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Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence, grisly and disturbing images, and languageNote: The number at the beginning of each section refers to how much explicit content of that kind there is in the film on a scale of 1-10. The fraction at the end of the last section is the total sum of the sections over the highest sum possible (50) and is therefore an approximation of about how explicit the film is a whole.Sex and Nudity: 2There is no sexual content or nudity in this film, aside from a depiction of a nude alien on an autopsy table. Fortunately, nothing explicit is shown.
Violence and Gore: 10This is a very bloody and gory film and not for the faint hearted or children.Humans are turned inside out, and mutilated in various ways showing lots of blood and guts.In the films most infamous scene, a man's arms are bitten off (extremely graphic and bloody) by an alien, and he falls over, dead. The alien turns its human host inside out, and is then torched. The host's head escapes the flame by tearing itself off of the body slowly (goriest part of the film), and you see lots of blood and neck tissue.After a man's head rips off its body, it grows insect legs and tries to escape, but is torched by a flamethrower.A man is shot (slightly graphic).A pack of huskies are mutilated and torn to shreds by the creature. Two have their skins peeled of, one is melted with acid, one is shot in the throat (as a mercy kill), and they are all burned with a flamethrower. All of it is extremely graphic and bloody.Several men have their thumbs cut and the blood put into dishes for testing. This happens twice.A man turns into an alien and his head tears open with lots of blood and brain matter. The alien attacks another man and rips open his head with lots of blood splattering everywhere.Three men and a group of dogs are torched with a flamethrower throughout the film. All quite graphic.A man is shown with his throat and wrists slit.A graphic autopsy is performed on an alien.An alien is blown up on screen with a grenade. Bloody pieces fly everywhere.
Profanity: 65 uses of "fuck"Frequent uses of "shit"At least one use of "bitch"Most of these words are used in exclamation so they are quite loud and audible.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: 7Alcohol ingestion: twice by MacReady and once by Blair.Marijuana smoking is done by some characters.It is mentioned that MacReady is an alcoholic.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: 10This is a horror movie that is very scary and uses themes of claustrophobia and trust to build up the fear.There are also scenes that are intense and full of frightening action.The scenes in violence and gore are all frightening.The scene with the dogs is frightening and sad to those distraught about animals, people who feel that way should honestly not watch that part of the film.An idea of how accurate the TECE (below) is: 5-10 is a little-kid suitable, G-Rated type of film (i.e. Care Bears, Sleeping Beauty); 10-15 is going to be a little harsher, but not by much (i.e. The Incredibles); 15-20 could be pretty high up there (i.e. Indiana Jones), 20-25 is going to pretty darn adult (i.e. The Dark Knight); 25-30 is going to be a film most likely not suitable for anyone under 17 (i.e. Braveheart); 30-40 is going to be an absolutely, positively adults-only film (i.e. THIS) and if a movie has ever gone past 40, then it is going to be a very explicit R/NC-17 (i.e. Pulp Fiction).Total Explicit Content Estimation: 35/50.
