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Content & Trigger Warnings for The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)

3 content warnings identified for this movie.

Quick Summary

Yes, The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) contains 3 content warnings : Grief / bereavement (major focus), Body horror, Gore / graphic violence.

The most severe warning is for Gore / graphic violence (severity 4/5).

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Mental Health & Emotional

3/5Depicted

The narrator is consumed by obsession and guilt regarding the old man's death.

Phobias & Sensory

3/5Depicted

The film uses surrealist and expressionist imagery to depict the narrator's disturbing obsession with the landlord's eye.

Violence & Physical Harm

4/5Depicted

The Edgar Allan Poe adaptation features psychological horror with disturbing murder imagery.

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