Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
Sam Neill stars in this film about how truth, reality and
fiction can blur, with disastrous consequences.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A couple of passionate kisses. An elderly man is shown laying
on a floor naked and you can briefly see his buttocks.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - Because of the "quickness" of the horror scenes
(it's hard to tell exactly what you are seeing) and because of a surprising minimum of
blood, this rating is a relatively low 6. There are a handful of times where a
"montage" is shown of quick scenes of horror and gore (shown one right after the
other) and what can be gleaned are people with hideous facial deformities (usually with
one eye), a bloody axe, people with tendrils whipping from their bodies, crashing,
yelling, screaming and falling, splatters of blood. A group of people with axes surround a
man and hack him to death with blood splattering on the walls and the man's bloody hand
leaving a trail on the wall as it slides down (minus half a finger).
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PROFANITY 5 - Five F-words, 9 scatological terms, and a few other mild
obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Horror novels, truth vs. fiction, the power of the written
word, insanity, random acts of violence.
MESSAGE - The written word is very powerful; sometimes it's hard to tell
where truth ends and fiction begins.
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started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were
not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many
older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please
keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period.
While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are
limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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