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Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Parents guide

Night of the Living Dead

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Severe

Sex & Nudity

Mild
113 of 187 found this mild
A young female zombie is shown fully nude from the rear twice and both scenes are very brief.
The fully naked female zombie is seen with her breasts exposed, it's dark however, and lasts only a few seconds.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
65 of 154 found this moderate
Zombies engage in fights with humans, the scenes are possibly intense and unsettling for sensitive viewers.
A zombie is seen being shot three times. Twice in the chest and once in the head. We see the exit wounds and moderate blood of the first two but the head shot is barely covered by a shadow as it falls to the ground.
A few zombies are set on fire.
A zombie has its fingers cut off
Several scenes showing zombies eating body parts
A man gets into a fight with a zombie and is subsequently killed.
A partially decomposed face of a dead body is shown. Very surprising
A man has his skull crushed.
A man and woman are blown up in a car.
A little zombie girl kills a woman with a masonry trowel. This is probably the goriest scene in the whole movie.

Profanity

Mild
76 of 110 found this mild
"God," "hell," "damn," and "bastard" respectively. It also says Jesus's name in vain.
4 uses of "damn", 3 uses of "hell", 1 use of "bastards".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
71 of 100 found this mild
A man smokes throughout the film. A woman is seen smoking once.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
74 of 130 found this severe
The film has a grim tone and realistically disturbing content.
This is the first film about a zombie apocalypse, with a focus on a group of survivors trapped in a house on the countryside
Scenes of canibalism where zombies eat dead victims. Quite graphic and may be disturbing.
A girl is seen sick and suffering (although treated with care in the film).
A character is seen being killed by a family member who is now a zombie.
A man walks out of the basement. Another man shoots him in the head and burns his body.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 18
    • 13dvd rating
    • 16re-rating
  • Australia
    • Moriginal rating
    • MA15+2004, re-rating
  • Brazil
    • 14DVD rating
  • Canada
    • 14A
    • 14AAlberta
    • RManitoba
    • 14Nova Scotia, DVD rating
    • Roriginal rating, Nova Scotia
    • AAOntario
    • 13+Quebec
    • 18+original rating, Quebec
  • Czech Republic
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-18original rating
    • K-162020, re-rating
  • France
    • 16new rating
    • 18original rating
  • Germany
    • 16re-rating, uncut
    • 18BPjM restricted, 2010-2020
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • A1969
  • Ireland
    • 18original video rating
    • 152011, re-rating
  • Italy
    • VM18
  • Japan
    • 18self-applied
    • G2022
  • Mexico
    • C
    • B15video rating
  • Netherlands
    • 16
    • 16DVD rating
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 15Streaming rating
  • Philippines
    • R-18
  • Poland
    • 16self-applied
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Singapore
    • PG
    • NC-1630th anniversary edition
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 18
  • Spain
    • 18original rating
    • 122014, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 16
  • Taiwan
    • R-182017
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
    • Xoriginal rating, cut
    • 152007, re-rating, uncut version
    • 181987, re-rating, uncut version

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