Body Melt

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Synopsis

Horror/Comedy. Based on short stories by Philip Brophy. Residents of an Australian suburb are unknowingly used as guinea pigs for an experimental drug with horrifying side-effects.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of vulgar expressions, profanity, cursing, and sexual slurs
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence in a horror context - blood and gory detail
• Frequent portrayals of monsters and transformation - blood and gory detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and male frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast and buttock nudity, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Technology and greed
• Hubris
• Uncovering the truth

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for nudity, sexual content, and gory scenes in a genre context

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