Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (Video Game, 2021)
(Note - vague spoilers ahead.)
Known Triggers (x):
- Jump Scares - A series wide staple. Most of these are triggered upon game over, though there is a running gag involving humorous jump scares (the character that does it is harmless).
- Themes of Child Endangerment, Abduction, Abuse, and Death- A recurring theme across the franchise. This game’s premise involves Gregory, a young boy, being trapped after hours in an indoor amusement park with dangerous animatronics and a copycat killer of a serial child murder hunting him down. Said serial killer both appears as a costumed character and a mascot. There are allusions to child murder, such as a bundle of children’s clothes in one area and mentions of ‘disappearances.’ One of the animatronics is mostly localized to one area and is intended to look after toddler-age children, but is an enemy that, according to one note, terrified at least one child with strict, cruel, and erratic behavior that it also demonstrates in front of Gregory during its segment. In a series of collectables, there are allusions to custody battles, an abusive father, the potential death of a mother (possibly through suicide), and the long term effects this has on a (now adult) character. While it’s ambiguous in context how much they’re telling the truth, the character in question is unambiguously a current victim of abuse through implied brainwashing and psychological manipulation by an older male figure who may or may not be of relation.
- Homelessness/Poverty - There are allusions to such involving a child character. It’s mostly through implication, though one potential ending makes it more clear.
- Supernatural and Science-Fiction Horror Tropes, Including Some Involving Possession and Brainwashing- This includes both human and animatronic characters.
- Character Death and Grief - Two separate endings feature the character death of a father figure. A third leaves his fate ambiguous, while two others have near-misses. The aforementioned implied homeless child character does not appear to have any parents or other legal guardians, possibly suggesting that they are an orphan or was abandoned (however, the issue is not discussed). The aforementioned collectables imply that a mother may have died after a custody battle, possibly from suicide. There is also an implied death of an animatronic in the backstory, with the further implication that another animatronic was responsible. Some dialogue has a different animatronic expressing grief for their lost friend.
- Violence - As mentioned, there are themes of child death and endangerment. Most of these are alluded to via implication. There are two named human characters who can potentially die in several endings, but these deaths mostly use discretion shots (though one is a child, and the other has a death that, while it takes place just offscreen, is particularly brutal). The animatronics also experience significant amounts of damage which is more detailed in comparison (both damaging incidents and immediate aftermaths are shown). Said animatronics are practically sentient and are full-fledged characters in their own right, and at least three of these are the result of actions the player carries out, which may upset some people.
- Body Horror: While not involving human characters, the animatronics after getting damaged have legitimately disturbing appearances and realistic emotional reactions to their predicament. They are still enemies at this point in the game.
- Arachnophobia imagery- While the imagery is more cartoony, there are still bits involving oversized spider-like animatronics, with one being particularly massive as part of a boss battle.
- Mental Illness/Disordered Eating Themes- Aside from the therapy collectables, the enemy animatronics are sentient enough to develop maladaptive behavior that can be evocative of various disorders. One animatronic, while programmed to be a comedic foodie, regularly binge-eats to the point of digging food out of the garbage out of desperation which may be an ED trigger. A second one has significant violent anger issues. A third is outwardly arrogant, but is actually extremely insecure and uses particularly vitriolic language towards the child protagonist (which is implied to be projection).
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We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (book)
(Note - vague spoilers ahead.)
Trigger 1- consistent assault by sibling
Trigger 2- depression caused by the suicide of a partner
Trigger 3- drug and alcohol abuse
Trigger 4- miscarriage
Trigger 5- attempted sexual assault
Barbarian - 2022, Film
(Vague Spoilers Ahead)
Known triggers include:
Barbarian contains multiple storylines of s**ual assualt, including a workplace harassment plotline, and another villain as a serial abductor/assaulter of women, resulting in forced pregnancies. Incest is also featured in said storyline.
There is a suicide, as well as a violent scene involving a car.
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Known triggers:
There’s a storyline concerning a woman being imprisoned and experiencing multiple s**ual assaults, resulting in a forced pregnancy. She relays this to another character.
Where The Crawdads Sing
Known triggers (book and movie):
- Depictions of child neglect / abuse / abandonment
- Extreme poverty
- Alcoholism
- Domestic violence (repeated, overarching theme)
- (Attempted) s**ual assault
- Murder
Please note - I cannot in good conscience advocate that you give any money to this author, as in real-life she is wanted for questioning in regard to a 1996 vigilante murder of an alleged poacher carried out by her then-stepson in Zambia. Yes, seriously. Please don’t give her your financial support, but do help bring attention to this horrifying injustice.
TW: The new Batman (2022) with Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz features several references to domestic violence and choking, imcluding a depiction of the latter.
Multiple cases of death of a parent (Batman and Catwoman. The latter is fairly traumatized by her mother’s murder and seeking revenge).
Stargate Sg-1: potential emetophobia for season 4, “Watergate”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I know this forum is really old but I am just now watching Buffy for the first time and came across this site after watching S1E8, “I robot you jane.” There is a scene in this episode where a character cuts himself and it is very triggering and caused me to have a panic attack. This scene takes place within the first 15 minutes of the show and was very unexpected. I came to the internet to see if anyone had documented this and I was surprised to see it was not anywhere. I appreciate that you took the time to add all the other episodes but I would suggest adding this one to the list, as well. I hope this helps others in the future!
— blog note: Thank you for contributing! I’m so sorry you had this experience
Heyyy so the new It starts off with a brutal homophobic attack pls signal boost!!
Other trigger warnings are for domestic violence (early in the film, then hinted at childhood trauma in flashbacks), suicide, and psych wards. Also emetophobia
revengeraven:
Just a friendly warning; YouTube is doing screamer ads again. It’s for the new Annabelle movie and it starts with “staring contest in 3,2,1” followed by a jumpscare and a loud scream. I saw it today (June 20th) so keep an eye out for it.
