baynton is dure acting like one 🤡🤡🤡
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In the opening of the movie, the main character is shown standing in the shower.
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No, but you see corpses hung up in bags which to me looked more like mannequins than corpses
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Gross Back to Top
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a main character gags but does not vomit.
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Several times throughout the film, you can hear blood splatter and other disturbing sounds one might hear when well..committing a murder.
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YES but it is not explicitly shown on screen. He mentions eating some of his victims brains, and there is a sex scene where he emerges from under the covers with blood around his mouth, implying he at least bit the woman he was with. Another scene shows him aggressively biting a woman but he doesn’t eat her, at least not on screen.
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Head Back to Top
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a character is killed by an ax to the head, their injuries aren't clearly shown onscreen but you see the ax swung and hear the impact, and the character that kills them is covered in their blood.
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There’s a decapitated head
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Large-scale Violence Back to Top
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This movie was released in 2000 and is set in the 80s. Because of these dates, it's impossible for there to be any references or depictions of 9/11.
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LGBTQ+ Back to Top
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No, but it’s worth mentioning that the F slur is used multiple times, both aggressively and casually
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no. a gay character misinterprets patricks attempted murder as a sexual advance and patrick is so grossed out by this that he doesnt kill him. so, homophobia but no outing
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Medical Back to Top
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Medical instruments are shown briefly and imply malicious use, but no on-screen use is shown.
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There is no hospital scene, but a character does mention how her friend had to be sent to the hospital because of how badly Bateman cut her up.
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Mental Health Back to Top
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It can be theorised that patrick bateman himself has autism but it's never actually discussed/mentioned.
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Bateman's voice might trigger it, kind of dry mouth ASMR-y
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Bateman tells a girl he is on a diet, and that he can "always be thinner." Just a passing comment, though
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regardless of the end and what it might "change" in the events of the movie, the main character 100% has an antisocial personality disorder and is violent, has harmful behaviors and is depicted as a killer. (tw: he calls himself a "psychopath")
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One sex worker is shown a bit traumatized by what Bateman did to her a few days prior, but it's never explicitly stated to be PTSD and she never has any panic attacks of the sort. She weary of Bateman and not wanting to be around him.
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A major theme later on is the main character questioning who he is and if events he remembers taking place are even real
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Not explicitly body dysmorphia, but Patrick is obsessed with his body and appearance. For example, when offered food by Jean, he says he’s on a diet, and when Jean expresses shock and tells Patrick he doesn’t need to lose weight, he replies “you can always look better. Be thinner.”
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While there aren't anxiety attacks there are still quite a few mental breakdowns.
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Patrick Bateman the main charac goes through a mental illness where he imagines killing people
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Natural Disasters Back to Top
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Neck Back to Top
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There are mutilated corpses hung around in bags
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near the end there's a scene where the main character is on the phone and seems like he's struggling to breathe because he's overwhelmed
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patrick tries to choke someone, but it doesn’t actually happen. he has his hands around his neck though.
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Noxious Back to Top
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In one scene while the main character and his friend are at a club, there are flashing lights. It lasts for a few seconds but they're there.
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The camera is slightly shaky in some scenes where Bateman is running or chasing someone, but not enough to cause any harm to viewers. There's also a slight vertigo scene where a character is running down the stairs while the camera spins.
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Yes, the worst is at the end scene when christie is running from him. i was mostly unbothered by anything in this movie but her screams were horrible.
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The F slur is used by straight people both aggressively and casually
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Paranoia Back to Top
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There are bits of Patrick Bateman narrating but it’s not clear if he’s actually speaking to us directly
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Pregnancy Back to Top
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No, but there is a scene involving vaginal mutation which shows a coat hanger- this is visually reminiscent of a “coat hanger abortion”
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Prejudice Back to Top
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F slur is used quite a few times in their business friends chats. Uncomfortable, but not used in a direct or violent homophobic attack
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while not super out there, multiple remarks on womens weight are made
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Look at the title of the movie.
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There is a scene in which someone nearly strangles a gay man, but does not go through with it.
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Homophobic slurs are used.
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Race Back to Top
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Vilification and stigmatization of ASPD. The portrayal of hate crimes is controversial, with many believing it comes across as glamorized. Patrick Bateman has become a hate symbol in real life, with many incels idolizing his femicides and using them to promote femicide and other hate crimes.
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First scene in the restaurant opens with this, character is called out on it though
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The first on-screen murder in the movie is Patrick Bateman killing a black homeless man and his dog.
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Relationships Back to Top
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Religious Back to Top
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Patrick briefly references Hell at the end, but that's it.
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In the opening scene a character makes antisemitic remarks and another calls him out but is made fun of for doing so.
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Self Harm Back to Top
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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No, but Bateman empties a bottle of Xanax into his mouth which could be potentially upsetting or triggering.
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S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Sex Back to Top
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National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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He says a prostituir is his cousin (she’s not) and drugs the prostituye and his friend and makes them smash to watch which isn’t really incest but just weird
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There are many sex scenes between Bateman and prostitutes, a prostitute and a model, Bateman and Courtney.
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Yes, you can see christian bales ass very clearly multiple times, and there is a workout scene where he is wearing boxers and you can see his bulge which grossed out some people, and there are also multiple sex scenes. if you can’t handle nudity you’ll end up skipping A LOT of this movie
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It's implied at several points that Patrick thinks of women as sexual objects.
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There is no BDSM in this movie. BDSM is consensual practices of bondage, dominance, discipline, submission, sadism, and masochism. The scenes not shown and the art of them depicted later are Not consensual and therefore Not BDSM. It is just torture at the hands of a sick man after having sex.
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Sexual Assault Back to Top
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two woman are drugged and then have sex with the main character. although they are sex workers, they are unwillingly drugged and thus cannot give proper consent
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Most of the sex is consensual, but there's two scenes where the same hooker is bribed into sex with Bateman and other women for Bateman's pleasure. The second time, the hooker tries to walk away, but he lures her into his car with money.
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There are multiple implicit rape scenes, sex in this film is about power and the women involved are visibly uncomfortable.
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Social Back to Top
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No one is pregnant but he does mutilate a woman's vagina with a coat hanger.
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Not only is a character homeless, he is also the first person to die onscreen, and the main character later claims to have killed 5-10 homeless people in total.
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Spoiler Back to Top
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It’s uncertain, but whatever the case, the main character definitely isn’t happy by the end.
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Vehicular Back to Top
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Police cars blow up
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Violence Back to Top
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absofuckinglutely
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Moderately bloody shootings.
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Not a nuclear explosion but there is an explosion at one point.
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Whole Body Back to Top
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One of the most well known scenes in the movie depicts Patrick Bateman repeatedly hitting someone with an axe, getting blood everywhere
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We see a drawer full of weapons and tools that is very disturbing and then we see two victims after being tortured. We see them physically and emotionally harmed and disturbed. We also see body parts and corpses repeatedly and the main character casually mentioning his violent acts. And we see his doodle drawings of his torture and violence in detail.
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There are mutilated corpses hung around
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Bateman sets police cars on fire when the cops are shooting at him
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A character mentions doing so, but it's not shown on screen.
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In the opening of the movie, we see Bateman shaving
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Homeless guy is stabbed
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Patrick kills a sex worker by dropping a chainsaw on her from the top of a spiral staircase while she is trying to escape from him. Her body is seen from Patrick's perspective looking down as she bleeds out near the bottom of the steps.
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He drugs people
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(SPOILER WARNING BELOW)
It is later revealed that some events may not have actually happened, which would include the dog's death.