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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

We see a man's bare butt when he gets out of bed.

A man masturbates while watching a woman undress, we see the side of the woman's bare breast.

During the shower scene, we briefly see a woman's breast.

At the end of the shower scene, we see a woman's bare butt.

Violence & Gore

A woman is stabbed repeatedly in various areas with a kitchen knife while showering (we do not actually see the knife penetrating her skin, but do see a lot of blood running down the drain and on the wall.) The woman then falls face-first out of the shower, revealing bloody gashes on her back.

A man cleans up a bathroom where a woman was murdered (he is shown wiping up large amounts of blood.)

A man's face is slashed repeatedly with a kitchen knife (again, we do not see the actual penetration, but do see the bloody gashes.) The man then falls down a staircase to the floor below, where he is stabbed repeatedly (we only see the knife coming up and down.)

Two men struggle across a room until one knocks the other unconscious by hitting him over the head with a golf club.

A woman discovers another woman's decaying corpse and the killer suddenly appears behind her, brandishing a kitchen knife. Another man then attacks him from behind, wrestling him to the ground, and the woman kicks him in the face.

A man's face briefly appears with a skeleton trim as the camera fades away from him.

Profanity

The phrase "Oh God" is used once, as well as a few sexual references/innuendo. Other than this, no profanity is used throughout the remainder of the film.

One scene features consumption of an alcoholic beverage.

Both murder scenes described above are quite frightening and are accompanied by suspenseful/intense music.

The scene in which a woman unexpectedly finds another woman's decaying corpse will most likely frighten and disturb many audiences, and they will be startled when the killer suddenly appears behind the woman.

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Rated R for violence and sexuality/nudity.

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