Rabid (2019)

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Synopsis

Horror. Based on the film by David Cronenberg. After an accident leaves her disfigured, a fashion designer (Laura Vandervoort) undergoes an experimental treatment that makes her crave blood.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, sexual slurs, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in a horror context - some blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of frightening scenes, nightmarish imagery, and transformations, some in a in a body horror context - some detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and illegal drug use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Appearance versus reality
• Compulsion and guilt
• Belonging

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for coarse language, drug use, violence, and gory scenes in a genre context

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