Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

poster Doomsday for Pests
Doomsday for Pests
15mn - Animation, Documentary
Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.
poster An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
16mn - Drama
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores…
poster Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind
(2.7/5)
88mn - Horror, Thriller, Drama
A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted and the children are under an evil influence.
poster The Woes of Roller Skaters
The Woes of Roller Skaters
7mn - Comedy
A group of people take roller skating too far.
poster The Cradle
The Cradle
107mn - Horror, Thriller
When Frank and Julie move to a small isolated town with their son Sam, both Julie and Sam become ill. Driven by terrifying nightmares of torture that come true Frank begs a local midwife Helen to care for…
poster Insect to Injury
Insect to Injury
(3.4/5)
0mn - Animation
Popeye has just finished his house when a band of termites attacks.
poster Deadly Renovations
Deadly Renovations
0mn - Horror, Thriller
When a small house-flipping group takes on the renovation of an abandoned hotel, greed quickly takes over as rumors spread of millions in hidden cash stashed within the walls. As the search for the money …
poster Hector's Hectic Life
Hector's Hectic Life
(3.0/5)
6mn - Animation, Comedy
Hector is a dog with an easy life and the run of the house when the lady of the house gives him a warning...one more mess and you're out. Hector would be okay if not for the fact that three little puppies…
poster Curious Alice
Curious Alice
(3.2/5)
11mn - Family, Animation, Fantasy
The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children. Curious Alice's trip to Wonderland is not through the rabbit hole, but rather through her hom…
poster Trapped in a Purple Haze
Trapped in a Purple Haze
(3.5/5)
95mn - Drama, Crime, Short
When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake.
poster Falling Leaves
Falling Leaves
12mn - Drama
It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a …
poster Tell Your Children
Tell Your Children
66mn - Drama, Thriller
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister…
poster Dangerous Afternoon
Dangerous Afternoon
(3.1/5)
59mn - Drama
The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
poster The Diabolical Church Window
The Diabolical Church Window
7mn - Fantasy
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church wi…
poster Death in Small Doses
Death in Small Doses
(2.8/5)
88mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Espe…
poster Big Business
Big Business
25mn - Comedy
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Moha…
poster The Suburbanite
The Suburbanite
(2.8/5)
9mn - Comedy
A family moves out to the 'peaceful' suburbs where everything goes wrong, including the mother-in-law moving in.
poster Arachnicide
Arachnicide
91mn - Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
After years of experimenting, a researcher succeeds in creating an incubator that accelerates plant and animal growth. This technology is controlled by a powerful criminal organization and is being used t…
poster Pharmaceutical Hallucinations
Pharmaceutical Hallucinations
13mn - Fantasy
There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in his cave, and a fairy appears -- then there's this mas…
poster The Finish of Bridget McKeen
The Finish of Bridget McKeen
(2.7/5)
1mn - Comedy
The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.
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