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14A(14A) Violence, Frightening Scenes

Synopsis

Horror. A family's (Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Abigail Cruttenden, David Bradley, Grant Masters, Holly Weston, Kris Saddler) Christmas takes a strange turn when they awake to find themselves trapped inside and begin receiving mysterious instructions through the television.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in an aggressive context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, some in a domestic context, some in a torture context - little blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of injury - gory detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of nightmarish imagery and unexplained visual and aural phenomena
  • Brief buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - detail

Thematic elements

  • Group dynamics under pressure
  • Obedience and paranoia
  • Manipulation and control

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and frightening scenes

Classification date

December 04, 2018

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